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FUJIFILM UK Focuses on DataCore's SANmelody for Storage Virtualization Cost Savings and Disaster Recovery

2009-07-01T20:38:00Z

DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today announced that together with DataCore's trained and accredited partner, Vcentral, it has installed SANmelody™ as the storage area network (SAN) virtual infrastructure at FUJIFILM UK. ...(read more)

VirtenSys Delivers Industry's First Solution to Virtualize Servers' Direct-Attached Storage and Disk Drives

2009-07-01T12:23:00Z

VirtenSys, Ltd, the leader in delivering innovative PCI Express®-based I/O Virtualization (IOV) switches for data centers, today announced the industry’s first virtualization of storage controllers and disk drives in servers. With this achievement, VirtenSys becomes the first company to consolidate and optimize the most commonly deployed networking and storage connectivity in servers. VirtenSys IOV switches now support Ethernet, SAS/SATA and Fibre Channel, and provide servers with the best price/performance and lowest energy consumption for accessing not only the local area networks (LAN), but also the storage infrastructures, including direct-attached storage (DAS) and storage area networks (SAN). The company has already delivered pre-production units of its switches to leading server and storage customers. ...(read more)

Diskeeper Corporation Offers Complimentary License for XP Mode on Windows 7

2009-07-01T10:34:00Z

Diskeeper Corporation announced today that their End User Licence Agreement (EULA) has been updated to allow an additional complimentary license of Diskeeper 2009 for Microsoft’s elite and business customers of Windows 7’s XP mode. ...(read more)

vSMP Foundation Supports HP ProLiant BL280c G6 Blade

2009-06-30T23:28:00Z

ScaleMP, the leading provider of virtualization solutions for high-end computing, completed certification of vSMP Foundation for HP ProLiant BL280c G6 server blades offering the new Intel® Xeon® Processor 5500 series. vSMP Foundation coupled with the HP ProLiant BL280c G6 server blade solution delivers excellent performance and energy savings to reduce overall datacenter spending in power constrained scale-out environments. ...(read more)

Red Hat Announces Premier Cloud Provider Certification and Partner Program to Enable Wider Enterprise Cloud Adoption

2009-06-30T23:26:00Z

Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the Premier Cloud Provider Certification and Partner Program, designed to simplify and expand the adoption of cloud computing by enterprise customers. The program enables industry leaders in cloud computing to become certified to offer Red Hat technology solutions. Premier Cloud Provider Partners will collaborate with Red Hat on technical support, security updates, hardware certification, sales and marketing and business models. As part of the announcement today, cloud computing pioneer Amazon Web Services will extend its technology relationship with Red Hat to become the first Red Hat Premier Cloud Provider Partner. ...(read more)

Sun Microsystems Unveils VirtualBox 3.0 With Powerful New Server Virtualization Features

2009-06-30T23:24:00Z

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced a significant new version of Sun(TM) VirtualBox(TM), its high performance, cross-platform virtualization software. VirtualBox 3.0 is capable of creating and running multi-processor virtual machines that can handle heavyweight server-class workloads, and also delivers enhanced graphics support for desktop-class workloads, reinforcing VirtualBox's position as one of the world's most popular virtualization platforms. To download the freely available VirtualBox software, visit: http://www.sun.com/software/products/virtualbox/get.jsp. ...(read more)

New Lenovo Servers Rack Up on Performance, Virtualization and Usability

2009-06-30T23:22:00Z

Lenovo today announced its latest line of servers, the ThinkServer TD200 and TD200x tower servers as well as the RD210 and RD220 rack servers. The new servers offer small to mid-sized businesses the latest in performance with several choices of Intel Xeon 5500 Series processors and vastly expanded memory and storage. These ThinkServers are also equipped for virtualization and several power saving features to help customers cut their energy usage without sacrificing performance. ...(read more)

InstallFree Rolls Out Electronic Medical Records (EMR) System at Pentucket Medical Using Application Virtualization and SaaS Delivery

2009-06-30T23:19:00Z

InstallFree, Inc., developer of platform application virtualization solutions for enterprise desktop environments, today announced the completion of the InstallFree Bridge rollout at Pentucket Medical Associates, a leading multi-specialty medical group practice, with over 400 medical professionals and staff serving patients in five outpatient facilities in Massachusetts. The Pentucket system delivers GE Healthcare's Centricity® EMR as a virtual application from hosted IT services at Global Data Systems Inc. (GDS), an InstallFree IT Services partner. The system securely delivers patient records to office desktops, mobile laptops, and tablet PCs of Pentucket clinicians whenever logged on to the domain. Test results import directly into a patient's EMR, providing the most current information to support complete diagnostic assessment and delivery of consistent quality service. ...(read more)

