With hypervisors a ubiquitous component of nearly every IT deployment, virtual appliances present a compelling alternative to traditional physical appliances by offering a simpler and faster software deployment model. In recent years, many data storage vendors have jumped on the “virtu... With hypervisors a ubiquitous component of nearly every IT deployment, virtual appliances present a compelling alternative to traditional physical appliances by offering a simpler and faster software deployment model. In recent years, many data storage vendors have jumped on the “virtu...Apr. 26, 2012 01:30 AM EDT Reads: 894 |
Cloud technology company AppLayer has announced the availability of its new platform, White Label Box. The solution allows businesses to outsource standard IT applications and core infrastructure through their preferred IT services company, avoiding the need to manage multiple cloud an...Apr. 23, 2012 08:13 AM EDT Reads: 546 |
RTW = Released to the Webitubes Wow.. what a big week. The System Center 2012 release, the official naming of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, and now the newest version of the MDT - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 – is released and available for download. For those not familia...Apr. 18, 2012 05:30 AM EDT Reads: 563 |
Akamai Technologies, a cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, has been selected by Fiat Group Automobiles as a major partner to improve the performance of both its corporate and brand sites and to optimize the na...Apr. 17, 2012 06:30 AM EDT Reads: 564 |
Citrix Wednesday said it bought Copenhagen-based collaborative work platform Podio to expand its social media offerings for SMBs, figuring there’s going to be a surge in demand for so-called social software by the enterprise as part of the consumerization of IT.
Forrester estimates th...Apr. 16, 2012 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,632 |
With an estimated $200 million bet on Cloud.com, if nothing else, executing an all-in open source strategy proves that Citrix doesn’t shrink in the face of high-stakes decisions. Cynics call this recent move an act of desperation – a Hail Mary in the absence of a better play. Others se...Apr. 13, 2012 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,418 |
SYS-CON Events announced today that Citrix, a leading provider of virtualization, networking, collaboration and cloud technologies, has been named Platinum Sponsor of SYS-CON's 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11–14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York Ci...Apr. 4, 2012 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 961 |
To support the expanding role of the network in deploying cloud services, MTM Technologies, Inc. announced on Monday it has achieved the Cisco Cloud Infrastructure designation within the Cisco Cloud Partner Program.
The Cisco Cloud Infrastructure designation recognizes MTM Technologie...Apr. 2, 2012 09:30 AM EDT Reads: 996 |
This spring Citrix and Dell will be delivering a new hardware VDI appliance that’s supposed to “radically” simplify and accelerate mass market desktop virtualization deployments. The Dell DVS Simplified solution leveraging Citrix’ VDI-in-a-Box is said to be an easy, repeatable solution...Mar. 5, 2012 07:00 AM EST Reads: 1,482 |
When you’re looking to add new tank mates to an existing aquarium ecosystem, one of the concerns you must have is whether a particular breed of fish is amenable to conspecific cohabitants. Many species are not, which means if you put them together in a confined space, they’re going to ...Mar. 5, 2012 04:00 AM EST Reads: 1,622 |
"Cloud is changing the way enterprises view the corporate desktop," said Denis Martin, Executive Vice President and CTO at NaviSite introduced an enterprise-class, cloud-based Desktop-as-a-Services (DaaS) offering that enables IT organizations to deliver virtual desktop services to lo...Mar. 5, 2012 02:00 AM EST Reads: 1,398 |
Today is the official launch of the Raspberry Pi, an ambitious UK project to create low cost computing with the aim of bringing a proper understanding of computing back to education. The device is itself is a fully fledged computer the size of a credit card with external USB and HDMI ...Mar. 1, 2012 04:45 AM EST Reads: 997 |
#F5 does #VDI, and it does it better. There are three core vendors and protocols supporting VDI today. Microsoft with RDP, Citrix with ICA, and VMware with PCoIP. For most organizations a single vendor approach has been necessary, primarily because the costs associated with the suppo...Feb. 29, 2012 04:15 AM EST Reads: 5,343 Replies: 1 |
What happens when technology converges? When old meets new?
