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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 [...]

This guest blog post comes courtesy of Tony Baer’s OnStrategies blog. Tony is a senior analyst at Ovum.
By Tony Baer
What took HP so long? Store that thought.
As we’ve stated previously, security is one of those things that have become everybody’s business. Traditionally the role of security professionals who have focused more on perimeter [...]

The bombshell that Oracle is suing Google over Java intellectual property in mobile platform powerhouse Android came as a surprise, but in hindsight it shouldn’t have.
We must look at the world through the lens that all guns are pointed at Google, and that means that any means to temper its interests and blunt it’s potential [...]

Metastorm, the business process management (BPM) software provider that recently released two cloud-based business collaboration products, is betting on what it calls the “socialization of the enterprise.”
We’re seeing more social media techniques and approaches entering the enterprise, from Saleforce.com’s Chatter to the forthcoming beta of HP’s 48Upper. The trend is undeniable. A recent [...]