Microsoft will offer discounts on its Azure cloud service next month as part of a cloud computing push that also includes new releases of its Windows Server and Systems Center software. Customers on Enterprise Agreement licenses will be ...
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1) What is the main theme of your presence at GITEX this year? Huawei’s Enterprise Business Group will be the focus at GITEX this year showcasing many of its latest technologies and solutions catered to industries from government ...
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Software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities are to become much more prevalent in the data centre over the next 12 months, according to BT's director of data centre strategy and platform, Adam Low. Low, who was speaking on a panel at ...
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Networking giant Cisco is to buy scalable solid state memory system provider Whiptail in a deal worth about $415m. According to Cisco, the deal would strengthen its Unified Computing System (UCS) strategy and allow it to better support ...
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Despite a desire to create open and flexible networks, network managers shouldn’t be fooled into thinking that the best way to achieve this is through building an open-source network from scratch, according to Den Sullivan, Head of ...
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According to the reports from CNBC, E-cigarettes, cancer immunotherapy, LED lighting, natural gas engine technology, software defined networking and big data are among eight industry themes that Goldman Sachs analysts described as "creative ...
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After three years, OpenStack has grown into a true enterprise proposition, according to Rackspace VP of Technology and Products, Nigel Beighton, with a user community growing as the technology matures into a viable option for data centre ...
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A recent study conducted by Vanson Bourne on behalf of Brocade has revealed that, although data centre virtualisation and cloud computing are being widely embraced, IT managers across the world are struggling to make their networks meet ...
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Cisco waited too long to address the software-defined networking trend now sweeping the industry, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said last week at the?Cisco Live conference.? The company, which announced its?Cisco ONE programmable ...
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Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switch Series Cisco today revealed a major product refresh for its enterprise network portfolio,calling it the"the biggest network announcement in years". The new products,which include the Catalyst 6800 switching ...
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With more than a billion monthly active users, it's easy to imagine that most of the data travelling over Facebook's networks is delivering photos, status updates and "likes" to its end users, but that's far from the case. The social ...
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The Open Data Center Alliance, a customer group that shares tips about cloud deployments and tries to nudge vendors into supplying the products they want, has added big data to the list of IT topics it covers. The alliance was set up in ...
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The Virtual LAN (VLAN) model of networking must be phased out to make way for bring-your-own-device (BYOD)-ready networks, according to the founder and CTO of Aruba Networks, Keerti Melkote. Melkote was speaking at Aruba’s Airheads ...
VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud offerings. VMware’s vCloud Hybrid Service will ...
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Data centre and wireless sales led growth at Cisco Systems in its fiscal third quarter, as it saw customers spending more in the U.S. and developing countries but reported continuing weakness in Southern Europe. Cisco is aiming to become ...
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