A fine example of what might happen is what has happened in the carrier space as voice and data services increasingly meet on the same network, each carrying unique characteristics forward from the older technology from which...Feb. 23, 2012 12:35 AM EST Reads: 1,427 |
Citrix has opened up a beta of its CloudStack 3, the first release of the open source cloud platform under the Citrix brand.
Citrix acquired the Java-based cloud management last year when it bought Cloud.com. A full production version of the branded stuff is supposed to be available ...Feb. 23, 2012 12:05 AM EST Reads: 1,769 |
F5 Networks on Monday announced that it has agreed to acquire Traffix Systems, a provider of 4G Diameter signaling products for telecommunications service providers. The Diameter protocol has gained industry-wide acceptance by the 3GPP and GSMA as the standard for network signaling in ...Feb. 20, 2012 06:12 AM EST Reads: 1,351 |
Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, on Thursday announced it's working with Microsoft to market school IT labs and one-to-one computing solutions that allow a cost effective delivery of innovative IT enabled education. These solutions are available through Wys...Feb. 16, 2012 08:00 AM EST Reads: 1,162 |
Over the last year I have been working on the CloudStack Open Source Cloud Computing project. This month we are getting ready to launch CloudStack 3.0 which really raises the bar for cloud computing platforms. So what is CloudStack? It is an infrastructure-as-a-service(IaaS) platform ...Feb. 14, 2012 07:30 AM EST Reads: 2,318 |
CumuLogic is a cloud computing company founded by Sun Microsystems’ alumni. The company has developed a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software that makes it easier and faster to develop and deploy Java applications (apps) in the cloud. By automating the management of the runtime en...Feb. 7, 2012 07:00 AM EST Reads: 2,548 |
There was a time in the data center when we dedicated specific infrastructure and specific administrators to specific projects. This was a period of tremendous inefficiency and underutilization. This approach created a huge overhead in terms of administration, and project cycles that s...Feb. 7, 2012 04:30 AM EST Reads: 1,434 |
Zenoss, a leading provider of management software for physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT, today announced that the company achieved 196% new sales growth in Q4, nearly doubling its growth from the same quarter last year, and ended 2011 with record revenues. The key driver of growth ...Feb. 1, 2012 06:30 AM EST Reads: 1,441 |
Wyse Technology, a provider of cloud client computing, on Tuesday announced the newest member of its top-performing Z class thin client family with the availability of the Wyse Z90DE7 thin client. Built on an extended hardware platform that includes a PCI express (PCIe) expansion slot,...Jan. 31, 2012 03:06 AM EST Reads: 1,062 |
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Wyse Technology, a provider of cloud client computing, on Monday announced the newest member of its top-performing Z class thin client family with the availability of the Wyse Z90DE7 thin client. Built on an extended hardware platform that includes a PCI express (PCIe) expansion slot, ...Jan. 30, 2012 03:00 AM EST Reads: 939 |
Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, is participating in Cisco Live 2012, Cisco's flagship annual technical training, networking and educational event in Europe, running from January 31st to February 3rd, 2012 at the ExCel Centre, London, UK. The event offers v...Jan. 30, 2012 03:00 AM EST Reads: 1,050 |
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the beta of their new storage gateway functionality that enables access of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Services) from your different applications using an appliance installed in your data center site.
