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Dell Goes All-in on Software-Defined Networking at #VMworld
Like many of its fellow IT titans, Dell announced a slew of new offerings at this week’s VMworld conference. The vendor unleashed an SDN-enabled switching platform and a set of improved network management tools, in addition to over a dozen integrations and product refreshes. Dell has expanded its S-series product family with the S6000, a ...
Samsung Unveils New Zero Client Stand at #VMworld
Samsung is showcasing its newest desktop virtualization solutions at this week’s VMworld 2013 conference in Fransisco. The centerpiece of the company’s exhibit is the NB-NH Cloud Stand, a recently launched zero client that packs a VDI-optimized Tera2 system on a chip (SOC) from Teradici. The NB-NH can hold any VESA-compatible monitor with a display size ...
Microsoft Points Retired, Much to the Delight of Xbox Users
The Xbox Live Arcade’s virtual currency system has finally been retired, Microsoft confirmed this week. The company is currently rolling out an update that will convert Microsoft Points in the Xbox Marketplace into local currency across all supported regions. “Today we started rolling out the official release of the 2013 Xbox Live Update,” a Microsoft ...
Nimble Releases vSphere Reference Architecture
Nimble Storage, a high profile hybrid array vendor, unveiled a converged infrastructure reference architecture at this week’s VMworld 2013 conference. Dubbed SmartStack for Business Critical Applications, the specification combines vSphere 5.1, Nimble’s CS-Series systems and Cisco UCS blade servers to “allow IT organizations to scale as needed to respond faster to changing business needs, while ...
NetApp Adds VMware Integration to Storage Software Lineup
NetApp has refreshed its software portfolio with new releases that introduce tighter VMware integration and nondisruptive migration of data for virtual machines, among other features. The storage vendor extended its Clustered Data ONTAP operating system with support for vCloud Suite 5.5, the latest version of VMware’s cloud management and monitoring platform. The integration aims to ...
VMware Pushes into the Software-Defined Data Center at VMworld 2013
VMware has unleashed a string of new and updated products at this week’s VMworld 2013 conference in a move to realize the ambitious software-defined data center (SDDC) strategy it announced last year. Below is a comprehensive list of the releases that have been announced so far. vCloud Suite 5.5 introduces a new version of vSphere ...
HP Vertica Analytics Platform Makes Patient Data More Accessible for Physicians
Hewlett Packard has released a new use case that details how healthcare IT specialist Cerner leverages the Vertica Analytics Platform to improve service levels and make data more accessible for physicians. According to HP, Cerner has realized a 100x performance increase by replacing its legacy data warehousing system with Vertica’s software. This added horsepower enables ...
QLogic Tightens VMware Integration with New Drivers, Cloud Service
Fibre Channel vendor QLogic is attending this week’s VMworld 2013 conference to show off new inbox drivers for its FlexSuite and FabricCache adapters, along with a web-based version of the QConvergeConsole Plug-in for vCenter Server. The drivers reduce installation time by eliminating the need for a download and automatically identifying the appropriate version of the ...
Red Hat Enhances OpenStack Distro, Shows Off New Offerings at #VMworld
VMworld may be VMware’s show, but that’s not stopping Red Hat from demonstrating its own virtualization solutions at the conference. The company is currently showcasing a beta version of CloudForms 2.1, the newest edition of its cloud management platform. CloudForms is designed to simplify the administration of hybrid environments that combine on-premise infrastructure with public ...
Ballmer’s Indifference Leaves Microsoft in Disarray
Microsoft dropped a bombshell last Friday by announcing that chief executive Steve Ballmer will quit his post within the next 12 months. Bill Gates, Chairman of the Audit Committee Chuck Noski and other top directors have been appointed to a special committee tasked with finding internal and external CEO candidates. News of Ballmer’s early retirement raised ...