SolarWinds Integrates Virtualization and Storage Solutions for Extended Cloud Management

Virtualization has dramatically changed how IT practitioners manage their environments, especially shared storage. Once users have virtualized up to 30 percent of their environment, managing storage infrastructure is critical to ensuring performance and capacity of the overall environment and ultimately establishing a successful cloud foundation. SolarWinds® Inc. (NYSE: SWI – News), a leading provider of… Continue reading SolarWinds Integrates Virtualization and Storage Solutions for Extended Cloud Management

Autodesk Takes BIM to the Cloud at Autodesk University

Autodesk, Inc. today brought the power of the cloud, mobile computing and its industry-defining Building Information Modeling (BIM) portfolio together at Autodesk University. The design, engineering and entertainment software leader showcased a BIM solution to dramatically improve how AEC project team members connect, collaborate and communicate on building projects. Autodesk’s BIM offering is part of… Continue reading Autodesk Takes BIM to the Cloud at Autodesk University

BlueCat Networks to Deliver Cloud-Ready IP Address Management (IPAM)

BlueCat Networks, the IPAM Intelligence™ company, today announced a strategic partnership with Computacenter (LSE: CCC.L Ticker: 164905 / ISIN: GB00B1649052), Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, to provide IP Address Management, DNS and DHCP solutions to commercial and government organizations throughout Germany. “German organizations face considerable challenges in managing an ever-growing number of… Continue reading BlueCat Networks to Deliver Cloud-Ready IP Address Management (IPAM)

Leading UK Charity Embraces Cloud Computing With Rosslyn Analytics

NSPCC, the UK’s leading children’s charity specialising in child protection, aims to deliver cost savings by using Rosslyn Analytics’ award-winning cloud-based spend analytics and contract management platform, RA.Pid. “Rosslyn Analytics has developed a unique offering that significantly reduces time and cost spent manually obtaining, managing and reporting data – these resources combined with the savings… Continue reading Leading UK Charity Embraces Cloud Computing With Rosslyn Analytics

Survey of Library Use of Cloud Computing

This report examines closely how academic, public and special libraries are using cloud computing services. It looks at use of specific services from Amazon, Google, Rackspace, DuraCloud, DropBox and many others, as well as more general questions regarding the use of cloud services, such as security issues, overall cost, impact on IT staff, data reliability… Continue reading Survey of Library Use of Cloud Computing

CompTIA and ITpreneurs Collaborate on New Cloud Computing Credential

CompTIA, the leading provider of vendor-neutral skills certifications for the global information technology (IT) workforce, and ITpreneurs, the leading provider of competence development solutions for IT best practices, announced today they are collaborating on a new cloud computing skills credential. The CompTIA Cloud Essentials exam, scheduled for availability in December 2011, will validate knowledge and… Continue reading CompTIA and ITpreneurs Collaborate on New Cloud Computing Credential

School System Implements Intelligent Clustered Operating System

Scale Computing, a developer and manufacturer of intelligent, scale-out storage solutions tailored to the virtualization and disaster recovery needs of the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), today announced that the Morgan County School System of Morgan County, Tenn. has deployed Scale’s data storage solution to enable virtualization and centralization of data for teachers, students and… Continue reading School System Implements Intelligent Clustered Operating System

Citrix Unveils “Follow-Me-Data” Fabric to Enable the Personal Cloud

Citrix announced at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, that it is opening up its recently acquired ShareFile data cloud to create an extensible platform for sharing business data across a wide range of apps, devices and services. The company’s new “Follow-Me-Data Fabric” will make it easy for third-party developers… Continue reading Citrix Unveils “Follow-Me-Data” Fabric to Enable the Personal Cloud