With this beta launch, Amazon joins other s...Jan. 26, 2012 07:00 AM EST Reads: 2,839 |
Virtualization Review today announced that cloud client computing products from Wyse Technology have been named Winner and Preferred Products in the 2012 Virtualization Review Readers Choice Awards. Wyse Z90 is Winner in the Thin/Zero Client Computing category, and Wyse Xenith Pro was...Jan. 24, 2012 08:00 AM EST Reads: 1,536 |
F5 Networks on Tuesday announced that the latest release of the F5 BIG-IP product family has been certified by ICSA Labs as a network firewall, helping customers protect their public-facing websites from today’s massive cyber attacks. The newly certified solution handles eight times mo...Jan. 24, 2012 07:02 AM EST Reads: 1,594 |
"We are pleased to be able to pass the improvements that Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 offers in centralized provisioning of virtual desktops directly on to our customers," states Florian Spatz, Product Marketing Manager at IGEL Technology, who also points out that, "this partn...Jan. 19, 2012 09:08 PM EST Reads: 2,205 |
NComputing is showcasing the latest version of its 'Classroom in a Box' solution which slashes desktop economics for teaching establishments by enabling up to 100 students to run virtual desktops from a single operating system instance. A classroom environment will be created on Stand...Jan. 11, 2012 01:00 AM EST Reads: 1,252 |
Wyse Technology, a provider of cloud client computing, on Tuesday announced its response to escalating enterprise demand for its mobile cloud app, Wyse PocketCloud Pro for Android. Wyse has launched its volume purchase program in Japan and this initiative marks Wyse PocketCloud's integ...Nov. 15, 2011 01:00 AM EST Reads: 2,558 |
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, has announced that five Europe-based companies are joining the organization: AboveIT, Comarch, CSR, Symbio and Tieto.
These companies are joining The Linux Foundation to collaborate on adva...Oct. 26, 2011 02:01 AM EDT Reads: 2,851 |
At Citrix Synergy, AppCentral, Inc., on Wednessday has announced a new capability that enables enterprise customers to use their AppCentral enterprise app storefront to distribute virtualized Windows applications to the mobile devices of their employees everywhere. Leveraging virtualiz...Oct. 26, 2011 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 1,670 |
Very few trends in IT have generated as much buzz as cloud computing.
In his session at the 9th International Cloud Expo, Mark Hinkle, Director, Cloud Computing Community at Citrix, will cut through the hype and quickly clarify the ontology for cloud computing. The bulk of the conver...Oct. 22, 2011 01:00 PM EDT Reads: 2,567 |
Citrix Thursday morning said it bought a cloud-based data storage, sharing and collaboration shop called ShareFile that will add data to its “Follow-Me” desktop and apps platform.
Terms were not disclosed. Apparently the five-year-old North Carolina concern never brought in any ventu...Oct. 17, 2011 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,420 |
Creating scalable, agile and robust cloud implementations requires more than just a good hypervisor, some automation and a fancy UI. It requires a successful plan - not only identifying the chosen architecture, but also selecting appropriate workloads and understanding the costs of man...Oct. 13, 2011 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,299 |
Cisco and Citrix, which paired up a year ago September to cash in on virtualized desktops, are expected to announce Wednesday that they’ve signed a five-year strategic alliance to collaborate on the technology and its marketing. They will also share the costs.
They’re after large-sca...Oct. 13, 2011 09:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,005 |
Autonomy Corporation plc, a provider of infrastructure software for the enterprise, on Thursday announced a new release of its flagship document management solution, WorkSite version 9.0. This release delivers next-generation private cloud computing platform and new capabilities in mob...Sep. 29, 2011 02:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,439 |
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Citrix has bought RingCube Technologies and its user personalization technology for virtual desktops. Price was not disclosed but the six-year-old company has raised about $26 million.
RingCube is supposed to eliminate the tradeoff between user personalization and centralized IT mana...Aug. 16, 2011 09:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,397 |






Cloud technology company AppLayer has announced the availability of its new platform, White Label Box. The solution allows businesses to outsource standard IT applications and core infrastructure through their preferred IT services company, avoiding the need to manage multiple cloud an...
RTW = Released to the Webitubes Wow.. what a big week. The System Center 2012 release, the official naming of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, and now the newest version of the MDT - Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2012 – is released and available for download. For those not familia...
Akamai Technologies, a cloud platform for helping enterprises provide secure, high-performing user experiences on any device, anywhere, has been selected by Fiat Group Automobiles as a major partner to improve the performance of both its corporate and brand sites and to optimize the na...
