Virtualisation & Cloud

EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management

EMC has acquired Syncplicity, an enterprise file-management service provider, for an undisclosed sum. Read More | View Original Article

Release: Oracle VM Server for x86 3.1

On May 18th Oracle announced the general availability of version 3.1 of its x86 enterprise virtualization solution VM Server. Read More | View Original Article

Upcoming Salesforce.com release adds real-time chat

Salesforce.com, which has placed ample emphasis on its Chatter social networking application, will actually begin providing real-time chat functionality as part of an imminent upgrade to its family of cloud-based software, according to a company document. Read More | View Original Article

Data Center Jobs: Google

At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have two new job listings from Google, which is seeking a Mechanical Engineer and an Electrical Engineer. Both positions are located in Mountain View, Calif. Read More | View Original Article

Cloud computing: You can't outsource your compliance obligations

Even if your cloud provider is at fault should your company fall out of compliance, the law will come after you. Read More | View Original Article

VMware shows View 5.1 performance improvements

In this post, published on May 18 in VROOM! Read More | View Original Article

EU: Programming Languages Can't Be Copyrighted

Europe's top court has ruled that the functionality of a computer program and the programming language it is written in cannot be protected by copyright. Read More | View Original Article

Cloud Hosting Buyer’s Guide

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Amazon load balancers designed to be simpler to use after console upgrade

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has upgraded its management console, allowing IT staff to use it to administer security protocols on the Elastic Load Balancing service, the company said in a blog post. Read More | View Original Article

Measuring End-to-End Application Performance

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Closer Look: Schneider Electric Modules

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Modular Monday: Closer Look at 4 Offerings

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Closer Look: Active Power’s PowerHouse

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Closer Look: IO.Anywhere Modular Data Center

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Closer Look: Digital Realty POD 2.0 Architecture

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

For the NFL, Big Is Better -- Except in IT

The NFL has big stadiums, big players and big games, but when it comes to computer systems, the league's vice president of IT doesn't use the word big. Read More | View Original Article

Career Watch: IT jobs on top

In a recent ranking of the best jobs, several IT positions ended up in the top 10. Read More | View Original Article

The look ahead to a software-controlled world

The Interop show in Las Vegas is always a good bellwether for enterprise technology trends, and perhaps the most striking thing about the recent show was how little the term "network fabric" came up. Read More | View Original Article

Does standardized interoperability in data center fabrics matter?

Despite interoperability trials and demonstrations involving alternative data center fabric standards, a non-standard fabric technology is said by proponents to be at the front of the pack. Read More | View Original Article

Industry Perspectives: Power Assure, Infosys, Raritan

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of May 18th

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

Roundup: ViaWest, CoreLink, Interxion

With the proliferation of cloud service providers over the last few years, organizations are no longer asking whether a cloud solution is appropriate for them, but rather, which cloud solution is. Selecting the right cloud solution requires thorough analysis into the level of security, control,... Read More | View Original Article

It’s Finally Friday: ‘Modular’ Cartoon Caption Contest

As part of the Uptime Institute's "Modular Campus," Schneider Electric brought a 50,000-pound pre-manufactured power facility module to Santa Clara Convention Center for event attendees to see and experience the modular unit. Video walk-through of the power module. Read More | View Original Article

Why Facebook’s IPO is Good for the Data Center Industry

Facebook 's IPO will be good news to many of Facebook's employees and investors. But it also is a positive development for the data center industry, providing Facebook with lots of capital and motivation to wield it in ways that satisfy Wall Street analysts and the company's investors. And that... Read More | View Original Article

More Highlights From The Uptime Symposium 2012

Data center professionals, consultants, researchers and industry vendors convened on Santa Clara for the seventh annual Uptime Institute Symposium. There was an emphasis on modular approaches to data center builds and the latest developments in energy efficiency and green data center technology as... Read More | View Original Article

CyrusOne Going ‘Massively Modular’ in Phoenix

Data center professionals, consultants, researchers and industry vendors convened on Santa Clara for the seventh annual Uptime Institute Symposium. There was an emphasis on modular approaches to data center builds and the latest developments in energy efficiency and green data center technology as... Read More | View Original Article

Apple: iDataCenter Power Will Be 100% Green

Apple is doubling the size of its already-huge solar array at its data center in North Carolina, buying another 100 acres of land to house a second large installation of solar panels. The company said the expansion, along with its plan to use fuel cells from Bloom Energy, will allow it to supply 60... Read More | View Original Article

NVIDIA introduces World’s Firs Virtualized GPU

On May 15th NVIDIA unveiled the NVIDIA® VGX™ platform that will be available later this year through NVIDIA’s hardware OEM and VDI partners. This new platform promises to deliver a desktop experience  comparable to a local PC, up to 100 VDI users for each single server equipped with a VGX board. Read More | View Original Article

Netsuite glad to help rival SAP with their ERP

Zach Nelson, chief executive at Netsuite, has publicly thanked rival SAP for renewing a cloud computing licence with his company, instead of using its own software. Read More | View Original Article

Microsoft announces Assessment and Planning Toolkit 7.0 Beta Program

Microsoft announced this week the new Beta version of its capacity planning tool Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) 7.0 Beta. The Beta program opened on May 15th and the review period will run through July 5th. To download the beta materials on Connect follow this link: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=219165 Read More | View Original Article