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Oracle, Sun Face Rocky Post-Merger Road Map

(News) Oracle, Sun Face Rocky Post-Merger Road Map

Oracle Brings Solaris, Sparc Into Virtualization Portfolio

(News) Oracle rounds out its virtualization portfolio with Sun software.

Virtualization: Performance Testing

(Reviews) Last year, when I did my comparison of virtualization apps for OS X, many readers told me they wished I'd done more extensive performance testing. So this year...

Virtualization: Which One to Use?

(News) A little over a year ago, I wrote a story comparing the then-current versions of the three major programs for running Windows (and other operating systems) on a...

VirtualBox 3.1.2

(Reviews) Since I last reviewed VirtualBox, the application has gone up one version number (from 2.1 to 3.1). In the process, it has acquired some substantial new...

Parallels 5 (build 9308)

(Reviews) When I last reviewed virtualization software in 2008, I found Parallels Desktop 4 for Mac effective, but saddled with a bit of bugginess and lacking some DirectX...

Fusion 3.0.1

(Reviews) When I reviewed the last version of VMWare's Fusion, which lets you run Windows on a Intel Mac, my only real complaints were its lack of OpenGL acceleration and...

Cisco's UCS Powers Taser Police Video Service

(News) Cisco's UCS data-center architecture provides the backbone of a service from Taser International that collects and stores video from police cameras.

A History of Intel's Antitrust Woes

(News) The FTC antitrust lawsuit is a culmination of almost two decades of legal battles for Intel.

FTC Antitrust Action Against Intel Too Little, Too Late

(News) As slow as the FTC is to take action, antitrust practices can actually be a solid business model for companies with the resources to pull it off.

Citrix Debuts Disaster Recovery App

(News) Citrix adds disaster recovery to its arsenal of Hyper-V support tools.

Red Hat Open Sources Desktop Application Protocol

(News) Red Hat open sources its recently acquired virtual desktop management protocol.

Larrabee Project a Casualty of Intel's Legal Battles

(News) Intel announced the demise of its discrete graphics chip Larrabee Project. Legal battles with Nvidia probably set development back.

HP Pushes Thin Clients With New Hardware, Tools

(News) HP is trying to tackle concerns about the cost and complexity of thin-client computing with new products and tools announced Tuesday.

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac Arrives

(News) Parallels announced Wednesday that Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is now available. The latest release of the virtualization solution allows users to run Windows...

VMware Ships Workstation for Virtualizing Windows 7

(News) VMware on Tuesday announced the availability of VMware Workstation 7

With Hyper-V R2, Microsoft Sets Its Sights on VMware

(News) Competition between VMware and Microsoft got a little tighter on Thursday with the release of Windows Server 2008 R2, which includes a major update to...

Citrix Bows to Customer Pressure on XenDesktop Licensing

(News) Citrix has added more licensing options to its upcoming desktop virtualization platform XenDesktop 4.

LG System Cuts Costs by Letting Users Share a PC

(News) At this year's IFA electronics fair in Berlin, LG is demonstrating its Network Monitor system, which lets users share a PC, and in the process cut costs.

Microsoft Hyper-V Still a Work in Progress, Group Says

(News) Windows Server 2008 R2 will help Microsoft narrow the feature gap with virtualization products from VMware and Citrix Systems, but its new Hyper-V software still...

VMware Partners to Offer Amazon-like Compute Services

(News) VMware is enabling partners to provide computing services that will compete with Amazon Web Services, it said Tuesday.

Wyse Offers Desktop Virtualization for the IPhone

(News) Using PocketCloud from Wyse users can access their PC or virtual desktop remotely with their iPhone or iPod touch, the company said on Thursday.

Parallels Releases Switch to Mac Bundle

(News) Striving to provide an all-in-one-retail-box solution to Windows users who want to switch to the Mac, Parallels announced Tuesday that it's releasing a new...

Desktop Virtualization on a Slow Ramp, VMware Chief Says

(News) Desktop virtualization will take time to become widespread because companies struggle to calculate the ROI, VMware's CEO said Wednesday.

What to Look for in Online Backup

(News) What to Look for in Online Backup

Google Eyes Enterprise With Upgraded Search Appliance

(News) Google Eyes Enterprise With Upgraded Search Appliance

VMware Pulls Trigger on VSphere 'cloud OS'

(News) After six months of hype, VMware announced Thursday that its vSphere software is now available worldwide.

VMware Warns Away ATI Users From Installing Mac OS X 10.5.7

(News) VMware, makers of Fusion, has warned their users away from installing Mac OS X 10.5.7 if they have a Mac using an ATI graphics card or chip.

Virtualization Is 'the New Mainframe,' VMware Says

(News) The company hopes customers will run big enterprise applications on its platform

VMware Partners Line up for VSphere Launch

(News) EMC and Unisys both plan upgraded products for an unveiling that will draw three major CEOs.

High Demand for Virtualization in China, VMware Says

(News) The firm counts government ministries and some of China's biggest companies among its clients

VMware to Manage Virtual Machines From Mobile Phones

(News) New tool set for preview release in April

Cisco Enters Data Center Blade Rumble

(News) Cisco Enters Data Center Blade Rumble

New Strategy Is All About Management, Says VMware CTO

(News) With vCenter Suite VMware will manage its upcoming Virtual Datacenter Operating System, and it will also let VMware manage a...

VMware Fusion Imports Parallels Desktop 4 Virtual Machines

(News) VMware has announced the release of VMware Fusion 2.0.2, an update to its virtualization software for Mac OS X. It's a free...

