VMware acquires Shavlik; Microsoft details cloud ops

	Microsoft details cloud ops | Brocade's Klayko sees long path to cloud
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	VMware acquires Shavlik to boost SMB offerings VMware has entered into an agreement to acquire Shavlik Technologies, a company that develops traditional and cloud-based management products for small and medium-sized businesses, helping them to manage, monitor and secure both physical and virtual environments, the two companies said on Monday. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Cloud Computing Drives Improvements in IT Service Delivery IDC OPINION Cloud computing promotes a new dialogue between business and IT decision makers allowing them to define business service requirements first and then decide how to balance the use of shared, internal virtualized IT resources and external public services cost-effectively. Read now In this Issue Microsoft details cloud ops Brocade's Klayko sees long path to cloud Confidence in cloud management capabilities lacking, survey shows Unchecked usage can kill cost benefits of cloud services Microsoft kicks off Tech-Ed with license and virtualization upgrades NetApp offers Microsoft cloud blueprint Microsoft pairs Azure cloud with mobile devices SAP, Dell partner on in-memory and the cloud The network and the cloud BitNami builds on its open source packaging to become a cloud host WHITE PAPER: Qwest Qwest Cloud-Based Services: On-Demand Access to IT Resources More and more IT leaders are turning to outsourced, cloud computing services to fulfill their growing technology needs—and do more with less. See how you can grow your business with on-demand, scalable applications and cloud-computing infrastructure—and pay only for what you need. Read now! Microsoft details cloud ops System Center will tie together private, public clouds, said Microsoft executive Robert Wahbe at the Tech Ed conference. Read More Brocade's Klayko sees long path to cloud Brocade Communications remains a networking specialist in an industry where networks are becoming just part of a broader architecture for many vendors. A longtime market leader in Fibre Channel SANs (storage area networks), Brocade acquired Ethernet switch maker Foundry Networks in 2008 and now offers to tie together all elements of a data center or broader cloud infrastructure. CEO Michael Klayko has led Brocade since 2005. Last Tuesday, during an all-day press and analyst event at the company's headquarters in San Jose, California, he talked with IDG News Service about his company's own infrastructure and how it plans to keep up with bigger rivals. Read More Confidence in cloud management capabilities lacking, survey shows In a poll of 150 Interop attendees last week, ScienceLogic found that while 70% of respondents are either already using or planning to use cloud computing nearly as many are not quite so sure they can effectively manage the performance of those cloud resources. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Mobile Technology: The Productivity Edge IT must devise a workable balance by ensuring security of mobile data without squashing worker productivity. This Mobility KnowledgeVault will walk you through four key factors to build a workable plan and highlights real-world examples of businesses that are succeeding at fulfilling the productivity promise of mobility. View now Unchecked usage can kill cost benefits of cloud services The touted cost savings associated with cloud services didn't pan out for Ernie Neuman, not because the savings weren't real, but because the use of the service got out of hand. Read More Microsoft kicks off Tech-Ed with license and virtualization upgrades Microsoft opened its latest Tech-Ed conference by announcing better virtualization support for Exchange 2010, new licensing options for cloud deployments, and information about customers and partners using and supporting Hyper-V. Read More NetApp offers Microsoft cloud blueprint NetApp has published a reference architecture for using its storage equipment for internal Microsoft-based clouds. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netezza, an IBM Company Oracle Exadata and Netezza TwinFin™ Compared This ebook will provide the fundamental differences between the Netezza TwinFin® and Oracle Exadata solutions from the perspectives of query performance, simplicity of operation and value. The ebook will help you determine which solutions best meet your business needs and how to achieve optimal results from your data. Read now Microsoft pairs Azure cloud with mobile devices Windows Azure Toolkits offered for Apple iOS and Windows Phone 7; Android up next. Read More SAP, Dell partner on in-memory and the cloud SAP and Dell are expanding their relationship in the areas of cloud computing and in-memory databases, the companies will announce on Monday during the Sapphire conference in Orlando. Read More The network and the cloud As expected, cloud computing is all the rage at Interop 2011 here in the anti-green capital of the world, Las Vegas Nevada. For the most part, this discussion is nothing but hype with marketing folks figuring out how to inject the words "cloud computing" into press releases. Nevertheless there is an interesting theme that is best summarized by Citrix -- Service Delivery Networks. Read More BitNami builds on its open source packaging to become a cloud host BitRock is the company behind Bitnami.org, the developers of the popular pre-packaged open source packages that more than one million people have used. In addition to the open source packages from Bitnami, BitRock's installers allow many companies to package their software and make it easy to install on a wide variety of platforms including Windows, Mac and Linux. Read More
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