SANRAD enhances virtualization software with flash

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	SANRAD enhances virtualization software with flash SANRAD launched its VXL software last week with support for flash memory. The VXL software provides caching support for multiple virtual machines over host-based flash resources. It is deployed as a virtual appliance on the host server and distributes flash capability to applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and Exchange. Read More WEBCAST: Juniper Networks The Exponential Data Center Arbner will explore how changing data usage models have completely shifted network traffic patterns in the data center, making most data center networks ill-suited to today's reality, and too expensive to boot. Learn more >> In this Issue Six factors slowing adoption of converged I/O Oracle's Sparc SuperCluster due by year end Toshiba adds cloud-based backup option to consumer drives Mozy ships hard drives to cloud backup customers The Service Manager 2010 Data Warehouse vSphere5 sets the virtualization bar Is quantum computing real? Google becomes a teenager WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Database Security What to Look for With this paper Tanya Baccum, SANS Institute analyst, examines these measures for holistically protecting Oracle database from the inside out. Learn More Today! Six factors slowing adoption of converged I/O So if converging the I/O infrastructure in data centers is all the rage, what's taking IT shops so long to do it? Read More Oracle's Sparc SuperCluster due by year end Oracle has launched its new Sparc T4 processor, along with new hardware that it hopes will turn up the heat on server rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Best Practices: KVM Smart Card Authentication Systems Selecting a smart card-enabled KVM system? Choose one that supports PKI authentication to multiple servers from a single location and makes the necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. This White Paper examines best practices when evaluating a Smart Card solution. Learn More Toshiba adds cloud-based backup option to consumer drives Toshiba today announced a new cloud service interface on its Canvio 3.0 line of external portable hard drives, which automatically discovers files and recommends which should be backed up to the cloud. Read More Mozy ships hard drives to cloud backup customers Mozy has begun shipping hard drives to users of its MozyPro online backup service in order to speed up the initial full copy of data to be stored off site. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Hardware Load Balancing A comprehensive F5 solution readies application infrastructure for a successful implementation of the re-engineered Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. Learn More! The Service Manager 2010 Data Warehouse In Service Manager 2010, the data warehouse is implemented a bit differently than in Operations Manager 2007. Let's take a look at some of the differences and potential implications. Service Manager 2010 uses the data warehouse for long-term storage of data, such as incidents. This makes it the data source for reports, since old data is groomed from the Service Manager database on a recurring interval... Read More vSphere5 sets the virtualization bar VSphere 5.0, the latest iteration of VMware's "Cloud Operating System," boasts a wealth of updates, including new tools to manage fleets of VMs, and vast tiers of virtualized, vMotion-enabled storage links. Read More Is quantum computing real? Read More Google becomes a teenager Google is marking its 13th anniversary this morning with the customary Google Birthday Doodle. And everyone else is noting the event with teenager wisecracks. Turning to Twitter, we find that most are along the lines of this one from @MrsStephenFry: "Happy 13th birthday to Google. Of course now that it's a teenager, it won't answer anything." A sampling of the others: Read More
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