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

PHD Virtual Records Record Revenue in 2011, Virtualization Product Portfolio Expansion

PHD Virtual Technologies, pioneer and innovator in virtual machine backup and recovery, and provider of virtualization monitoring solutions, announced record revenue for fiscal year 2011. PHD Virtual continued its trend of strong quarterly growth, with the fourth quarter of 2011 marking the sixth consecutive quarter of record revenue growth for the company. The company achieved… Continue reading PHD Virtual Records Record Revenue in 2011, Virtualization Product Portfolio Expansion

Primadesk Launches Cloud Content Management Application

Primadesk, Inc., provider of personal content management solutions, today announced launch of their flagship product after successful beta testing. Primadesk is releasing an Internet and mobile application that provides users with centralized access to their wide range of digital data dispersed across multiple online services. The Primadesk app brings order to online life, enabling users… Continue reading Primadesk Launches Cloud Content Management Application

CA continues cloud implementation success with turnkey cloud platform

CA Southern Africa has announced that ViaWest, a privately owned data centre and managed services provider, is using the CA AppLogic turnkey cloud platform and CA Process Automation as the backbone of its new Xen-based KINECTed Cloud – Innovator service. Developed with and delivered on the CA AppLogic platform, KINECTed Cloud – Innovator provides software… Continue reading CA continues cloud implementation success with turnkey cloud platform

Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) solution for Citrix XenDesktop

Cisco recently released an updated Cisco Validated Design guide (CVD) for its Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) with Citrix XenDesktop. It is available here and provides a comprehensive coverage of the entire Cisco VXI solution for delivering virtual desktops with XenDesktop – so I highly recommend anyone interested to give it a read. In this… Continue reading Cisco Virtualization Experience Infrastructure (VXI) solution for Citrix XenDesktop

Compact Tower Server by NextComputing Provides High Performance in a Small Package

NextComputing, manufacturer of small form-factor servers and workstations, announces the Nucleus Server, the newest member of its Nucleus family of compact computers. The Nucleus Server is a small pedestal server optimized for full-scale server deployments that require a mix of virtualization, high-speed networking, and enterprise-level storage. Unlike traditional servers, the Nucleus Server takes up only… Continue reading Compact Tower Server by NextComputing Provides High Performance in a Small Package

Citrix Extends Its Commitment to the Mobile Workstyles Revolution

Citrix today announced the expansion of its growing line of mobile workforce solutions with the availability of Citrix® GoToMyPC® for Android™ tablet. The new app joins GoToMeeting® and GoToManage® as the latest addition to the growing suite of “GoTo” services available to mobile users. In addition, Citrix announced solutions to enable the mobile enterprise with… Continue reading Citrix Extends Its Commitment to the Mobile Workstyles Revolution

Liquidware Labs Strategic Partnerships Help Accelerate Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Adoption Rates

For Liquidware Labs, the leader in desktop transformation solutions, the past 18 months have seen phenomenal revenue growth as the VDI and desktop virtualization market continued its rapid expansion. The leading industry analysts see a bright future for these markets. According to a 2011 report from Gartner, the worldwide hosted virtual desktop market will grow… Continue reading Liquidware Labs Strategic Partnerships Help Accelerate Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Adoption Rates