Desktop virtualization (DV) is a big technology trend, but despite the number of approaches taken by entrants to this new market, there are few solutions that are well suited for use in the cloud. Take for example, the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) approach,...
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May 6, 2011
The biggest change and impact to the Linux landscape and market to date has been the advent of cloud computing. True, this does build from the spread of virtualization and use of VMs on Linux, but cloud computing has meant deeper changes in the players, uses and...
May 3, 2011
There's no question that cloud computing will be the trend to alter organizations' infrastructure the most over the next few years, especially as firms transition from basic server virtualization to the private cloud. But today these environments are still relatively...
Apr 27, 2011
Despite the demise of several public cloud storage service offerings in the past year, solution providers say cloud-based backup and storage solutions are finding a following among their smaller business clientele. There are two reasons. First, virtualization advances...
Apr 18, 2011
Interop will hit Las Vegas May 8-12 as this important tech event celebrates its 25th anniversary. The impact of virtualization and cloud computing on the network will be explored in depth, and the conference will tackle how social technologies, smartphones and other...
Apr 17, 2011
Radian6 is used by more than half of the FORTUNE 100 and companies like AAA, Dell, GE, Kodak, Molson Coors, Pepsico, and UPS to monitor, analyze and engage in social media conversations. Radian6's unique technology monitors hundreds of millions of conversations every...
Apr 15, 2011
The architectural concept is compelling: Have sets of virtualized servers that exist in your data center, with the ability to move virtual machines dynamically between your data center and a public cloud provider -- in other words, a virtualized hybrid cloud. What's...
Apr 12, 2011
SOURCE: CLoudera Cloudera, the leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, today announced the general availability of Cloudera’s Distribution including Apache Hadoop v3 (CDH3), the latest major release of the company’s open source...
Apr 11, 2011
If you have been waiting, like I have, for IBM to get Power-based infrastructure clouds to market, it looks like you are going to have to wait a little while longer but no later than the end of this year. The Global Technology Services division of Big Blue's Global...
Apr 4, 2011
As enterprise computing will increasingly hinge on cloud computing and virtualization, an Advanced Micro Devices exec says that AMD's server chip road map dovetails nicely with that trend. Also reported in this eWeek report is that it is also impossible to avoid the...
