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The trap of unchecked virtualization complexity can have a stifling effect on the advantageous spread of virtualization in data centers.
Indeed, many enterprises may think they [...]

Clearly seeing a sweet spot amid complex and costly applications support for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and SAP R/3 implementations, HP on Monday delivered a CloudStart package of turnkey private cloud infrastructure capabilities with a self-service, SasS portal included.
Delivered at the VMworld conference in San Francisco, HP is taking a practical approach for creating cloud and [...]

Platform Computing has paved the way to faster private cloud adoption with a low-risk, low-cost way for companies to evaluate their use of cloud computing. The Platform ISF Starter Pack, announced this week, will enable architects and IT managers to get a cloud sandbox environment up and running in less than 30 minutes, the company [...]

A trio of cloud ecosystem companies have collaborated to offer an integrated technology platform that aims to deliver a swift on-ramp to private and hybrid cloud computing models in the enterprise.
newScale, rPath and Eucalyptus Systems are combining their individual technology strengths in a one-two-three punch that promises to help [...]

If you happened to be listening to National Public Radio yesterday afternoon, you would have heard an interesting discussion on the rise of homeshoring on their All Things Considered afternoon show.
“So what’s new, then”, I hear you mutter over your espresso and boiled kippers…
In a bid to sound a bit clever, my good friend Philip [...]

As the digital vanguard goes, the rest of the online users eventually follow. Consider this example: noted designer Khoi Vinh wrote a few days ago…
I have access to Netflix, DVDs and torrents for everything I could ever want to watch and yet no time to watch them. #torture
If you’re not there, you probably will be [...]

Yesterday saw news of another big merger: the tie up between Intel (INTC) and McAfee (MFE). Between the news release and the conference call and various other merger documents, we counted 13 different filings yesterday. And that’s just McAfee’s filings. Intel had another four. Clearly, that makes for some very busy attorneys.
But one filing that [...]