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Eucalyptus’ Cloud Platform Hits First Update

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:00 EST

The new widgetry features multi-cluster support and enhanced concurrency management to improve scaling so users can seamlessly overlay their Eucalyptus cloud on top of virtually any existing IT infrastructure, regardless of size or configuration. Eucalyptus is meant for implementing an on-premise cloud using an organization’s own IT infrastructure. It supports the same APIs as public clouds, and with the release of version 1.6.1, claims to be the only on-premise cloud platform that’s fully compatible with the Amazon AWS public cloud infrastructure.

Zend Cozies Up to Oracle

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST

Zend Technology, Microsoft’s little open source PHP friend, says it’s making its Zend application server, designed for running and managing business-critical PHP applications in production, available to Oracle’s enterprise customers through Oracle’s Unbreakable Linux Network. It includes out-of-the-box enterprise-grade connectivity to Oracle Database. PHP is said to run 35% of the web. According Zend CEO Andi Gutmans, “Together, we are now delivering an enterprise-grade PHP stack from top to bottom supporting the development, deployment, and management of business-critical PHP applications on Oracle. This full stack will also ease deployment in virtual environments using Oracle VM.”

Mobile Convergent Devices and Applications

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:00:00 EST

I can't let this experience go undocumented. I am sitting in Starbucks drinking a Mocha, writing a blog article, chatting with an international client on skype, checking and responding to emails, taking phone calls, recording voice memos, accessing spreadsheets on Google Docs, scheduling meetings and listening to music all on my iPhone.

The Birth of Virtualization – A Sure Bar Bet Winner

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:04:00 EST

I’m willing to make this little bet with you: Most people of a certain age are more than willing to bet folding green that IBM ‘invented’ virtualization. Gen-any-letters will bet VMware with confidence. You will win either way. Today’s burgeoning virtualization market is a different story. And in that story, VMware is the dad.

What is Your Favorite White Paper?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:00:00 EST

White papers come in all shapes and forms. Our Panel of White Paper Experts have written and reviewed thousands of white papers over the years. Which white paper stands out in their mind? We have invited White Paper Experts to answer this query: "Give one example of your most favorite white paper and why you like it". Read on to get their insights.

Insulating Innovators from Infrastructure with Cloud Computing

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST

The SMS message was desperate. AJ sent the plea “If I have to see one more picture of a cloud in a PPT I might lose it…” After two days of presentations at the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, where companies tried to bring the audience up to an Intro to Clouds 101 level, some attendees were grasping for new ideas, new information, new reasons why companies should release their IT models currently based on strict FUD-Factor (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) compliance, to the new generation of cloud computing.

Insulating Innovators with Cloud Computing

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:30:00 EST

Is it a Perfect Storm for Cloud Federation?

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST

"On the supply side, interviews with cloud-enabled providers reveal that there are a lot of activities already underway to support enterprises of all kinds," notes Agatha Poon, who this coming week will be speaking at the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.

Yahoo! Announces Open-Source Cloud Server

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:30:00 EST

“We see Traffic Server as an essential building block for cloud computing, and at Yahoo!, it’s integral to our edge services, on-line storage and cloud serving. The open-sourcing of Traffic Server is representative of our company-wide commitment to sharing technology innovation with the open source community, as well as our broader intention to continue to open source our cloud technologies as they mature,” said Shugar. “By releasing an open source version of Traffic Server, we are sharing a core piece of technology with the open-source world, while also signaling our intention to build a community of developers to take it to the next level.”

Rich Marcello, Unisys Discusses "Myths About Cloud Computing"

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:15:00 EST

Marcello also stressed that cloud computing installations must be able to run enterprise applications. "What the folks at salesforce.com have done, for example, is very impressive," he noted. "But we also need to move all these Dotnet and Java enterprise applications to the cloud.." Furthermore, while doing so, "you must remember that cloud computing is not just about cost," he said. "It's about business, agility, and transformation."

Ruiz Out in Insider Trading Scandal

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:45:00 EST

Former AMD CEO Hector Ruiz, the guy who spun out AMD’s plants into a joint venture with the government of Abu Dhabi and then became chairman of that company when it was formed in March, has stepped down after being identified as one of the tipsters leaking material inside information to hedge funds that traded on it.