ASG's New Virtualization Management Solution Eliminates Virtual Sprawl to Maximize IT's Cost Savings Across the Enterprise

2009-06-30T12:49:00Z

ASG Software Solutions, the originator of ASG's Business Service Portfolio™ (BSP™) and a worldwide leader in business solutions for global enterprises, today announced the immediate availability of ASG's BSP Virtualization Management, a new solution that monitors the real-time performance, health, and efficiency of both virtual and physical IT environments. ...(read more)

Virtual Computer Releases NxTop 1.1 with System Workbench

2009-06-30T11:31:00Z

Virtual Computer Inc., the company redefining PC lifecycle management through virtualisation, today announced the availability of NxTop 1.1. Since it was first released for sale in April 2009, NxTop has differentiated itself with its ability to deploy a single, centrally managed Windows desktop environment to all users while maintaining user-specific personalization on each PC. Release 1.1 brings further innovation in this area by introducing System Workbench™. This new element of NxTop’s award-winning management system employs file system layering to isolate elements of the system to improve backup performance, retain end-user installed programs and settings and provide desktop IT managers with tools to manipulate the file system and registry. NxTop 1.1 is available immediately through the company’s NxTop Now! program which provides early adopters access to the product prior to general availability. ...(read more)

F5 BIG-IP Solutions Integrated with VMware vCenter Server to Support More Rapid Alignment of IT to Business Requirements

2009-06-30T11:28:00Z

F5 Networks, Inc., the global leader in Application Delivery Networking (ADN), today announced integration between its BIG-IP® solutions and VMware vSphere™ 4 and VMware vCenter™ Server, together creating a scalable and extensible platform that allows IT administrators to dramatically improve organizations’ control over virtual environments. Working in concert, VMware vCenter™ Server and F5® BIG-IP® solutions enable customers to dynamically provision application resources, reduce costs, and maximize the automation and agility of their IT infrastructures. ...(read more)

RingCube Joins Sun Partner Advantage Program to Deliver Managed Virtual Workspaces with Sun VDI

2009-06-29T17:03:00Z

RingCube Technologies, the leading provider of managed virtual workspaces, today announced interoperability between RingCube vDesk and Sun's Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution. The collaboration between RingCube and Sun would help customers lower the costs of deploying personalized desktops through automated provisioning, and add flexibility through offline and synchronization between the virtualized desktop and portable storage devices or physical PC or notebook. ...(read more)

VMworld 2009, the Premier Virtualization Event of the Year, Returns to San Francisco and Spotlights Business Transformation Through IT

2009-06-29T12:55:00Z

VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, today announced that VMworld® 2009, the leading virtualization event, makes its return to San Francisco August 31-September 3, 2009 at Moscone Center. With more than 11,000 attendees expected and more than 180 sponsors and exhibitors, including AMD, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, HP, Hitachi Data Systems, Intel, NetApp, Terremark and SunGard, VMworld 2009 will spotlight how virtualization is revolutionizing the next generation of computing. ...(read more)

eBook From Agilysys Examines the Value of Virtualization in Today's Enterprise

2009-06-29T12:54:00Z

Agilysys, Inc., a leading provider of innovative IT solutions, announced the availability of a new eBook from Agilysys which examines how virtualization is quickly becoming a standard in the Data Center as a tool to redesign computer infrastructures and eliminate inefficient systems. ...(read more)

Rapid Growth of VMware Service Provider Program Illustrates Increased Demand for VMware-Based Cloud Solutions

2009-06-29T11:20:00Z

VMware, the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, today announced expansion and continued momentum of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP). The VSPP is designed to enable IT service provider partners -- solution providers that offer cloud-based IT services to customers outside their traditional datacenters -- to leverage the VMware platform, including VMware vSphere(TM) 4, to offer external IT infrastructures for customers so they can increase or reduce compute capacity based on business demands. Since its launch in 2008, more than 700 service provider partners have joined the VSPP, and the program has expanded to offer benefits to partners in the EMEA region. Service providers in 32 countries are current VSPP members....(read more)