Citrix Improves XenDesktop Administration, User Experience

(News) Citrix is adding features to both cut the cost of desktop virtualization, and improve the user experience to the new version...

3Tera Brings Windows to Its Cloud

(News) 3Tera has added support for Windows applications and appliances to version 2.4 of its cloud computing platform AppLogic, the...

Cisco Launches Major Green Push With EnergyWise

(News) Cisco System launched a major green initiative Tuesday that includes free software to help customers use their networks to...

Just Where Was That 'Missing' White House E-Mail?

(News) As Bush departs, a call for some answers about 'found' e-mail once thought to be lost.

Losing the Data Mangement Race

(News) As terabytes give way to petabytes, solutions for managing data across the business are falling further behind.

Inside Tsubame - the Nvidia GPU Supercomputer

(News) Tokyo Tech University's Tsubame supercomputer attained 29th ranking in the new Top 500, thanks in part to hundreds of Nvidia...

Tight Budgets Favor Low-end Servers

(News) Server shipments grew in the third quarter of 2008 though revenue declined as companies tried to lower spending, according to...

Ozzie Reveals Azure, Microsoft's Development Cloud

(News) Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie Monday revealed Windows Azure, Microsoft's cloud computing platform.

A Terabyte in the Palm of your Hand?

(News) Doctor Who would love the Buffalo's LinkStation Mini -- it's small on the outside and spacious on the inside.

Seagate Drive Taps ESATA for 'XTreme' Speed

(News) If you want extreme speed, eSATA is the way.

Businesses Weigh Benefits of Solid State Storage

(News) As solid state storage drive technologies mature and claw their way into enterprise IT systems, businesses will face...

Purging Data Saves Money, Cuts Legal Risk

(News) E-discovery ranges from $1 million to $3 million per terabyte of data.

Privacy, Security Issues Darken Cloud Computing Plans

(News) Stuff in the cloud is not on the same legal footing as stuff in your data center -- for now.

Cisco Broadens Data Center Role With New Products

(News) Cisco this week launched several products designed to expand the capabilities of its switches and routers in further...

HP Takes Google Model to Heart in New Storage System

(News) HP is getting ready to launch the ExDS, which will use up to 820 1T-byte drives for file-based storage, packaged in two 42U...

What Servers and Your Clothes Dryer Have in Common

(News) Running server technology at 208V is a step toward energy efficiency and increased ROI.

When the Meteor and the 1PB Database Collide

(News) Craters? No, ginormous amounts of celestial information in need of storage.

Create Idiot-Proof Backups With Windows' Built-In Tools

(How To) Your Windows PC comes with with same great features as Apple's heralded Time Machine. We show you how to unlock the powerful backup features that are built into Vista and XP.

Fujitsu to Monitor Data Center Heat With Optical Fiber

(News) Fujitsu is looking to optical fiber to help increase efficiency in the cooling of large data centers. The company has...

LoJack service can treat tapes like stolen cars

(News) LoJack, the system many law enforcement agencies use to find stolen cars, can now find that file you misplaced.

Analysts: Primary databases getting bloated

(News) A recent study by Enterprise Strategy Group found that databases used for daily processing tasks are ballooning at a double-digit rate each year, and may contain piles of inactive data to boot.

HP aims to simplify midsize company life with storage array

(News) As more medium-sized companies consolidate their storage, Hewlett-Packard seized an opportunity on Tuesday with a disk array it says is easier to work with than large-enterprise gear, but delivers more capabilities than entry-level storage.

Security issues scuttle Bain/Huawei bid for 3Com

(News) A deal for Bain Capital Partners and China's Huawei Technologies to buy 3Com is on hold because the companies were unable to come to agreement with the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) about security concerns.

Microsoft Reveals Details of New Small-Business OS

(News) Microsoft reveals details of the next version of its Windows OS for small businesses.

Sybase gets into the cluster-database game

(News) Sybase Tuesday launched its strike in the cluster-database market, releasing Adaptive Server Enterprise Cluster Edition to compete with the likes of Oracle's Real Application Clusters.

Lenovo Enters the Server Business

(News) Lenovo announced its intent to jump into the server business by licensing x86 server technology from IBM.

Dell Ships New PowerEdge Blade Servers

(News) The new Xeon M600 and Opteron M605 run Windows Server 2003 and Linux, and bundle OpenManage plus energy management tools.

Microsoft Beleases Hyper-V Virtualization Tech Beta

(News) Microsoft released its Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology Hyper-V ahead of schedule.

Hard drive prices drop as PC demand rises

(News) Competition from flash memory and increased shipment of PCs and consumer electronics are driving down prices and fueling demand for hard disk drives, according to a survey released by iSuppli Wednesday.

Microsoft to build $500 million data center in Dublin

(News) Microsoft will invest more than US$500 million in its first major European data center, designed to support applications delivered over the Internet, the company said Tuesday.

Study: Data centers devour 5 to 15 percent of IT budget

(News) How much of your overall IT budget now gets eaten up by data center facilities costs, including energy costs? According to new research from the Uptime Institute, these costs have ballooned from a traditional level of one to three percent of IT's total budget to a new high of five to 15 percent.

Going Digital Saves Medical Practice Money, Improves Patient Care

(How To) Going Digital Saves Medical Practice Money, Improves Patient Care

Blade Server Review: IBM BladeCenter H

(Reviews) Blade Server Review: IBM BladeCenter H

Within Reach of Most IT Budgets, Storage Area Networks Pay Off

(How To) Within Reach of Most IT Budgets, Storage Area Networks Pay Off

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