New StarWind 5.0 iSCSI SAN Software Redefines High Availability Storage

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:19:00 EST

StarWind Software, a global leader in storage virtualization and a pioneer in iSCSI storage, today announced a release of the fifth-generation of its flagship product StarWind 5.0, an iSCSI SAN software platform which turns any industry-standard x86 or x64 Windows server into a fail-safe, fault-tolerant storage that will be continuously available even in the event of failure. With this new release, StarWind redefines high availability storage by offering this enterprise-class technology, which was previously only available in high-end storage products, to small and midsize companies at an affordable price. This combination of true active-active high availability and affordable price is unprecedented.

Composite Software Extends Data Virtualization Leadership

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:25:00 EST

Composite Software, Inc., began shipping Composite Information Server 5.1 as the company announced its leadership in a number of industry milestones. Composite Information Server 5.1 continues to provide industry-leading data virtualization capabilities such as the ability to access data in various formats, abstract data complexity, federate data from disparate sources and deliver the data on demand in the format that is required by the consuming application.

Vicom Systems Introduces Non-Disruptive FlexDM Data Migration Services

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:30:00 EST

Vicom Systems, provider of transparent wire-speed data services for systems and storage, today announced the introduction of FlexDM(TM) Data Migration Services. These new services simplify the process of upgrading storage systems by enabling customers to migrate data from old to new systems without affecting computing services or application availability. Delivered through service partnerships with storage vendors and independent resellers, FlexDM services have been packaged for a variety of enterprise data migration needs from turnkey project delivery to migration assistance options for in-house projects.

Will Virtualization Die in SharePoint 2010 Development?

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EDT

So what does this mean? For some reason, Microsoft has not given us desktop virtualization software that can run 64 bit guest (even though Hyper-V can). So I think this left Microsoft a choice. Get 64 bit guests added to Windows Virtual PC, recommend developers use a non Microsoft virtualization technology, or get SharePoint working on Windows 7 and Vista. Now, adding 64 bit support I am sure is quite an undertaking and they definitely don’t want to recommend a competitor’s product. This means that making SharePoint work directly on the developer’s machine the obvious choice. After all it runs on top of IIS and IIS is pretty similar between Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, and Windows Vista (yes, I do know there are differences).

SAP Business One is Compatible with Windows 7

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:04:00 EDT

The Orchestra Team has tested SAP Business One running on a Windows 7 workstation and deemed them compatible. Check out the video and updates. Now that windows 7 has been released and all signs are pointing towards a migration away from windows XP and Vista, a number of questions arise for business users. Do all my other applications I depend on work on Windows 7? Will the performance of my applications be affected?

Internet Acceleration Supports Data Center Consolidation

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:15:00 EDT

Data-center consolidation and modernization of IT systems helps enterprises reduce cost, cut labor, slash energy use, and become more agile. Infrastructure advancements, standardization, performance density, and network services efficiencies are all allowing for bigger and fewer data centers and strategically architected and located facilities that can efficiently carry more of the total IT requirements load.

Arrow ECS Expands GSA Schedule to Enterprise Market

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Further assisting resellers with increasing sales opportunities in the government space, Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, a business segment of Arrow Electronics Inc., is expanding its General Services Administration Schedule 70 across its North American operations and adding enterprise technology to its program. A GSA Schedule 70 includes prenegotiated contracts to public-sector agencies for information technology solutions that are available at a set price and have been approved by the GSA to be compliant with specific laws and regulations. The Arrow ECS GSA schedule (previously managed by Arrow ECS’ Alternative Technology Group) is in the top 4 percent of Schedule 70 contractors.

Selecting Your Data Center Part 2 – Geography and Location

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:45:00 EDT

Data center selection is an exercise in compromise. Everybody would like to have the best of all worlds, with a highly connected facility offering 24x7 smart hands support, impenetrable security, protection from all natural and man-made disasters, in addition to service level agreements offering 5-Nines power availability at $.03/kW. Not likely we will be able to hit all those desired features in any single facility.

