Modest industry spending rebound leaves Oracle at its weakest point in recent history; Dell makes a rating jump. TheInfoPro, an independent research and advisory company for the IT industry, today released its latest server study, which yields some surprising results.
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Virtualization technology news on virtual machine products, hypervisors and new products in the virtualization industry.
Hyper9 Announces Cloud Cost Estimator for Virtual Environments
Hyper9, Inc., the enterprise-class virtualization management company, today announced its latest product release focused on bringing greater transparency to the “black box” of virtualization initiatives. The solution features a Cloud Cost Estimator Lens, a customizable dashboard that uses data and analytics to estimate how much it would cost to run a company’s virtual machines on Amazon EC2.
Converged Storage Networks from Storage Engine
Storage Engine, Inc. (SEI), announces the addition of converged networking fabrics to its open storage connectivity solutions for virtualized data centers and private cloud deployments. Based upon open standards for Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FcOE), RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and iSCSI extensions for RDMA (iSER)…
Dell Virtual Lab Solution Allows Students to Access Labs Anytime, Anywhere and from Any Device
Dell today announced its Virtual Lab solution designed to help higher education organizations address time, space and budget challenges while providing students the freedom to access lab-based software anytime, anywhere and from any device. The solution will debut on several U.S. campuses this fall.
Terrapin Solutions Partners With The Planet to Offer Cloud Services
The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Terrapin Solutions, a Cloud Services Master Agency, is the company’s newest Charter Referral Partner, and joins its select portfolio of top-tier referral agents within the Partner Plus program.
Maximizing Server Utilization with Librato’s Silverline in the GoGrid Cloud
Instantly Deploy Servers with GoGrid Partner Images Preconfigured for Spare Cycle Harvesting, Application Monitoring and Event Triggers. Librato®, Inc., a leading provider of software solutions that maximize the utilization of cloud and data center resources, today announced the availability of Silverline service on GoGrid’s cloud hosting infrastructure.
Dell to buy storage provider 3Par for $1.13B
Dell Inc.’s purchase of a storage provider for $1.13 billion marks another step in the personal computer industry’s quest to expand into more profitable businesses. As PC prices have plummeted in recent years, computer manufacturers such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard Co. are moving to meet emerging demand for technology services.
Red Hat Integrates Server and Desktop Virtualization
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the next step in the integration of its enterprise-grade server and desktop virtualization portfolio with the general availability of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 2.2.