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IBM Commits $300 Million to Expand Business Continuity and Resiliency Services

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it is investing US$300 million to construct 13 Business Resilience service delivery centers in 10 countries in 2008, increasing its ability to address surging demand from businesses and governments from around the world seeking to keep their operations safe from disru... Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 6:30 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: General News

First desktops and servers - why not virtualize your actual IT department?

As technology becomes more pervasive and sophisticated and end users more geographically diverse, IT is increasingly challenged when called upon to deliver technical support. Bomgar's remote access software helps companies meet these challenges by enabling IT help desk support reps to provide superi... Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:58 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Books and Whitepapers

Google App Engine Monitoring Now Publicly Available on Hyperic CloudStatus

Open source web infrastructure management provider Hyperic Inc. today announced the newest cloud provider to be supported by its groundbreaking CloudStatus serviceâ€”Google App Engine. Google App Engine is the second significant cloud service to be monitored by CloudStatus, which launched in June with... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:00 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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AppSense Teams with Enterprise Systems to Fuel U.S. Adoption of Virtual Desktop Environments

AppSense Ltd., the leading provider of user environment management solutions for enterprise environments, today announced that it is partnering with Enterprise Systems Inc., a rapidly growing technology solutions provider, to extend its VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) offerings to customers thr... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:00 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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VMware shares sink as investors lock in profits

VMware Inc.'s shares slid more than 4 percent Wednesday as some investors locked in profits from a sharp rise in the stock earlier this month. The business software maker's shares closed down $1.79, or 4.5 percent, to $38.02. That contrasted with a rise of 0.2 percent in the technology-laden Nasd... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:55 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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Avnet Technology Solutions Announces Services To Help Sun Microsystems Partners Capitalize on the Growing Virtualization Market

New Frontiers Conference - Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, Inc., today announced services designed to assist Sun partners in targeting the virtualization market and creating incremental revenue opportunities. The services will focus on enabling Sun partners to demonstrate ho... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:53 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

Entisys Solutions Honored as a Top Performing Citrix Solution Advisor Partner in the 2008 "Go for the Green" Program

Entisys Solutions, Inc., the West Coast's #1 provider of enterprise virtualization and access delivery solutions from the datacenter to the desktop, today announced that it has been named a winner of the 2008 Citrix Systems, Inc.'s "Go for the Green" program, ranking #1 in North American sales reven... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:52 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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Reflex Security Selects Avnet to Distribute "Virtual Security Manager"

Reflex Security, the leader in virtualization security management, today announced a global distribution agreement with Avnet Technology Solutions (Avnet), an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), which will be implemented initially in the U.S. and Canada. Under the agreement, Avnet will distr... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:51 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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vmSight Releases User Activity Control for VDI

vmSight(TM), the leader in managing virtual desktops for increased performance, reliability and compliance, today announced that its vmSight 3.5 product suite now includes a user activity control feature for virtual desktops that is in addition to its existing monitoring capabilities. This newly add... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:51 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Desktop Virtualization

Sun Microsystems Announces Continued Growth and Adoption of Sun Ray Thin Clients

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced the company nearly doubled shipments of its Sun Ray(TM) thin clients during the fourth quarter of Sun's 2008 fiscal year, compared to the third quarter of its 2008 fiscal year. Sun Ray unit shipments are growing faster than the thin client industr... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:49 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Desktop Virtualization

Sridhar Murthy Joins PHD Technologies as Chief Executive Officer

PHD Technologies, provider of the leading esXPRESS backup and restoration solution for virtualized infrastructures, today announced the appointment of Sridhar Murthy as the company's chief executive officer. Murthy has over 18 years of leadership in high growth technology companies. For the past... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:49 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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VirtualLogix Delivers Virtualization Support for Intel-Based Mobile Internet Devices

VirtualLogix(TM), Inc. today announced that its VLX virtualization solution will be supporting the latest Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor Z5XX series-based Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs). Device makers using VLX on these MIDs can simplify hardware designs, reduce costs and enhance the end-user experienc... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 9:47 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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3PAR Utility Storage Scales Web 2.0 Easily at Demand Media

3PARÂ® (NYSE Arca: PAR), the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that Web 2.0 social media company Demand Mediaâ„¢ has chosen 3PAR Utility Storage to support its rapidly growing social media business. Demand Media uses its network of vertically-oriented Web properties to connect... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 6:07 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
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Microsoft Team Blog Better Explains Virtualization Licensing and Support Change

A lot of writing and discussions have taken place since Microsoft first announced their new virtualization licensing and support schema yesterday. Over at the official Microsoft Windows Virtualization Team Blog, Patrick O'Rourke posted a new entry to help add some clarification to help understand t... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:49 AM by David Marshall | 1 Comments
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Intel Developer Forum Day 1 News Disclosures

Intel Corporation is holding its Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco from August 19-21. Below are brief summaries of each executiveâ€™s keynote speech and news highlights for Day 1... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:47 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Events