Addressing the growing needs for customers faced with server sprawl and virtualization management issues, Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE: ARW) today announced that it would offer converged infrastructure bundles designed to help simplify integration for cloud data centers. Built upon the IBM (NYSE: IBM) Flex System and the Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) QFabric™ technology, Arrow’s new… Continue reading Arrow Electronics Delivers Juniper Networks QFabric Architecture for IBM Flex Systems
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IBM Opens Smarter Data Center in Mexico
IBM announced today the opening of its Smarter Data Center, located at the IBM Technology Campus in Guadalajara city, Mexico. This first-of-its-kind site in the country will support the business transformation of enterprise and government clients and help them improve operations in today’s global economic environment. The IBM Smarter Data Center will provide clients with… Continue reading IBM Opens Smarter Data Center in Mexico
Polycom, IBM to Accelerate Cloud-Delivery of Video Collaboration Applications
Polycom, the global leader in open standards-based unified communications (UC), today announced an initiative with IBM Research to co-develop next-generation innovations that are designed to further accelerate cloud-delivered video collaboration applications to support key vertical and social uses. Under the initiative, Polycom will work with IBM Research to explore and develop technologies that leverage the… Continue reading Polycom, IBM to Accelerate Cloud-Delivery of Video Collaboration Applications
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
CiRBA Brings Revolutionary Capacity Control to The IBM PowerVM Platform
CiRBA today announced Version 7.1 of the CiRBA Control Console, enabling IT organizations to optimize capacity decisions, VM placements and resource allocations for AIX-based IBM PowerVM environments. This latest version will allow customers to leverage the same technology they use to optimize VMware and Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environments to manage virtualized AIX infrastructure. CiRBA… Continue reading CiRBA Brings Revolutionary Capacity Control to The IBM PowerVM Platform
Red Hat and IBM Achieve Top Security Certification for KVM Hypervisor
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with the KVM hypervisor on IBM Systems has been awarded Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+). The Common Criteria is an internationally recognized set of standards used by the federal government and other organizations to… Continue reading Red Hat and IBM Achieve Top Security Certification for KVM Hypervisor
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
IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it has completed the acquisition of Platform Computing, a privately held company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Financial terms were not disclosed. On October 11, 2011, IBM announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Platform Computing, a global leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software… Continue reading IBM Closes on Acquisition of Platform Computing