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Dell buying 3PAR for $1.15 billion

Dell on Monday announced it has agreed to acquire virtualized storage provider 3PAR for about US$1.15 billion, a move that will boost its capabilities for building public and private cloud computing environments. The deal is expected to close later this year.

BMC BladeLogic automation software a private cloud cornerstone

Like a growing number of enterprise IT executives, Craig Baughn, vice president of hosting operations at Concur Technologies, a corporate travel and expense management company in Redmond, Wash., is carefully studying how to transition from a virtual environment to a private cloud.

Virtualization Shakes Up How Servers Are Sold

If vendors including Cisco and HP succeed, in a few years you may buy more bundled chunks of infrastructure, and fewer individual server, storage and network pieces. Here's a look at how virtualization is significantly changing server purchases.

BMC BladeLogic Automation Software a Private Cloud Cornerstone

Like a growing number of enterprise IT executives, Craig Baughn, vice president of hosting operations at Concur Technologies, a corporate travel and expense management company in Redmond, Wash., is carefully studying how to transition from a virtual environment to a private cloud.

Getting VDI right

Desktop virtualization makes it possible to centralize control and simplify management, improve security and compliance, and minimize help desk calls. It isn't perfect for all types of users within the enterprise, but when deployed appropriately, VDI can unlock new capabilities that could never be achieved through traditional physical desktop solutions.

HP FlexFabric Virtualize network connections and capacity From the edge to the core An HP Converged Infrastructure innovation pr

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Riverbed readies cloud, mobility and virtualization rollout

Riverbed has products on tap that will enable WAN optimization as a cloud service, speed up the boot time for remote virtual desktops and, perhaps in a year or two, a software client that will speed up the performance of handhelds and smartphones.

VMware launches software to crack app performance problems

VMware subsidiary SpringSource has launched a new version of its Hyperic software

Convirture delivers enterprise grade management for Linux virtualization

Has the dearth of management tools held you back from deploying virtualization on a Linux platform? Now there is an enterprise version of the open source management software ConVirt that actually exceeds the base feature set of VMWare's vCenter. ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise might be just the tool you need to help Linux flourish in your virtualized data center.

Citrix vs. VMware: Virtualization Battle Plan Changes

In the wake of an analyst report certifying Citrix's XenDesktop 4.1 as the only product that fully satisfies all the criteria for enterprise-class desktop virtualization, Citrix Systems has come very close to conceding it will remain an also-ran in the market for virtual servers.
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