The Problem with SLA Monitoring in Virtualized Environments

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:35:00 EDT

Because virtual machines work by time-sharing host physical hardware, a virtual machine cannot exactly duplicate the timing behaviour of a physical machine. This leads to the timekeeping problems explained in the VMWare White Paper about Timekeeping in Virtual Machines that results in inaccurate time measurements within the virtual machine. This affects ALL performance metrics that rely on the operating system clock time to keep track of time which includes system counters like CPU or I/O Utilization. Performance Management solutions therefore run into the problem that the monitored metrics are inaccurate and can lead to incorrect enforcement of SLAs or wrong assumptions about application performance.

WILS: Three Ways To Better Utilize Resources In Any Data Center

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:30:00 EDT

Cloud computing is, at its core, about using resources in the most operational and financially efficient manner possible. It’s about spreading resources around and sharing them to achieve greater scalability with fewer investments in hardware and software. But what if you aren’t moving to cloud? Or virtualization? Or perhaps you are, but the benefits won’t be really seen until you actually get enough resources shared across your organization. Isn’t there any other way to better utilize the resources you have now to improve the bottom line?

Yes, yes, there is. And the best part is that these methods will increase the efficiency of resource utilization in any architectural model.

“Server” offload technologies are applicable to any server – physical or virtual The efficiencies gained in server resource utilization and increase in VM densities are not peculiar to a cloud environment. In fact, the offload capabilities of an application delivery controller (SSL, TCP session management, compression, caching) can benefit any “server” in any environment. Because the offload capabilities are applied at the transport protocol and application protocol layers, these benefits are universal to web and application servers whether residing in virtual machines or on physical hardware, in the cloud or in a traditional data center.

Proactive security measures Whether it’s stopping common web application attacks or SPAM from entering the network, proactive security measures can make more efficient use of resources available by preventing them from spending time on “bad” or “illegitimate” traffic. Stopping attacks and SPAM and other malicious content at the perimeter of the data center prevents resources on the network, on the servers, and in the storage systems from being used to transport, process, and store what is nothing more than garbage. This improves the efficiency of the entire infrastructure and does not require a cloud model to achieve.

Automated Storage Tiering Automated storage tiering can automatically move less frequently accessed files to less expensive storage arrays while moving more frequently accessed files to faster, more expensive storage. Automating such processes mean administrators need not manually determine which file goes where, or optimize storage based on performance and cost by pulling out a slide ruler and calculating costs per megabyte. The system automatically determines how to best utilize the storage based on cost and performance and acts on behalf of the storage administrator, like a digital storage maid service that never needs to be reminded to sweep the floor.

WILS: Write It Like Seth. Seth Godin always gets his point across with brevity and wit. WILS is an ATTEMPT TO BE concise about application delivery TOPICS AND just get straight to the point. NO DILLY DALLYING AROUND.

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How To Select Your Data Center

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:30:00 EDT
The data center industry continues to evolve with mergers, acquisitions, and a healthy crop of emerging companies. New data center products and services are hitting the street, an aggressive debate on the model of selling space vs. power, and alternatives to physical data center space in the cloud are giving us a confusing maze of alternatives to meet our outsourcing needs.
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Virtualization 101

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:30:00 EDT
With Virtualization becoming intertwined with cloud computing it is worth taking a step back and looking once again what virtualisation is, and is not. Virtualization and Emulation are often compared, but there are a set of important differences. Emulation provides the functionality of a target processor completely in software. The main advantage being that you can emulate one type of processor on any other type of processor. Unfortunately it tends to be slow. Virtualization however involves taking a physical processor and partitioning it into multiple contexts. All of which take turns running directly on the processor itself. Because of this, Virtualization in faster than emulation.
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Personal Branding Book Review by Marshall Goldsmith

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:15:00 EDT
I had the privilege of serving on the Board of the Peter Drucker Foundation (now the Leader to Leader Institute) for ten years. Peter was a pioneer in understanding the impact of knowledge workers in the new economy. He simply defined knowledge workers as ‘people who know more about what they are doing than their boss does’. In a world where knowledge workers are the key to value in most corporations, personal brand management becomes critically important.
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How Cloud Computing *Improves* Security

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:45:00 EDT
We are being bombarded with countless articles and presentations talking about the security risks in cloud computing and how organizations need to be concerned about security as they consider a move to the cloud. The truth is that organizations DO need to be concerned about security, and it’s exactly that increased concern that is driving security to a whole new level as enterprises move to the cloud. Scott Sanchez will be discussing the key areas where you can expect to see improved security and reduced risk after a successful migration to cloud computing, as well as some of the major issues to look out for.
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Rich Internet Applications in the Cloud

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EDT
This session will provide an overview of enabling Rich Internet Applications to run in the Cloud. It will review available technologies providing runtime infrastructure for connecting rich client interfaces with the cloud-enabled server-side applications. Mark Piller will additionally discuss the demonstration of using a Cloud for conducting stress testing of online RIAs.
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You Have a Virtualized Environment, Now What Do You Do?

