HP has introduced a package of new service offerings to help business and enterprise customers develop hybrid cloud environments that are a combination of private and public clouds for delivery of IT. An industry analyst says this is one of several moves technology vendors like HP have made to become cloud service providers, thus putting them in competition with the service providers to which they sell their hardware.
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HP Beefs Up Cloud Management Offerings
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Embotics V-Commander Boosts Virtual Machine Management
Embotics has announced version 3.7 of its V-Commander virtualization management software, which includes integration with VMsphere for improved configuration management and automated remediation of non-compliant virtual machines (VMs) that do not have the appropriate types of metadata defined. Other new features include customizable self-service VM request forms, and enhanced capacity and performance management capabilities, including bottleneck and rightsizing reports.
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ProQueSys Ships Network And Security Monitoring Software
Process Query Systems (ProQueSys) has shipped the first of what the company says will be a quarterly series of updates to its FlowTraq network flow monitoring product. New features in this version include support for virtual local area networks (VLAN) and autonomous systems (AS); improved filtering; and enhancements to the user interface, as well as improvements in speed.
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Tandberg Introduces 8TB Removable Disk Library For SMBs
With four years of experience and solid growth in the SMB tape-replacement market, Tandberg Data is extending its RDX-based product–an entry-level tape alternative that combines the advantages of disk and tape–with the first removable disk library, providing up to 8TBytes of online storage in a multicartridge 2U form factor. Available in volume at a starting price of $ 3,999, the RDX QuikStation consists of eight RDX docks that can be configured as either eight individually addressable iSCSI disk targets or as an emulated tape autoloader or library, as well as a Linux-based server.
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Xiotech HDD/SSD Combo A Price/Performance Powerhouse
In its latest Magic Quadrant for Midrange and High-End Modular Disk Arrays, Gartner cautioned Xiotech Corporation that it needed to grow its revenues and market share “before competitors can provide reliability comparable to ISE,” as well as add an SSD (solid-state disk, or flash drive) option. Looks like Xiotech has addressed both points with the newest addition to its ISE (Intelligent Storage Element) family.
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Cloudy, With A Chance Of Networking
After a busy week of talking with Meraki, Aerohive and startup PowerCloud Systems, my head is spinning a bit after hearing about the cloud-oriented trio’s advancements into new niches. Wireless providers are venturing into wired networking, a major acquisition has taken place, and one vendor makes commodity-class hardware compete with enterprise-grade components using a new and interesting approach. The cloud is heating up, and the lines between wireless and wired networking are blurring. If these system providers have their way, branch office networks will never be outfitted and managed the same way, and big dollars will be saved by those shopping for new solutions.
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TM Forum Details Cloud IaaS Requirements
TM Forum, an association which not only includes technology vendors such as HP and IBM, but more than 750 of the world’s largest service providers in the communications, media and cloud service markets, has just delivered what it calls the industry’s first set of ‘Enterprise-Grade External Compute Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Requirements’. Put together by the association’s Enterprise Cloud Leadership Council (ECLC), the document includes guidelines for terminology, requirements for external private clouds in commercial, technical and operational terms, the business case for external private clouds, and sample use cases. It also details how business and technical agreements between enterprise customers and cloud service providers should be defined and managed to maximize benefits for both parties.
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New OS33 Software Helps MSPs Deliver Cloud To Their Customers
OS33, a company that bills itself as a cloud-based IT delivery automation platform provider, has introduced SaaS-based software for managed service providers (MSPs) to deliver applications to their customers. The OS33 Cloud Platform includes a WebTop offering that creates a Web-based browser portal for MSPs to provide their customers access to their corporate applications and file systems from any computing device, including Apple iPad and Google Android-based tablet computers. The customers can access the applications they’re accustomed to using, including those from Microsoft and the emerging Google Apps for business users.
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RSA Offers SMBs Strong Authentication Appliance For Remote Web Access
RSA has announced Authentication Manager Express (AMX), a strong remote access authentication appliance for small and midsize businesses. AMX is designed as a simplified SMB alternative to RSA Authentication Manager, the enterprise-class software behind SecurID.
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Planning the Interop Network Has Begun
The planning for the Interop network kicked off with engineers from the participating vendors meeting in person or via audio conferencing. The kick-off meeting starts the long process of designing the Interop network, which will ultimately support tens of thousands of users and devices, both on the expo floor and around the conference. It’s a daunting task for seven days of network activity. This year, the goals of the Interop net are to showcase IPv6 support, interoperability among vendors, cloud computing for critical services, and building and managing Wi-Fi in a high-density environment. If you are attending the show, take advantage of the Interop net tours that will be available.
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