| VMware aims to merge private and public clouds VMware customers will soon be able to seamlessly connect their private data centers to storage and processing pools provided externally by cloud vendors, and manage internal and external resources from within the same software console. Cisco/VMware: new Linux servers (not new ownership)? The latest gossip is that the two will announce a joint partnership for Linux blade servers. Mellanox woos data centers with 40Gbps Infiniband InfiniBand stalwart Mellanox wants data centers to adopt 40Gbps InfiniBand as their primary high-speed converged network fabric. To help them it has introduced a family of devices capable of bridging it to both 10Gbps ... Data center prices soar in 'rack crunch' The price of a data center rack rose by an average of 8.5% across Europe last year, with more price increases expected in 2009, according to a U.K.-based tracking company, Tariff Consultancy. Podcast: Virtualization makes data protection more complex Technologies like virtualization and increasing demand for 24/7 uptime are making data protection trickier than ever. Matt Kixmoeller of Symantec's Data Protection Group talks with Network World's Jon Brodkin about the biggest challenges related to data protection, backup and recovery. (15:19) Emulex combines FCoE, iSCSI, IP networking into one chip Emulex is developing a new converged network adapter that is optimized for virtualized infrastructures and maximizes blade consolidation while supporting several IP and storage networking protocols all within a single chip. Brocade: Recession dampens data-center trials The ailing economy is leading some enterprises to put off transforming their data-center networks with emerging technologies such as FCoE (Fibre Channel over Ethernet), Brocade Communications' CTO said Thursday. Footloose and "patent free" is Red Hat/Microsoft's virtualization agreement Red Hat and Microsoft will validate each other's virtualization technologies per an agreement announced yesterday. Microsoft has gotten over itself with its Linux-violates-Microsoft-patents claims and the customers comes out the winners. Virtual Desktop Interface vs. other desktop virtualization options Microsoft is now providing yet another alternative to conventional Terminal Services, alluded to in the buzz phrase “Virtual Desktop Interface.” Blogger Glenn Weadock explains what it means. Blue Gears - DMZ w/5 Physical NICs with VMware ESX Cisco Subnet blogger Edward Haletky says that virtualization hosts with only 5 pNICs who want to include a DMZ and other networks present a challenge and face a performance vs. security trade-off. Software Assurance contracts and the R2 Philosophy Microsoft Subnet blogger Kerrie Meyler notes that part of the reason Microsoft has created its "Release 2" vehicle is to give those SA buyers something for their money. Is the MCSE Really Dead? The demise of the MCSE is greatly exaggerated. You can still earn your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 since WS2003 will be around for years. Friends Don’t Let Friends Use PowerPoint Blogger Sue Hanley is fed up with being bored to tears as speakers read their slides and she's not going to take it anymore. A hardware steal of the Year The new the Dell Ultrasharp 2209WA LCD earns kudos from blogger Glenn Weadock. You May Be Buying Your Next Business Computer, Not Your Employer Blogger Mitchell Ashley explores the interesting idea that XP won't die, it will become a virtualized desktop your employer servers to your personally owned computer. The end of PKI: would I trust you because others did? Microsoft Subnet blogger Tyson Kopczynski has been toying with the idea of doing away of PKI as an untrustworthy option. Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Redux With the new OCS comes two new certifications, explains Microsoft Subnet blogger Randy Muller. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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