Microsoft has taken its server OS a giant step forward with yesterday’s release of Windows Server 2012, making this version the first that can be controlled remotely so it is more suitable for data centres. “Microsoft has ...
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Microsoft has taken its server OS a giant step forward with Tuesday's release of Windows Server 2012, making this version the first that can be controlled remotely so it is more suitable for data centers. "Microsoft has delivered on the ...
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Microsoft's most significant update to Windows Azure takes the cloud platform to a different level. Rather than focus on Windows applications and bridging the gap between in-house and cloud-based IT, Microsoft is now offering Azure as ...
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HP today announced it is expanding its Converged Cloud portfolio with joint HP and Microsoft solutions that aim to simplify and enhance every aspect of a client's private cloud journey. The HP and Microsoft Joint Private Cloud initiative ...
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Dell and VMware will sell a bundled system with server, network and storage components in support of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), the companies announced this week. Dell’s new vStart for VDI is based on VMware’s View ...
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Together Housing has saved pound 500,000 by moving to a virtualised server environment. The group was formed from six other associations, all with their own legacy systems. The association is responsible for more than 35,000 homes. The ...
Dell today unveiled a series of end-to-end storage portfolio updates aimed at further optimising enterprise data at every point of its lifecycle. The new products were revealed by Darren Thomas, VP and GM, Dell Storage, at the ...
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Closely following a similar announcement for its Windows 8 operating system,Microsoft also said it will release to manufacturers(RTM)its next-generation operating system for the server,Windows Server 2012,next month. The company made both ...
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At the Dell Storage Forum in Paris this week, Dell launched a back-up appliance – the DL4000 with AppAssure virtual server and cloud back-up software – and an upgrade to its DL2300 Commvault appliance, with increased capacity ...
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Microsoft has done a lot to boost Hyper-V but the improvements do not justify switching from VMware, according to Gartner. Speaking prior to the analyst's datacentre conference at Westminster, Gartner vice-president and distinguished ...
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IDG News Service - In a move aimed at strengthening its ability to offer converged systems, Dell has acquired infrastructure automation software provider Gale Technologies. Dell will fold the company's technologies into a newly formed ...
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NetApp has claimed sales of its FlexPod integrated storage,server and networking stacks grew nearly 1,000%in a year. In a presentation at the NetApp Insight partner event in Dublin,product solutions and alliances director John Rollason ...
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Storage area network(SAN)testing supplier Virtual Instruments plans to add monitoring capabilities for AIX and Hyper-V virtual server environments,IBM SVC and EMC VPLEX storage virtualisation products,Fibre Channel over Ethernet,NAS and ...
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Microsoft's Windows 8 is seen by many as representing an evolutionary jump for the operating system (OS), but what about security? Has there been an evolutionary leap there? In the run-up to the launch, much has been said about the new ...
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Software defined datacentres, cloud management and automation, virtualisation licensing, mobile virtualisation, heterogeneity and the need for IT executives to develop new skills in the cloud era were some of the themes of the VMworld ...
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