VMware has fleshed out its desktop virtualisation strategy with a suite of products designed to make desktop computing more manageable by using workspace aggregation. As 30 June, 2014 – the end of support date for Windows XP – ...
Windows 8 is finally here and the stakes are sky high for Microsoft. “We’re so happy to be here today and to celebrate the global availability of a new era of Windows and Windows-powered PCs,” said Steven Sinofsky, ...
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Red Hat has announced the availability of the first beta of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation 3.1. Current Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation customers are able to access the beta via the Red Hat Network today. The platform is expected to ...
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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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Dell announces Quest Software acquisition… finally Dell has entered into a definitive agreement to buy desktop virtualisation-related vendor Quest Software for $2.36bn (pound 1.51bn). Under terms of the agreement, Dell Inc. will ...
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Citrix has extended the XenApp product lifecycle to align it with the lifecycles of corresponding Microsoft server platforms. But IT pros are advised to upgrade quickly to avoid extended support costs that could add up to about euro 200,000 ...
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Tom Baker, head of ICT at Sunderland City Council, has an office in the council's datacentre. It is not a bad place to have an office because the datacentre has been somewhat rejuvenated, thanks in part to modern IT that takes up far less ...
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Fujitsu has announced a partnership with Violin Memory to incorporate the Silicon Valley firm's solid state drives (SSDs) into its storage arrays. The Violin 6000 system will be stocked solely with flash storage, offering a high ...
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"Technology should be irrelevant," says Gavin Walker, CIO of the UK's air traffic control business, NATS. Walker is a firm believer in focusing on what IT can enable, rather than the technology for its own sake. As CIO, he heads a ...
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Windows as a service Citrix helps SMEs cope with proliferation and remote support Citrix's position in an evolving and competitive market Virtual Microsoft Widows: A hostage to fortune? Budgets remain tight at enterprise end of market ...
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Frank Modruson joined Accenture in 1987. He worked initially as an analyst on complex IT projects at customers. For the last ten years, he has been Accenture's CIO responsible for the outsourcing giant's own IT operation. Modruson says as ...
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Mark Adams-Wright, CIO of Suffolk County Council is a firm believer in making changes to the business gradually. He is overseeing an IT change that is supporting a major transformation in the role of the council – from a provider of ...
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Citrix has bought the privately-held cloud-based service desk technology provider Beetil,to expand its capabilities of its cloud-based support product line,Citrix GoToAssist. This acquisition will integrate an IT service desk solution to ...
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It is almost time to dust off the castanets and pack for VMworld Europe 2012, taking place in Barcelona this year. Doors to the Fira Barcelona Gran Via venue, will open on 9-11 October for VMworld Europe attendees and exhibitors eager to ...
Quick information: Deadline for submissions:Friday,September 14,2012. Date of announcement:Tuesday,October 9,2012 at 11:00 at the Breakout room C2 Basic qualifying criteria for nominations: IT projects directed by IT managers at ...
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