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HP outlasts Dell in bidding war for 3PAR

US computer giant Hewlett-Packard emerged the winner on Thursday in a bidding war with Dell for 3PAR after raising its offer for the data storage company to 33 dollars per share or 2.35 billion dollars. HP and 3PAR make a “winning combination,” HP executive vice president Dave Donatelli said in a joint statement confirming the deal was done and had been approved by boards of directors at both firms.

September 3, 2010 Storage Virtualization 0 Comments

VMware to Enhance Application Monitoring Across Virtual Infrastructure

VMware, Inc, the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to the cloud, today announced SpringSource Hyperic 4.4, an award-winning solution for managing and monitoring custom applications. Hyperic Deepens Integration With VMware vCenter™ to Dramatically Simplify Monitoring of Custom Applications Spanning Physical and Virtual Environments.

September 1, 2010 Server Virtualization 0 Comments

PathView Cloud Recognized for Best Use of Cloud Delivery

Apparent Networks, a leading provider of network performance assessment and monitoring solutions, today announced that PathView Cloud, its cloud-based remote performance management solution was awarded “Best Use of Cloud Delivery” by the Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) Radar.

September 1, 2010 Cloud Computing 0 Comments

VERDE Desktop Virtualization Software Continues Innovation with New Release

Virtual Bridges, the leader in desktop virtualization and originator of VDI, disconnected and branch-office use, today announced the immediate availability of VERDE 4.2. In less than three months since the release of VERDE 4

September 1, 2010 Desktop Virtualization 0 Comments

Storage Switzerland Supports RDX Removable Disk Technology

The RDX Storage Alliance today announced that Storage Switzerland, a leading analyst firm in the storage industry, has become a partner in the RDX Storage Alliance. The RDX Storage Alliance is a non-profit association of storage industry leaders dedicated to supporting the community of storage customer and IT professionals responsible for implementation of data protection, retention, archive, and recovery strategies.

September 1, 2010 Storage Virtualization 0 Comments

Virtualization & Vulnerability: Changing Server Market in Economic Downturn

Modest industry spending rebound leaves Oracle at its weakest point in recent history; Dell makes a rating jump. TheInfoPro, an independent research and advisory company for the IT industry, today released its latest server study, which yields some surprising results.

September 1, 2010 Hardware, Server Virtualization 0 Comments

Hyper9 Announces Cloud Cost Estimator for Virtual Environments

Hyper9, Inc., the enterprise-class virtualization management company, today announced its latest product release focused on bringing greater transparency to the “black box” of virtualization initiatives. The solution features a Cloud Cost Estimator Lens, a customizable dashboard that uses data and analytics to estimate how much it would cost to run a company’s virtual machines on Amazon EC2.

September 1, 2010 Cloud Computing 0 Comments

Converged Storage Networks from Storage Engine

Storage Engine, Inc. (SEI), announces the addition of converged networking fabrics to its open storage connectivity solutions for virtualized data centers and private cloud deployments. Based upon open standards for Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE), Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FcOE), RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and iSCSI extensions for RDMA (iSER)…

September 1, 2010 Storage Virtualization 0 Comments

Dell Virtual Lab Solution Allows Students to Access Labs Anytime, Anywhere and from Any Device

Dell today announced its Virtual Lab solution designed to help higher education organizations address time, space and budget challenges while providing students the freedom to access lab-based software anytime, anywhere and from any device. The solution will debut on several U.S. campuses this fall.

September 1, 2010 News 0 Comments

Terrapin Solutions Partners With The Planet to Offer Cloud Services

The Planet, the global hosting leader, today announced that Terrapin Solutions, a Cloud Services Master Agency, is the company’s newest Charter Referral Partner, and joins its select portfolio of top-tier referral agents within the Partner Plus program.

September 1, 2010 Cloud Computing 0 Comments