Passed VCP4 and VCP5 Exams, Study Tips and Thoughts

What a month this has been so far… 3 exams, 2 passed! Yes, I passed both VCP4 and VCP5 exams in span of about last 11 days. I took training back in August 2010 in order to take the VCP4 exam, I’ve blogged about that experience here. The training is required for the exam but… Continue reading Passed VCP4 and VCP5 Exams, Study Tips and Thoughts

GigaSpaces Announces New Cloudify Free Product Edition

GigaSpaces Technologies, a pioneer of next generation application platforms for mission-critical applications, announces the general availability of Cloudify, GigaSpaces’ new cloud application platform that enables organizations to easily on-board and manage any application, on any cloud, with zero code change. After a successful beta release in 2011, Cloudify is now available with a new free… Continue reading GigaSpaces Announces New Cloudify Free Product Edition

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

Centrix Software, Atlantis Computing to Address VDI Storage Challenge

Centrix Software, a leading provider of workspace computing solutions, today announced it has joined forces with Atlantis Computing, the leader in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) storage and performance optimization solutions, to help organizations accurately size and reduce the cost of storage requirements for large-scale desktop virtualization deployments. Many IT organizations are unaware that the major… Continue reading Centrix Software, Atlantis Computing to Address VDI Storage Challenge

VMware vCenter 5 Installation Fails / Error code 1603

In preparation for VCP-510 exam since I passed VCP4 couple of days ago, I am in process of upgrading my vsphere 4.1 home lab to vSphere 5.0 and started upgrading vCenter yesterday. Apparently, during the initial installation, as vCenter 5 install is about to complete, it gave me an error: Installation Completed The Wizard was… Continue reading VMware vCenter 5 Installation Fails / Error code 1603

The mobile cloud computing market to generate $45b in revenues by 2016

The mobile cloud computing market is just beginning to evolve in 2011; by 2016, the market will enter into a rapid growth stage. Interested market players need to formulate emergent strategies now to enjoy the early movers’ advantage. Our research projects the total cloud market to be worth $240 billion by 2016, up from $77… Continue reading The mobile cloud computing market to generate $45b in revenues by 2016

Mobile Cloud Computing Industry Outlook Report: 2011-2016

Until recently, cloud computing has been thought of within the context of the evolution of the Web and PC. In 2011, we are seeing a paradigm shift in business models, with mobile becoming a key feature in cloud computing conundrum. Mobile cloud has the potential to change the life of consumers and enterprises beyond what… Continue reading Mobile Cloud Computing Industry Outlook Report: 2011-2016

GoGrid Opens European Operations in Amsterdam

GoGrid, a leading cloud infrastructure company, today announced that it has established its EMEA Headquarters, GoGrid AMS BV, and a new data center in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to provide fully integrated, on-demand cloud infrastructure services around the globe. Uniquely architected for seamless, scalable, worldwide customer infrastructure deployments, GoGrid leverages a common architectural footprint that ensures… Continue reading GoGrid Opens European Operations in Amsterdam