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Intel Acquires Leading Client Virtualization Vendor Neocleus - Or Does It?

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:15:00 +0000

Intel has reportedly acquired the market leader in client virtualization, Neocleus. Known for its NeoSphere product. Neocleus is well known for its implementation of industry-leading virtualization technologies, coupled with centralized control and management that integrate with existing PC lifecycle management tools. NeoSphere has long offered organizations a way to address their client computing demands.

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Ubuntu ‘Maverick Meerkat’ erects own App Store

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:06:12 +0000

Beta mongoose flaunts new face

Review Ubuntu fans, fire up your virtual machines. The beta release of Ubuntu 10.10 is here. Maverick Meerkat, as this release is known, is actually several weeks ahead of the original schedule, and that means Ubuntu 10.10 is on track for its final release October 10.…

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F5 Networks Wins “Best Workplace” Award from Puget Sound Business Journal

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:44:54 +0000

F5 Networks, Inc., a provider of Application Delivery Networking (ADN), on Friday announced it has been named the winner of Puget Sound Business Journal’s Best Workplace award in the extra-large company category (500+ employees). F5 was chosen from 80 finalists based on its excellent employee benefit offerings, leadership culture, and work/life balance philosophies. The award was presented to F5 at Safeco Field on Thursday, August 12 at a special event honoring all finalists.
“Receiving this award is particularly meaningful to us, given the abundance of quality companies based in the area,” said John McAdam, President and CEO of F5. “The honor truly belongs to our employees, who are passionate and committed to their work at F5. Keeping our employees happy and challenged is vital to F5 because they give us their best. In turn, we reward hard work and superior results with great benefits and employee recognition programs. That’s what makes F5 such a great place to work.”

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F5 Networks Named to FORTUNE’s List of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:39:48 +0000

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), has been named one of the world’s fastest-growing companies, according to FORTUNE. F5 is ranked No. 64 among what FORTUNE calls “the world’s supercharged performers” on its 2010 list of 100 Fastest-Growing Companies. F5, the only company in its market space to make the list of 100, ranks No. 17 among the top technology companies.

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VAR Rejects Higher Priced Deduplication One Trick Ponies

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:17:04 +0000

Unitrends, the leading provider of integrated and scalable backup solutions, today announced that its successful partnership with nexusSTOR has created a strong competitive advantage for the reseller.
Kyle King, owner of nexusSTOR, extensively examined the other competitors Exagrid, Overland Storage and FalconStor to find “they are typically 30 percent more expensive and still have to rely on third party backup software.”

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SAN Backup – or How to Make DMVs Even More Hellish

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:08:57 +0000

SAN backup, or the lack of SAN backup, is in the news. The failure of the EMC DMX-3 SAN for the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has made not only the technology press but the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and others. No wonder. The lack of a SAN backup strategy left 26 of 83 of Virginia’s state agencies down.

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Cloud Computing: Citrix Buys VMLogix

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:56:00 +0000

Citrix, which claims to be the most widely deployed cloudware around, in part a factor of running both Amazon and Rackspace, is buying six-year-old VMLogix and its LabManager and StageManager products, old hypervisor-agnostic friends that automate virtualization management in private and public clouds.
The widgetry will turn up in Citrix’ OpenCloud infrastructure platform, its tarted-up Xen stack, to help it take on VMware management.
Terms were not disclosed.
Citrix said it would add lifecycle automation so virtual workloads can migrate between production stages with a single mouse click.

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Webroot to Exhibit at Cloud Expo Silicon Valley

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:00:00 +0000

SYS-CON Events announced today that Webroot, a leading provider in Web and Email Security, will exhibit at SYS-CON’s 7th International Cloud Expo, which will take place on November 1–4, 2010, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Webroot provides industry-leading security solutions businesses worldwide. Webroot products consistently receive top review ratings by respected third parties and have been adopted by millions globally. With a wide range of security services for businesses,, Webroot also protects allows consumers to download music, store digital files, bank, shop, surf and search – safely.

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Storage Magazine: September 2010

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:40:23 +0000

In this month’s cover story, Jacob Gsoedl explores how unstructured data became one of the top challenges in today’s organizations and highlights how file/NAS virtualization allows for future growth.
Published by: SearchStorage.com

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Unleash the Power of Your Physical Storage

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:40:23 +0000

This white paper focuses the challenges faced by IT organizations that have adopted server virtualization but have not virtualized their storage infrastructure. It then shows how new flexible solutions like the EVA Cluster can be used to unleash the power of your physical storage.
Published by: Hewlett-Packard Company

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