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The Vexing Nature of VMware vCloud Director

There’s an old maxim that says introducing a new concept that creates more questions than it answers is not the best course of action. Continue Reading »

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Getting Smarter about Virtualization Management

When it comes to virtual machine management, everybody seems to be looking for a better way. Continue Reading »

HP Acquisition Advances IT Automation

Hewlett-Packard today moved to enhance its portfolio of IT-automation tools with the acquisition of Stratavia Continue Reading »

The New Economics of Data Storage

At a time when many IT organizations are struggling with how to reduce their data storage costs, many of them may be overlooking their real costs by obsessing too much about the cost per megabyte of storage. Continue Reading »

APC Embraces InRow Overhead Cooling

The OA system is APC’s first offering of a pumped refrigerant system, presumably to satisfy those customers who prefer pumped refrigerant-based cooling. Continue Reading »

The Art of Managing Application Workloads

Higher levels of sophistication are going to be required to manage either public or private cloud computing platforms in the enterprise. Continue Reading »

Oracle Takes Aim at VMware

Oracle today signaled its intent to compete across the board with VMware in virtualization technologies in the enterprise. Continue Reading »

Dell Lays Bare New Enterprise Ambitions

If you haven’t noticed lately, Dell has been making a series of uncharacteristic moves in the enterprise. Continue Reading »

Oracle Outlines Desktop Virtualization Ambitions

As part of an aggressive push into all things virtualization following the acquisition of Sun, Oracle will push an approach to desktop virtualization that will emphasize versatility. Continue Reading »