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
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Virtualization technology news on virtual machine products, hypervisors and new products in the virtualization industry.
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
VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart
With release of vSphere ESXi 5, its end of the road for ESX hypervisor (last version was 4.1 for ESX). Follow link below for ESXi migration flowchart. Rick Vanover lists precise details about ESX migration to ESXi and what steps to take for a proper migration. Be sure to download the zip file below and… Continue reading VMware vSphere ESXi Migration Flowchart
Swedish town eyes digital age with Arctic data centre
Perched near the Arctic Circle, the Swedish town of Luleaa hopes that a massive data centre for US social networking giant Facebook will launch the vibrant industrial region into the digital age as a European data traffic hub. “The digital industry will be an important addition to our town,” Mayor Karl Petersen told AFP. With… Continue reading Swedish town eyes digital age with Arctic data centre
AppSense Enhances Desktop and Application Control for Service Providers
AppSense, the leading provider of user virtualization technology, today announced that the AppSense User Virtualization Platform now integrates with the Citrix CloudPortal Services Manager (formerly Citrix Cortex Cloud Control Panel) to deliver policy-based desktop control for service providers. As demand for desktops and applications as a service grows, service providers are seeking every opportunity to… Continue reading AppSense Enhances Desktop and Application Control for Service Providers
New Citrix CloudPortal Turns Clouds into Profitable Businesses
Citrix at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, Citrix unveiled Citrix CloudPortal™, a new product line designed to help providers transform general purpose cloud infrastructure into profitable cloud businesses. The company also previewed the next upcoming release of its flagship Citrix CloudStack™ platform, acquired earlier this year through the acquisition… Continue reading New Citrix CloudPortal Turns Clouds into Profitable Businesses
Citrix Drives Down the Costs of Virtual Desktops
Citrix at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, announced new desktop transformation technology innovations and tools that further reduce both the cost and time of deploying virtual desktops. The Citrix Desktop Transformation model, first introduced in October 2010 (see announcement), focuses on three distinct phases – assess, design and deploy… Continue reading Citrix Drives Down the Costs of Virtual Desktops
Citrix CloudGateway Delivers End User Computing for the Cloud Era
Citrix at Citrix Synergy™, the conference where cloud computing, networking and virtualization meet, the next stage of its strategy for Citrix CloudGateway™, the industry’s first unified service broker that aggregates, controls and delivers Windows, web, SaaS and mobile apps to any user on any device. The CloudGateway product line empowers end users with self-service access… Continue reading Citrix CloudGateway Delivers End User Computing for the Cloud Era