Responding to the demand for business cloud services and Web enablement of applications, Nexaweb has launched a new platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering that is designed to help businesses move legacy applications into the cloud while still providing the familiarity of client/server-type solutions.
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Nexaweb Announces New Client/Server-To-Cloud Platform
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Pancetera Deal Extends Quantum Virtualization Opportunities
Backup, recovery and archive specialist Quantum Corp. is shelling out $ 12 million – $ 8.4 million in cash and $ 3.6 million in Quantum common stock – to buy Pancetera Software Inc., which protects data in virtual server environments. Quantum says the acquisition will add assets that will ‘dramatically’ enhance data management in virtual environments. Its DXi disk backup and deduplication products are compatible with Pancetera technology, and Quantum will further integrate the technology into its longer-term roadmaps for both DXi and its StorNext file sharing and archive offerings.
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Delivering Private Cloud Services
When a company begins architecting a private cloud, there are many decisions that need to be made about architecture, hardware and delivery model. One key decision that often gets overlooked is how to deliver the services and applications that run the business. There are two general options: continue to deliver services in the same model we’ve always done but now on a more optimized platform, or reassess service delivery and use the private cloud migration to optimize the process as a whole.
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VKernel Enhances Virtualization Management For Cloud Environments
VKernel has enhanced its vOperations Suite server virtualization management product. Version 3.5 now includes features such as new capacity reservations, enhanced modeling, customer reporting and performance measurements–improvements that are particularly intended to help cloud environments.
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Trend Micro Augments Network-Based Malware Detection, Releases Threat Intelligence Tool
The latest version of Trend Micro’s Threat Management System (TMS) adds sandboxing technology to its set of its network-based malware detection engines. Trend Micro has also introduced a threat intelligence product to correlate and analyze log information from its endpoint and network security tools to improve threat detection and incident response.
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Managing IT Resources Via Twitter
Enterasys Networks has added a user interface module, which the company calls Isaac, to its network management software that gives users access to the company’s network management software via popular social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and
Salesforce.com’s Chatter.
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HP Shakeup Ousts Three Top Executives
HP ousted two executives on Monday and gave a third a seat on HPs board while relieving her of her day job. HP said the moves are consistent with a strategy that new president and CEO L�o Apotheker outlined in March to better capitalize on strategic market opportunities.
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OpenFlow And Network Value
The announcement of OpenFlow has some people in networking optimistic that we are about to see a significant change in innovation and progress on network management. OpenFlow is a nascent networking specification that has three key elements – a software controller, the OpenFlow protocol, and a client on the Network device. It’s important to comprehend that all three elements combine to create a single coherent solution.
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Private Clouds And Virtualization Are Falling Short Of Expectations, Symantec Survey Shows
Early adopters of private cloud and several key virtualization usage scenarios are coming up well short of their goals for these technologies, according to a Symantec survey of 3,700 enterprises around the globe. On the other hand, the overwhelming majority of enterprises are at least in the discussion/planning stage for these kinds of initiatives.
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Day 12: VPN Success, Finally!
30 Days With Ubuntu Linux: Day 12
We’ll call this Day 12.5 of 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux. It took me a while, but the good news is that I now have VPN connectivity with PCWorld so I can just write in LibreOffice Writer and post straight from Ubuntu Linux. Getting there was less than intuitive, and quite frustrating, though.
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