At face value, the global server market slumped in the second quarter of 2012, according to IDC’s newest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. Factory revenue fell for the third consecutive quarter, totaling $ 12.6 billion, a 4.8% year-over-year decline. Unit shipments were also off for the first time in almost three years, dropping 3.6%. Among major vendors, only Dell appears to have bucked the downward trend. Nevertheless, a closer look at the data suggests matters are less grim than they appear.
Riverbed Extends VMware Partnership With Flurry of News at VMworld
Riverbed introduces new products at VMworld that address application deployment for cloud architecture, software-defined networking and virtual desktop infrastructure. Learn more about how the vendor is building on its VMware partnership.
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Dell, Nimble, GreenBytes and NetApp Up the Ante to Support VDI
A virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) can be difficult to launch and expensive. Is the storage infrastructure ready to support VDI? Learn how storage vendors Dell, Nimble, GreenBytes and NetApp are answering that question.
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Calculating the Cost of Full Disk Encryption
The price of FDE goes beyond hardware and software–but according to a recent study, the benefits far outweigh the costs.
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New EMC Suite Tackles Storage Management in Virtual Environments
Data center volume and files are projected to grow to 50 and 75 times their current size in the next decade. EMC’s Storage Resource Management aims to help overburdened storage staffs prepare for the onslaught.
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VMware Previews Impressive Mobile Offering With Horizon Suite
BYOD support is often about what users can’t do. VMware’s Horizon Suite focuses on what users can do. The preview of the alpha stage software combines good user experience with enterprise controls.
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VMworld: Brocade Announces Support for VXLAN
Brocade announces support for VMware’s preferred networking overlay protocol. Learn more about the ADX Series.
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Is Amazon’s Glacier Cloud Storage a Good Deal?
Amazon’s new cloud storage service, Glacier, looks like a deal–one cent per gigabit per month. But can you wait three to five hours to access your data? Learn what other factors you should be aware of when it comes to Amazon’s latest storage offering.
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EMC’s VFCache Now Supports vMotion and Deduplication
Prior to vSphere 5.1, vMotion and server-side SSD caches weren’t compatible. Now, cache-hungry apps can be made mobile, too. Here’s how EMC’s VFCache works with vMotion.
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