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:00:00 EDT
While virtualization has certainly become part of a common first step to reduce Capex and increase agility, it isn’t the final destination of a complete data center transformation. As we are aware, virtualization can also create many challenges such as virtual machine sprawl, additional storage capacity, increased systems management requirements, new IT management processes, and specialized technical skills. Jason Noel will go on further to discuss how these challenges will be even more acute as virtualization continues to progress into other areas such as desktops, storage and the network. Virtualization is undoubtedly a foundational technology to building the cloud, but it takes a whole lot more to exploit the potential benefits than just virtualization. Virtual workloads will need to be easily and securely moved between in-house systems and external cloud-based systems.
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How the Web Hosting Industry is Embracing Cloud

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EDT
An overview of Microsoft's strategy, programs for web hosting companies, OEMs, SIs and Cloud/SaaS ISVs. At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, Hameed Mohammed will discuss how Dynamic Data Center Toolkit from Microsoft is enabling virtualized IT infrastructure and hosted cloud computing.
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WinMagic Joins Trusted Computing Group

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:45:00 EDT
WinMagic (www.winmagic.com), a full-disk encryption vendor and innovator, today announced that it has joined the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) at the Contributor Level. WinMagic has been working independently with the self-encrypting drive manufacturers for over two years and is uniquely positioned to provide independent software vendor (ISV) insight directly to the TCG Storage Work Group regarding the Opal standard for self-encrypting hard drives. Joining the TCG will enable WinMagic to serve as a Contributor Advisor on the Board of Directors, Work Groups or Special Committees, and chair Work Groups and Special Committees and the subgroups formed by Work Groups or Special Committees.
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Three Core Technologies for Virtualization-Based Desktop Management

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:30:00 EDT
Virtualization changes the game of IT: now IT can deliver the full stack of PC software, including the operating system, to be run on say an employee's PC running Windows or Mac OS. According to Monica Lam, virtualization is an enabler and not a management tool per se.
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Mezeo Software President and CEO to Discuss “The Profit Model for Cloud Computing” at Cloud Computing Conference & Expo

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:15:00 EDT
Mezeo Software Corp. (www.mezeo.com), the leading provider of a deployable cloud storage platform, today announced that Mezeo President and CEO Steve Lesem will present at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo. The Conference theme is, “Bringing the Economics of the Web to Enterprise IT Through Cloud Computing."
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Managing Sprawl and Self-Service for Virtual Machines

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:15:00 EDT
With virtualization, server requests can be processed in minutes instead of weeks or months. But rapid provisioning of virtual servers can result in sprawl and other challenges. How do you ensure governance and prevent sprawl, while maintaining the efficiency and agility benefits of virtualization? In this session, Scott Hammond will explain how to use a Service Catalog of standard options to enable self-service requests while enforcing pre-approved VM images, stop dates, and policy controls.
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F5 Networks Enhances Its Portfolio with Oracle Solutions

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EDT
F5 Networks has announced that it has completed validated integration testing of its BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM) and WebAccelerator products with Oracle applications, through the Oracle PartnerNetwork Application Integration Architecture for Partners (AIAP) initiative. F5 achieved Oracle Validated Integration for BIG-IP LTM and WebAccelerator with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0, Oracle’s PeopleSoft Enterprise 9.0, and Oracle’s Siebel CRM 8.0. By choosing Oracle Validated Integration solutions, customers can be confident that these F5/Oracle product integrations: have been tested and validated as functionally and technically sound; are integrated with Oracle Applications in a reliable, standards-based way; and that the integrations operate and perform as documented.
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Cloud Management: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EDT
Cloud computing providers are growing fast as IT organizations purchase more services for on-demand infrastructure resources. However, immature management tools and processes are driving up business and security risks. At the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, Stephen Elliot will discuss why he believes that IT organizations must feel confident in cloud provider capabilities for real time resource provisioning, performance management, change detection, configuration management, and security as they assume Service Level Agreements and adopt cloud services.
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That’s a Lotta Data

