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MySQL VMs Get a New Template from Oracle
Preconfiguration, prepackaging and automation of many IT functions are key attributes of the new unified computing systems, and this is a trend that is gaining serious traction on a global scale. Spending hours configuring a server or storage array for a virtualized system is fast becoming drudgery of the past. Oracle made a major contribution…
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Microsoft Office 365 Can Benefit Small Businesses, Channel Partners
With the release of Office 365, Microsoft’s newest cloud service that brings together Office, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online and Lync Online, small businesses have an opportunity to move into the rapidly expanding cloud-computing space with the aim of making collaboration easier and reducing costs. As Microsoft launches its latest media blitz heralding the launch of…
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Cloud Computing Interoperability Presents Greater Challenge to Adoption Than Security: Report
The greatest challenge facing longer-term adoption of cloud computing services is not security, but rather cloud interoperability and data portability, say cloud computing experts from IEEE, a technical professional association. At the same time, IEEE’s experts say cloud providers could reassure customers by improving the tools they offer enterprise customers to give them more control…
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Tablets Hold Promise, Challenges for Channel
With the market for tablet computing devices exploding over the past year, value added resellers (VARs) have many opportunities to tap into the market to supply their customers with these versatile and mobile computers, which offer many advantages over desktop PCs and notebooks. Channel partners should also keep in mind the inherent challenges and limitations…
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Microsoft Office 365 Debuts With Handful of Hosting Partners
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the software giant’s long-awaited Office 365 cloud-based productivity suite on June 28 along with about 15 hosting partners covering many different geographies around the world. Microsoft showcased Office 365’s identical look in the cloud to on-premise Office applications and documents. The company also highlighted Office 365’s integration with Windows Phone…
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Winchester Systems Releases 3TB FlashDisk RAID Disk Arrays
Data storage solutions provider Winchester Systems announced the release of FlashDisk VX Series RAID disk arrays, which now offer 3TB disk drives. The FlashDisk VX-3400 RAID disk array now stores 336TB in a single RAID set and it fits 772TB into a single 84U data center rack. The disk arrays offer virtualized tiered data storage…