ManageEngine Fortifies Firewall Analyzer With Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point Virtual Firewall Support

ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced the immediate support for Cisco, Fortinet and Check Point virtual firewalls in Firewall Analyzer, the company’s firewall log analysis software for SMB, enterprise and MSP organizations. Now, Firewall Analyzer cost-effectively monitors network traffic, manages configuration changes, detects network anomalies, tracks bandwidth usage, archives firewall logs and generates… Continue reading ManageEngine Fortifies Firewall Analyzer With Cisco, Fortinet, Check Point Virtual Firewall Support

Cisco Tops 10,000 Unified Computing System Customers

Cisco announced that in just over two years its new Cisco Unified Computing System(TM), (Cisco UCS(TM)) which integrates compute, networking, management and virtualization, has captured the attention of data center managers and CIOs alike — over 10,000 customers worldwide, including 3,000 in Europe, have deployed UCS. Many industry observers were skeptical that a new computing… Continue reading Cisco Tops 10,000 Unified Computing System Customers

OASIS Forms TOSCA Technical Committee to Advance Open Standard for Cloud Portability

The OASIS international consortium has launched a new open standards initiative to enhance the portability of cloud applications and services. The OASIS Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) Technical Committee will advance an interoperability standard that will make it easier to deploy cloud applications without vendor lock-in, while maintaining application requirements for security,… Continue reading OASIS Forms TOSCA Technical Committee to Advance Open Standard for Cloud Portability

Accenture to Build First Next Generation G-Cloud Data Center Environment in France

The French Directorate of Legal and Administrative Information (DILA) has awarded Accenture (NYSE: ACN) a three-year contract to design, build and deliver its Next Generation Data Center, the G-Cloud, in France. The contract supports the government’s strategic technology goals to create savings by controlling costs. Accenture will work with DILA to build a more flexible… Continue reading Accenture to Build First Next Generation G-Cloud Data Center Environment in France

NCR Recognized by Cisco as Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider in MEA

NCR Corporation announced today that it has achieved Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco. This designation recognizes NCR as having fulfilled the training and program prerequisites to sell, deploy and support the Cisco Unified Computing System. Nadine Routhier, vice president of Telecom and Technology, NCR commented, “IT requirements are changing… Continue reading NCR Recognized by Cisco as Data Center Unified Computing Authorized Technology Provider in MEA

Open Virtualization Management Gains Momentum with Industry Support for oVirt Project

The oVirt project today announced that Canonical, Cisco, IBM, Intel, NetApp, Red Hat and SUSE have joined together to help create a new open source community for the development of open virtualization platforms, including virtual management tools to manage the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. With the oVirt project, the industry gains an open source,… Continue reading Open Virtualization Management Gains Momentum with Industry Support for oVirt Project

PCI DSS 2.0 Compliant Clouds Reference Architecture Updated By Industry Leaders

HyTrust, Inc., the leader in access control and policy management for virtualization infrastructure, today announced the publication of a newly updated reference architecture for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) 2.0 compliant clouds. This based upon new requirements that must be met by a January 1, 2012 deadline. Industry leaders HyTrust, VMware, Savvis,… Continue reading PCI DSS 2.0 Compliant Clouds Reference Architecture Updated By Industry Leaders