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EMC Virtual Storage Integrator Supports VMware vCenter
EMC, a provider of information infrastructure in VMware virtual and cloud environments, introduced the next generation of Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) 5.0, a free VMware vCenter plug-in designed to enable IT organizations to run their data center operations more simply and efficiently, and to accelerate the move to cloud computing. With this version of VSI,…
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Cisco Systems Will Launch Virtual Networking Technololgy at VMworld 2011
Cisco Systems, slogging through a relatively tough time in its 20-year history, is putting its troubles aside and focusing on launching a flock of new products, mostly co-delivered with host VMware Aug. 30 at VMworld 2011 in Las Vegas. The world’s largest networking company has endured layoffs, product cutbacks and major strategy changes during the…
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F5 Simplifies Long Distance Live Migrations
Following through on the virtualization strategy it announced two years ago at 2009’s VMworld, F5 Networks is launching new products that enable faster long-distance live migration between data centers and enhanced desktop virtualization. In collaboration with VMware and EMC, F5 is introducing the third version of its BIG-IP technology to accelerate and simplify the migration…
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Android Smartphone Market Share Grows: NPD Report
Google’s Android operating system continued to dominate U.S. smartphone market share, accounting for 52 percent of units sold in the second quarter of 2011, according to market research company The NPD Group. Like Android, Apple’s iPhone iOS experienced slight quarterly gain rising to 29 percent in Q2; however, BlackBerry OS share fell to 11 percent,…
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Cisco Debuts Router for M2M Communications
Cisco Systems officials are continuing to bring their networking capabilities farther from the data center, with the latest example being the company’s new Cisco 819 ISR Machine-to-Machine Gateway. The new Integrated Services Router (ISR), announced Aug. 23, dovetails with Cisco officials’ idea of the “Internet of things,” putting networking capabilities into machines not normally connected…