Do Appliances Violate OpenStack’s Prime Directive?

Does the appliance model and OpenStack mix like oil and water, or is there really some secret sauce to this approach? While OpenStack emphasizes support of heterogeneous infrastructure, alternative solutions have demonstrated wild success in the marketplace with proprietary hardware platforms and converged solutions with fewer options. Nebula gained traction with this model, but it… Continue reading Do Appliances Violate OpenStack’s Prime Directive?

Array Unveils New Virtualized App Delivery Appliances and Software Delivery Controllers

Array Networks Inc., a global leader in application delivery networking, today announced the immediate availability of its new APV 800 Series multi-tenant virtualized application delivery appliances and vAPV soft-ADCs. Powered by Array’s award-winning 64-bit SpeedCore™ platform, these new products give enterprises and service providers the ability to run multiple instances of Array APV Series application… Continue reading Array Unveils New Virtualized App Delivery Appliances and Software Delivery Controllers

Pivot3 Partners With Tech Data To Distribute vSTAC VDI Products

Pivot3, a leading provider of unified storage and compute appliances, today announced a distribution partnership with Tech Data Corporation, one of the world’s largest wholesale IT distributors. Tech Data is now authorized to distribute the Pivot3 vSTAC™ VDI products to its partner network throughout the Americas. The Pivot3 vSTAC VDI appliance family makes VMware View… Continue reading Pivot3 Partners With Tech Data To Distribute vSTAC VDI Products

Talari Networks’ WAN Virtualization Technology Enables Highly Resilient, High-Availability Network

Talari Networks, Inc. today announced Equity Office has deployed Talari’s adaptive private networking (APN) for WAN Virtualization appliances at two corporate data centers and 40 remote offices to ensure high-availability networks for voice and data applications. By using Talari’s WAN Virtualization technology, the commercial real estate leader has reduced its annual connectivity spending by 50… Continue reading Talari Networks’ WAN Virtualization Technology Enables Highly Resilient, High-Availability Network