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:15:00 EDT
Ok, so I am a Software guy but I am posting about hardware devices. Maybe when it comes to hardware I am easily impressed? I promised to post information about interesting products and as someone who owned one of the first 5MB hard drives attached to a personal computer I guess I am in awe [...]
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Tranxition Named “Wireless Network Sponsor” of Virtualization Conference

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EDT
SYS-CON Events announced that Tranxition, a leading provider of PC personality management, was named "Wireless Network Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo (www.VirtualizationConference.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.
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Vizioncore Named Bronze Sponsor of Virtualization Conference & Expo

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:30:00 EDT
SYS-CON Events announced that Vizioncore, an industry leader which is helping thousands of organizations maximize their ROI from their investments in virtualization, named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 7th International Virtualization Conference & Expo colocated with the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, California.
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What’s new in Services on Server in SP2010

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:15:00 EDT

Curious to know what the Services on Server page looks like now? Well, then this is the post for you. Instead of just having the 6 or so services that you had in MOSS 2007, there are many more services listed on the Services on Server page. Here is what your list might look like (pending changes of course). Since the move to Service Applications, you will probably find yourself concentrating on this page as much, but it’s still there.

Access Database Service

Application Registry Service

Business Data Connectivity

Central Administration

Document Conversion Launcher Service

Document Conversion Load Balancing Service

Excel Calculation Services

Lotus Notes Connector

Managed Metadata Web Service

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Incoming E-mail

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Subscription Settings Service

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation Web Application

Microsoft SharePoint Foundation User Code Service

PerformancePoint Service

PowerPoint Service

Search Query and Site Settings Service

Secure Store Service

SharePoint Foundation Search

SharePoint Server Search

User Profile Service

User Profile Synchronization Service

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Web Analytics Data Processing Service

Web Analytics Web Service

Word Automation Services

Word Viewing Service

As you get more familiar with the concept of Service Applications, you will notice that many of the items on this list are service applications.
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Virtualization Solutions for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:15:00 EDT
Day One Support Covers Wyse’s All Hardware and Software Portfolios
LONDON, UK. – 22 October 09 - Wyse Technology, the global leader in thin computing and client virtualization, today announced Day One support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, the latest version of Microsoft Windows which was made available today.
Wyse thin client hardware and virtualization software now supports Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7.  This level of support allows users of Windows to immediately embrace Microsoft’s extended virtualization technologies from the datacenter to the desktop.
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Clouds for the Enterprise Security & Performance

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EDT
The intent of the blogs is to provide the thought leadership for readers seeking to create a sound strategy for exploiting cloud computing for the enterprise. The other lesson we learned is the transfer and access of highly confidential data in a shared environment/multitenant cloud model requires advanced encryption in a performance-oriented capability. Unisys is a firm we collaborate with that provides software technology and integration expertise that scrambles data packets being transferred or in motion and scrambles associated data in a multitenant stored environment with advanced encryption and compression to ensure both performance and security.
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People Management Cloud to be Available on Amazon Web Services Platform

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EDT
Saba announced Saba People Management Cloud, an edition of Saba's people management solutions to be delivered on Amazon Web Services (AWS). By enabling Saba’s award winning products for the Amazon cloud, large and mid-sized enterprises will be able to easily unify, engage, mobilize and foster collaboration across their value chain while simultaneously reducing overall project implementation costs. Amazon Web Services has become a leader in cloud computing services, and provides a proven, trusted, robust, and highly scalable platform to support Saba’s On Premise and OnDemand services.
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CA Reports Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2010 Results

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:45:00 EDT
*Non-GAAP income and earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures, as noted in the discussion of non-GAAP results below. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to their comparable GAAP financial measures is included in the tables following this news release. "Our first half performance leaves CA well positioned for the second half of the year," said John Swainson, CA's chief executive officer. "We grew revenue on a constant currency basis, focused on operational efficiencies that drove bottom line results on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis and generated cash flow from operations up 62 percent in constant currency and 40 percent as reported from the first half of fiscal year 2009." "We are seeing some improvement in the economic climate, especially in North America, and a willingness by customers to discuss strategic projects that will help tightly align their IT and the management of their IT resources with business imperatives," he continued. "This trend plays to the strengths in CA's product portfolio and combined with our enterprise customer pipeline, significant renewal portfolio and continued focus on operational efficiencies, gives us confidence that we will have a strong second half."
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Tellabs Acquires WiChorus