Citrix Wednesday said it bought Copenhagen-based collaborative work platform Podio to expand its social media offerings for SMBs, figuring there’s going to be a surge in demand for so-called social software by the enterprise as part of the consumerization of IT.
Forrester estimates th...
With an estimated $200 million bet on Cloud.com, if nothing else, executing an all-in open source strategy proves that Citrix doesn’t shrink in the face of high-stakes decisions. Cynics call this recent move an act of desperation – a Hail Mary in the absence of a better play. Others se...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Citrix, a leading provider of virtualization, networking, collaboration and cloud technologies, has been named Platinum Sponsor of SYS-CON's 10th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 11–14, 2012, at the Javits Center in New York Ci...
To support the expanding role of the network in deploying cloud services, MTM Technologies, Inc. announced on Monday it has achieved the Cisco Cloud Infrastructure designation within the Cisco Cloud Partner Program.
The Cisco Cloud Infrastructure designation recognizes MTM Technologie...
This spring Citrix and Dell will be delivering a new hardware VDI appliance that’s supposed to “radically” simplify and accelerate mass market desktop virtualization deployments. The Dell DVS Simplified solution leveraging Citrix’ VDI-in-a-Box is said to be an easy, repeatable solution...
When you’re looking to add new tank mates to an existing aquarium ecosystem, one of the concerns you must have is whether a particular breed of fish is amenable to conspecific cohabitants. Many species are not, which means if you put them together in a confined space, they’re going to ...
"Cloud is changing the way enterprises view the corporate desktop," said Denis Martin, Executive Vice President and CTO at NaviSite introduced an enterprise-class, cloud-based Desktop-as-a-Services (DaaS) offering that enables IT organizations to deliver virtual desktop services to lo...
Today is the official launch of the Raspberry Pi, an ambitious UK project to create low cost computing with the aim of bringing a proper understanding of computing back to education. The device is itself is a fully fledged computer the size of a credit card with external USB and HDMI ...
#F5 does #VDI, and it does it better. There are three core vendors and protocols supporting VDI today. Microsoft with RDP, Citrix with ICA, and VMware with PCoIP. For most organizations a single vendor approach has been necessary, primarily because the costs associated with the suppo...
What happens when technology converges? When old meets new?
A fine example of what might happen is what has happened in the carrier space as voice and data services increasingly meet on the same network, each carrying unique characteristics forward from the older technology from which...
Citrix has opened up a beta of its CloudStack 3, the first release of the open source cloud platform under the Citrix brand.
Citrix acquired the Java-based cloud management last year when it bought Cloud.com. A full production version of the branded stuff is supposed to be available ...
F5 Networks on Monday announced that it has agreed to acquire Traffix Systems, a provider of 4G Diameter signaling products for telecommunications service providers. The Diameter protocol has gained industry-wide acceptance by the 3GPP and GSMA as the standard for network signaling in ...
Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, on Thursday announced it's working with Microsoft to market school IT labs and one-to-one computing solutions that allow a cost effective delivery of innovative IT enabled education. These solutions are available through Wys...
Over the last year I have been working on the CloudStack Open Source Cloud Computing project. This month we are getting ready to launch CloudStack 3.0 which really raises the bar for cloud computing platforms. So what is CloudStack? It is an infrastructure-as-a-service(IaaS) platform ...
CumuLogic is a cloud computing company founded by Sun Microsystems’ alumni. The company has developed a Java Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) software that makes it easier and faster to develop and deploy Java applications (apps) in the cloud. By automating the management of the runtime en...
There was a time in the data center when we dedicated specific infrastructure and specific administrators to specific projects. This was a period of tremendous inefficiency and underutilization. This approach created a huge overhead in terms of administration, and project cycles that s...
Zenoss, a leading provider of management software for physical, virtual, and cloud-based IT, today announced that the company achieved 196% new sales growth in Q4, nearly doubling its growth from the same quarter last year, and ended 2011 with record revenues. The key driver of growth ...
