Live Migration at HP Public Cloud

Live migration seems like magic – that you can take a running VM and swap its host without the VM or its users really noticing. But in some sense it’s not very “cloudy”. After all why live-migrate your pets if you can just start a new herd of cattle wherever you need them? At HP,… Continue reading Live Migration at HP Public Cloud

Leostream Releases Connection Broker 8.0 with Support for OpenStack

Leostream Corporation, a leading developer of hosted desktop software, today announced the general availability of Leostream™ Connection Broker 8.0 with support for OpenStack clouds and HP Moonshot Systems. In addition, version 8.0 adds to the already comprehensive suite of user-session management tools, enabling enterprises to deploy large-scale hosted desktop and virtual desktop infrastructures (HDI and… Continue reading Leostream Releases Connection Broker 8.0 with Support for OpenStack

HP and VMware Enable Customers to Unify Data Center Networks

HP and VMware, Inc. today announced plans to collaborate to deliver the industry’s first federated network solution, designed to provide customers unified automation of, and visibility into, their physical and virtual data center networks, enabling business agility and improving business continuity.(1) As companies embrace cloud and mobility, manual network configuration has proven time and resource… Continue reading HP and VMware Enable Customers to Unify Data Center Networks

Leostream Announces Cloud Desktop Availability in HP Cloud Services

Leostream Corporation, a leading developer of virtual and cloud-hosted desktop software, today announced that it has added support for HP Cloud Services as one of the public cloud options available with Leostream Cloud Desktops. In addition, Leostream has joined the HP Cloud Services partner ecosystem. “HP Cloud Services, part of HP’s Converged Cloud portfolio, offers… Continue reading Leostream Announces Cloud Desktop Availability in HP Cloud Services

Veeam Expands Strategic Initiatives with Support for HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage

HP Discover 2012 Veeam Software, innovative provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V, announces it has expanded integration with HP to include SAN snapshot recovery for HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage using HP 3PAR Virtual Copy Software. Currently, Veeam Explorer for SAN Snapshots enables IT administrators to… Continue reading Veeam Expands Strategic Initiatives with Support for HP 3PAR StoreServ 7000 Storage

DMTF Releases Specification for Simplifying Cloud Infrastructure Management

The Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF), the organization bringing the IT industry together to collaborate on systems management standards development, validation, promotion and adoption, today announced the release of the new Cloud Infrastructure Management Interface (CIMI) specification. The new specification standardizes interactions between cloud environments to achieve interoperable cloud infrastructure management between service providers and… Continue reading DMTF Releases Specification for Simplifying Cloud Infrastructure Management

New Citrix VDI-in-a-Box Release Makes Simple, Affordable Virtual Desktops More Personal

Citrix today announced the release of Citrix VDI-in-a-Box™ 5.1, which just won the 2012 Best of Interop award for delivering a simple, affordable yet complete VDI solution with personalized end-user experiences. The latest release of VDI-in-a-Box delivers complete end-user personalization with personal vDisk technology that allows end-user applications and data to be preserved while giving… Continue reading New Citrix VDI-in-a-Box Release Makes Simple, Affordable Virtual Desktops More Personal

Teradici Expands VDI Product Portfolio to Include PCoIP Optimized Software Clients

VMworld 2012: Teradici, the developer of the innovative PC-over-IP® (PCoIP®) protocol that enables a true PC experience for desktop virtualization, today announced the launch of its PCoIP Optimized software client on the HP t410 Smart Zero Client. PCoIP Optimized clients are software clients for VMware View™ deployments that have been optimized to take advantage of… Continue reading Teradici Expands VDI Product Portfolio to Include PCoIP Optimized Software Clients