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:30:00 EDT
Users want mobile Internet services anywhere, anytime. Sales of smartphones are growing more than 30% a year, and netbooks are taking root. As a result, Tellabs' mobile customers expect mobile data traffic to grow 30% to 50% a year for the foreseeable future. Such high growth demands scalable, next-generation network architectures to deliver 3G and 4G services. That's why Tellabs, a leader in mobile backhaul networks, will acquire WiChorus of San Jose, Calif. The combination creates advanced 3G/4G mobile networks that revolutionize the mobile Internet, deliver new applications to generate revenue and simplify networks to achieve significant savings for mobile carriers.
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HP Makes Rare and Hard-to-find Books Available

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EDT
HP BookPrep – a cloud computing service that enables on-demand printing of books – brings new life to the traditional publishing model, making it possible to bring any book ever published back into print through an economical and sustainable service model. As part of a growing movement to preserve and digitize historic content, major libraries are partnering with technology leaders to scan previously hard-to-find works using high-resolution photography. HP’s process transforms these scans prior to printing by cleaning up some of the wear and tear that often is present in the originals.
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Enterprises Adopt Primary Storage in the Cloud with Zetta

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:15:00 EDT
LiveOps provides cloud computing-based contact center platform and services to hundreds of companies in both direct response and enterprise markets that rely on the company's technology for delivering a superior customer service experience. “One of the value propositions of the cloud computing model is scalability, which is why we decided to work with fellow cloud computing company Zetta on this pilot project to address some of our current needs for on-demand video storage,” said Gary Slater, VP of Network Operations at LiveOps. “Zetta's cloud storage is highly complementary to our own cloud based applications giving us flexibility and performance to best serve our customers while saving us the overhead of in-house storage hosting and management.”
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Nationally Renowned Speaker on Telehealth Comes to Columbus

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:30:00 EDT

Dr. Max Stachura, Director for Telehealth, Eminent Scholar in Telemedicine, and Professor of Medicine & Physiology at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, will be the keynote speaker at a special gathering on Friday, October 16th, at the Dublin Methodist Hospital in Columbus.
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HA: Doing More With Less

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:30:00 EDT
High availability for full server protection has never been more important. As virtualization and blade technologies continue to rapidly be adopted, IT infrastructures are becoming smaller and more efficient. Doing more with less has been a centralized theme for IT managers this past year but “less” doesn’t mean ignoring backup and recovery strategies. If anything high availability solutions are also being consolidated, easier to deploy and much more cost effective. Most everyone has seen the availability curve describing the cost of a low recovery point (RPO) or time objective (RTO) using some medium like tape can be low cost but not effective to achieve high availability for business critical applications. As the RTO and RPO window shrinks typically the cost increases to achieve rapid five 9 availability. This is no longer the case and if anything the paradigm is shifting and becoming the exact opposite because the cost of downtime or the length of time it takes to recover is more expensive than preventing it.
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Mimosa Systems to Present Session on Records and Storage Management

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:45:00 EDT
Mimosa Expert and Microsoft MVP to Share the Differences Between a Records Archive and SharePoint 2010 In-Place Records
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NComputing Unveils the First USB-Connected Virtual Desktop Client

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EDT
NComputing, which now claims 15 million virtual desktop users working off of two million physical devices across 140 countries, figures it’s got the industry’s first USB-connected virtual desktop client. The so-called U170 plugs into a computer’s USB 2.0 port and with the company’s vSpace desktop virtualization software lets additional users share that computer.
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Why IBM’s Server Chief Got Busted

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 09:45:00 EDT
The United States government has accused Robert Moffat, IBM’s server chief, the guy who was negotiating to buy Sun, with betraying Sun’s financial position to Danielle Chiesi, an employee of New Castle Partners, a New York hedge fund, so she could trade on the insider information. Moffat knew what Sun’s numbers were going to be because he was one of the nine IBMers doing due diligence at Sun this past January.
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