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Virtualization Conference & Expo News Desk

The past month has seen an unprecedented concentration of Cloud-related articles, events, tweets, and - above all - product launches, partnership announcements and M&A moves. So is Cloud Computing, after three years, finally coming to the boil? Here, by way of allowing you to judge for...
Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets delivered. Entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive technology begins to proliferate, so it is no surprise that SYS-CON'...
A “power panel” composed of Stoneware Co-founder, CEO and Rick German, M-Dot Network CTO Mike Kavis, GoGrid CEO and Co-Founder of John Keagy, and Altor Networks Director of Product Management Todd Ignasiak gathered at the 4th International Cloud Computing Expo held at the Santa Clara C...
Internet and PC security specialist Prevx today launched a free security program designed to protect websites and internet users from the risks of online fraud without impacting the user experience. Banking, government, and e-commerce sites can now sign up to the Prevx SafeOnline Busin...
A round-up of the wide range of important issues and timely topics due to be discussed by over 130 industry experts at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, opening today at the Santa Clara Convention Center, November 2-4, 2009. From Building Scalable and Exten...
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 ente...
Too often organizations have deployed virtual infrastructure tactically to reduce server sprawl or speed application deployments. Without a higher level view of organizational priorities, bad habits persist; unused snapshots and zombie VMs become more the rule than the exception causin...
Has there ever been a more exciting time to be a small software vendor? Or a larger market opportunity for service providers? Or greater flexibility for customers? Cloud is more than a shift in technology architecture; it's a shift in the full business lifecycle of technology provide...
SYS-CON Events announced today that AppZero, pioneer in server-side application virtualization, was named "Silver Sponsor" of the 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will be taking place November 2-4, 2009 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. ...
SYS-CON's Virtualization Journal announced today that the voting in its second annual Virtualization Readers' Choice Awards is now open. Voting will end October 23, 2009, and winners will be announced the week of November 2-4, 2009, at the 7th International Virtualization Conference & ...
In this Exclusive Q&A with Cloud Computing Journal in the run-up to SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (November 2-4, 2009) - Cloud Expo Conference Chair Jeremy Geelan speaks with Rich Marcello - Unisys President, Systems & Technology - about the Unisys Secur...
At each and every one of its long-running "International Virtualization Conference & Expo" events, held three times a year, SYS-CON Events prides itself on inviting knowledgeable and articulate industry executives to participate in its Power Panels - simulcast at every show direct from...
SYS-CON Events announced today that RightScale, the recognized leader for scalable and resilient cloud computing management, was named "Bronze Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.cloudcomputingexpo.com), which will take place on November 2 - 4...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Sal Visca, CTO of Technology Development for SAP, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Conference & Expo (www.cloudcomputingexpo.com) this coming November 2-4, 2009, in Santa Clara, California. His session will be entitled “Next-Generat...
As virtualization becomes more widely deployed and enterprises look for new ways to leverage this revolutionary technology, says Citrix CTO Simon Crosby (pictured) the consumption and delivery of this technology is changing. Crosby will be expounding on this theme in a breakout session...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Stoneware, a leader in the area of private cloud computing, was named "Silver Sponsor" of SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, which will take place on November 2 - 4, 2009, Santa Clara Convention Center, in Santa Clara, Cal...
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 vi...
What do the following industry executives have in common: the CTOs of Citrix, EMC and Sybase, the Founders of ParaScale and CloudSwitch, the CEOs of Zetta and Kaavo, the Chief Security Architect at Sun, the President of Hubspan and the Chairman of NComputing? The answer is that, alo...
While cloud computing offers tremendous promise, it takes significant effort to deploy, run, and manage custom applications in the clouds (public or private). To achieve the full benefits of cloud computing - according to Jamal Mazhar, Founder & CEO of Kaavo - what's needed is on-deman...
Christophe Bisciglia, former Googler and now Co-Founder at Cloudera, will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 4th International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo on "Working with Big Data and Hadoop." The session will highlight the technical and business issues that make Hadoop so powerfu...
Offering IT as a service requires a paradigm shift in technology, operational processes and thinking about how business demand – manifested by applications – affects the use of all data center resources. Enterprise Cloud Computing enables IT as a service and is the next phase in data c...
No one can properly understand anything related to enterprise-level Cloud Computing without having first gained a reasonable understanding of the very basics. SYS-CON's pioneering Cloud Computing Bootcamp is designed with that in mind, It is a one-day, fully immersive deep-dive into th...
Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, t...
Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Virtualization Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, th...
View Amy Hodler, Director of Product Management at VDI experts Tranxition, in discussion with Virtualization Conference & Expo chairman Jeremy Geelan, on SYS-CON.TV - recorded live at the 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo held in New York City, March 2009.
From tomorrow Virtualization and Cloud Computing are going to be center stage, 18-19 May, at the Prague Hilton as the Czech Republic plays host to Virtualization Conference Europe 2009, co-located with Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 - the first conference outside the USA in SYS-CON's...
Virtualization is changing IT and making it more efficient, more dynamic, and more streamlined. But why exactly has it proven itself to be so crucial a technology for Enterprise IT in particular and what is its trajectory in the future? Jeremy Geelan leads a high-level SYS-CON.TV Virtu...
The overall conference theme of Cloud Computing Conference & Expo Europe, which will take place, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic is "Deploying Cloud Computing in the Enterprise." Here we present a round-up of Themes & Topics that will be covered in the rich array of breakout...
SYS-CON Events announced today that SSH Communications Security is to present at next week's Virtualization Conference Europe 2009 (www.virtualization-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international combined Cloud Computing & Virtualizat...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Roger Baskerville, VP for EMEA at Vizioncore, will be presenting at next week's Virtualization Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international combined Cloud Computing & Virtualization event outside t...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Stephen Foskett, Consulting Director at Nirvanix, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event out...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Subra Kumaraswamy, Senior Security Manager of Sun Microsystems, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Compu...
SYS-CON Events announced today that 3Tera was named "Gold Sponsor" of SYS-CON's first Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 (http://www.cloudexpo-europe.com) colocated with the first annual Virtualization Conference Europe (http://www.virtualization-europe.com), which will take place on May...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Doug Tidwell, Senior Software Engineer for IBM, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outsi...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Paul Parsons, Founder and CTO for The Server Labs, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event ou...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Bill McGee, Founder and VP of Products and Services for Third Brigade, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Clou...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Raimund Genes, CTO of Anti-Malware at Trend Micro, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Pau Garcia-Mila, founder of eyeOS, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session is entitled “Op...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Harald Kornmayer, Senior Researcher of NEC Laboratories Europe, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe (www.cloudexpo-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Compu...
SYS-CON Events announced today that Lluis Font, CEO of NTRglobal, will be presenting at the upcoming Cloud Computing Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international Cloud Computing event outside the USA. His session is entitled “Green S...