Wyse Technology, a provider of cloud client computing, on Tuesday announced the newest member of its top-performing Z class thin client family with the availability of the Wyse Z90DE7 thin client. Built on an extended hardware platform that includes a PCI express (PCIe) expansion slot,...
Wyse Technology, a provider of cloud client computing, on Monday announced the newest member of its top-performing Z class thin client family with the availability of the Wyse Z90DE7 thin client. Built on an extended hardware platform that includes a PCI express (PCIe) expansion slot, ...
Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing, is participating in Cisco Live 2012, Cisco's flagship annual technical training, networking and educational event in Europe, running from January 31st to February 3rd, 2012 at the ExCel Centre, London, UK. The event offers v...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the beta of their new storage gateway functionality that enables access of Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Services) from your different applications using an appliance installed in your data center site.
With this beta launch, Amazon joins other s...
Virtualization Review today announced that cloud client computing products from Wyse Technology have been named Winner and Preferred Products in the 2012 Virtualization Review Readers Choice Awards. Wyse Z90 is Winner in the Thin/Zero Client Computing category, and Wyse Xenith Pro was...
F5 Networks on Tuesday announced that the latest release of the F5 BIG-IP product family has been certified by ICSA Labs as a network firewall, helping customers protect their public-facing websites from today’s massive cyber attacks. The newly certified solution handles eight times mo...
"We are pleased to be able to pass the improvements that Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 offers in centralized provisioning of virtual desktops directly on to our customers," states Florian Spatz, Product Marketing Manager at IGEL Technology, who also points out that, "this partn...
NComputing is showcasing the latest version of its 'Classroom in a Box' solution which slashes desktop economics for teaching establishments by enabling up to 100 students to run virtual desktops from a single operating system instance. A classroom environment will be created on Stand...
Wyse Technology, a provider of cloud client computing, on Tuesday announced its response to escalating enterprise demand for its mobile cloud app, Wyse PocketCloud Pro for Android. Wyse has launched its volume purchase program in Japan and this initiative marks Wyse PocketCloud's integ...
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, has announced that five Europe-based companies are joining the organization: AboveIT, Comarch, CSR, Symbio and Tieto.
These companies are joining The Linux Foundation to collaborate on adva...
At Citrix Synergy, AppCentral, Inc., on Wednessday has announced a new capability that enables enterprise customers to use their AppCentral enterprise app storefront to distribute virtualized Windows applications to the mobile devices of their employees everywhere. Leveraging virtualiz...
Very few trends in IT have generated as much buzz as cloud computing.
In his session at the 9th International Cloud Expo, Mark Hinkle, Director, Cloud Computing Community at Citrix, will cut through the hype and quickly clarify the ontology for cloud computing. The bulk of the conver...
Citrix Thursday morning said it bought a cloud-based data storage, sharing and collaboration shop called ShareFile that will add data to its “Follow-Me” desktop and apps platform.
Terms were not disclosed. Apparently the five-year-old North Carolina concern never brought in any ventu...
Creating scalable, agile and robust cloud implementations requires more than just a good hypervisor, some automation and a fancy UI. It requires a successful plan - not only identifying the chosen architecture, but also selecting appropriate workloads and understanding the costs of man...
Cisco and Citrix, which paired up a year ago September to cash in on virtualized desktops, are expected to announce Wednesday that they’ve signed a five-year strategic alliance to collaborate on the technology and its marketing. They will also share the costs.
They’re after large-sca...
Autonomy Corporation plc, a provider of infrastructure software for the enterprise, on Thursday announced a new release of its flagship document management solution, WorkSite version 9.0. This release delivers next-generation private cloud computing platform and new capabilities in mob...
Citrix has bought RingCube Technologies and its user personalization technology for virtual desktops. Price was not disclosed but the six-year-old company has raised about $26 million.
RingCube is supposed to eliminate the tradeoff between user personalization and centralized IT mana...
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