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Ex-Sun Executives Join Open Source Firm
Three former Sun Microsystems executives have set up shop at an open-source enterprise application software provider called ForgeRock. Former Sun executives Simon Phipps, Lasse Andresen and Hermann Svoren have joined Oslo-based ForgeRock in prominent positions. ForgeRock is the official steward of the ForgeRock I3 Open Platform project. “The ForgeRock I3 Open Platform provides a secure…
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Technology’s Future Will Be Many Smaller Clouds, Says EMC’s Tucci
BOSTON – Much of EMC’s focus on the first day of the EMC World 2010 show here is on cloud computing, something that many IT vendors, analysts and others are talking about. However, according to EMC CEO Joe Tucci, the storage giant has a different view of the future of cloud computing. In his keynote…
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EMC Rolls Out Virtual Storage Strategy with VPlex Appliances
BOSTON – EMC officials are unveiling the first product in their Virtual Storage strategy that is expected to eventually enable businesses to move large amounts of stored data anywhere in the world without the latency and bandwidth problems that traditionally have been tied to storage. At the first full day of the EMC World 2010…
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IDC: Cloud Server Revenue Headed to the Sky
IT researcher IDC reported May 10 that the combination of “an aging server installed base and IT managers’ desire to rein in increasingly complex virtual and physical infrastructure” along with a general upturn in the buying environment is boosting sales of commodity-type servers used in public and private cloud computing systems. Based on its first…
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Polycom’s Channel Chief Elevated to CEO
Video conferencing equipment vendor Polycom has a new CEO: former Cisco Systems and Tandberg executive Andrew Miller was named to the post May 10. Miller replaces Robert Hagerty, who is resigning as CEO and board chairman and is leaving his position on the board. Miller’s appointment is effective immediately, and Hagerty will stay around a…