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Red Hat eyes up the cloud with CloudForms 3.1 | #VMworld 2014
Red Hat Inc., might already be a superpower where Linux is concerned, but it has no intention of resting on its laurels. It has ambitions to become a major player in the cloud as well, and to that end it’s launched an open hybrid cloud management solution called Red Hat CloudForms 3.1, unveiled yesterday at ...
VMware unveils its own OpenStack distribution | #VMworld
VMware has been focused on the software-defined data center for some years, but now the virtualization giant wants a piece of OpenStack too. Yesterday the company announced at VMworld 2014 its plans to integrate OpenStack application programming interfaces (APIs) with its cloud management software, so customers will be able to run OpenStack clouds using VMware’s ...
VMware embraces Docker to head off container threat| #vmworld
If there were any doubts about the disruptive potential of container technology, they’ve been cast aside by the news that VMware Inc., is teaming up with Docker Inc., Google Inc., and Pivotal Software Inc., to integrate it with VMware’s virtualization software. VMware announced the collaboration during CEO Pat Gelsinger’s keynote at VMworld 2014 yesterday. At ...
Forrester Research says it’s time to ditch physical storage arrays
It’s no secret within the storage industry that sales of physical arrays are slowing down. What with alternatives like cloud storage and virtual arrays proving themselves to be far cheaper and just as useful, it’s getting harder to justify the cost of a dedicated array for many apps. That’s what Henry Baltazar of Forrester Research ...
Intel, HyTrust team up on cloud data security
The advent of cloud computing has made geography virtually meaningless as it means we can store and access data from anywhere. But this doesn’t solve the problem of data security policies that require the enforcement of physical boundaries, a challenge that HyTrust Inc., and Intel Corp., are hoping to overcome with an initiative that’s focused ...
Microsoft unleashes its first NoSQL database into the cloud
Microsoft has just shipped out its first-ever non-relational database on Windows Azure, which also happens to be its first database product of any kind since releasing its legendary SQL Server. Called “DocumentDB”, the database is a complete departure from Microsoft’s relational roots, being a schema-free, NoSQL offering built entirely for consumption as a service on ...
Deadly Docker: Why containers are a threat to cloud virtualization
Few technologies have more disruptive potential than Docker. Although the company and its namesake technology are barely two years old, almost every major cloud vendor has, or is in the process of, providing support or integration with Docker. If you aren’t familiar with Docker, Brandon Butler at Network World has come up with one of ...
Twitter’s Big Data crunching ‘BotMaker’ muscles in on spam
If you’re an avid Twitter user, you might have noticed a significant drop in the amount of spam messages and tweets bugging you. That’s because Twitter’s introduced a new anti-spam system called BotMaker that’s helped it to achieve a 40 percent reduction in its key spam metrics. Twitter’s Raghav Jeyaraman describes in a lengthy blog ...
SDN? How about $$$DN? IDC predicts $8bn sales by 2018
The future of software-defined networking (SDN) is looking very rosy indeed, with the market segment set to rake in a healthy $8 billion by 2018, well up from the current pittance ($960 million) it’s set to bring through the door in 2014. This optimistic forecast comes from the analysts over at International Data Corporation (IDC), ...
PernixData gets a $35M funding boost in Flash storage race
Flash virtualization startup PernixData has grabbed another $35 million in series C funding. It’s yet another big bet on the impending disruption in enterprise storage as technology moves towards cloud services and virtualization. What differentiates PernixData from other storage startups is its ability to pool and virtualize high-speed storage like RAM and Flash into individual ...