IBM is introducing new software to create virtual server images in minutes and to automate the management of virtual environments, hybrid cloud systems and to better protect data in the cloud. The software giant says this management software will become critical for enterprises, citing an industry forecast that the number of virtual machines under management is expected to grow tenfold between 2008 and 2012.
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IBM Offers New Software For Managing Virtualization, Cloud Systems
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Nexsan Eyes Primary Storage For Midmarket
Part of a vanishing breed, the small storage vendor Nexsan is staking out new ground with its E-Series systems, which are targeted at a different aspect of its traditional midmarket. Primarily known as a second-tier backup storage vendor that delivers rock-solid reliability, the company is now going after the primary storage market by adding impressive performance capabilities.
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HP Storage Blitz Leverages 3PAR Acquisition
HP is building on the storage-related portion of January’s CloudSystem announcement with the integration of 3PAR Utility Storage across the company’s Converged Infrastructure portfolio. With features like automated storage tiering and thin storage offerings to eliminate over-provisioning, the integration will enable clients to optimize cloud delivery and help it consolidate its storage hardware and respond to continuing data growth, according to HP. The company also says that it has simplified data management and provided a lower total cost of ownership.
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Backup Rule #7: Encrypt Your Backups
Last week I opened my newspaper (yes, I still read the news on paper) to see a report of, once again, a major data breach caused by a batch of backup tapes being lost in transit to the warehouse. At the very least, I had hoped that the system administrators at large organizations that hold the most personal of all information would have gotten the word to encrypt their backup tapes, but this piece of news and the results of our InformationWeek Analytics Backup Survey have proven me wrong.
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IDC: Server Sales Growth Highest In Three Years In Fourth Quarter Of 2010
Worldwide server sales revenue rose 15.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared with the year ago quarter, the highest growth rate in three years and the fourth straight quarter of year-over-year growth, as customers continued a refresh cycle of their IT assets, according to a report released Monday from IDC. The IDC report mirrored an earlier analysis by Gartner. One notable growth market was high-end x86 architecture servers, according to an IDC analyst.
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HP Flexes Its Wireless Wares
HP is poised to carve out a bigger slice of the growing wireless market with its Mobile Access Solution, the industry’s first access points that transmit three data streams per wireless radio as opposed to two, and that can support up to 50 percent more mobile devices than existing technology. According to Dell’Oro Group, overall wireless LAN (WLAN) market revenues are expected to surpass $ 7 billion by 2014; 2010 revenues were up 23 percent year-over-year to $ 2.1 billion. During the third quarter of 2010, both HP and arch-rival Cisco grew their enterprise revenues by over 20 percent.
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OpenText Brings Windows And UNIX Enterprise Business Applications To Mac OS X With Release Of Exceed OnDemand 8
Enterprises will now have an easier time keeping their global workforces productive with the release of Exceed onDemand 8 by OpenText, an X11 window server that gives users fast, reliable and secure remote access to applications over any network connection. Exceed onDemand 8 offers support for the popular Mac OS X platform along with a number of performance and productivity enhancements that enable customers to centrally distribute and manage access to UNIX, Linux and Microsoft Windows applications.
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What The Pink Elephant Told Me About ITIL
Having spent the last week at perhaps the world’s largest Information Technology Services Management (ITSM) conference, my eyes were opened a little wider to some pretty amazing transformations afoot across the IT landscape. I did come home feeling a bit uneasy about the future of my day job as an IT professional. I also came away with both an appreciation for the ITSM consulting and training company Pink Elephant and an equal part confusion about some of the mixed messages I heard at this most excellent of events. Given that much of what was discussed hits squarely at how mobile technology and its use is causing a sea change for IT, I feel compelled to share what I took away from the conference.
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IBM Tops Server Sales In Q4
IBM led all server manufacturers in sales in the fourth quarter of calendar 2010, according to data released Thursday by market watcher Gartner. The data includes total revenue from mainframe, blade, industry standard, and other types of servers. For the three months ended Dec. 31, IBM posted worldwide server sales of $ 5.2 billion, up 26.4% from the same period in 2009. HP was second in overall sales, with revenue up 12.8% to $ 4.5 billion. Third-place Dell saw sales increase 26.4% to $ 1.9 billion while fourth-place Oracle suffered a 16.2% sales decline, to $ 806 million.
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