Energy budgets continue to inflate, according to Gartner
Energy costs contribute one-eighth towards the total expenditure in running a data centre,
according to analyst Gartner. The analyst added that energy budgets are inflating faster than any
other cost involved in the data centre operations. By 2015, Gartner predicts that 80% of large data
centre will have power usage utilisation reporting in place across all of the equipment which is
switched on.
Novell survey reveals cloud adoption is stronger than anticipated
Novell has announced the results of its Harris Interactive survey, which found 77% of large
enterprises using some form of cloud computing. Questioning more than 200 businesses, 89%
agreed that the private cloud is the next logical step for organisations already implementing
virtualisation.
RES unveils RES Dynamic Desktop Studio
Res Software has announced its RES Dynamic Desktop Studio, a software suite which is designed to help
organisations moves towards an IT as a Service model. The solution combines RES Virtual Desktop
Extender (VDX), RES Workspace Manager (formerly RES PowerFuse) and RES Automation Manager (formerly
RES Wisdom).
VirtualSharp partners with MTI
Disaster recovery vendor VirtualSharp Software has partnered with cloud infrastructure integrator MTI. As part of the Virtual
Computing Environment (VCE) coalition, a collaboration between Cisco, EMC and VMware, the agreement
means MTI will market VirtualSharp's ReliableDR solution across the UK before expanding into Europe
during 2011.
ShoreTel gets VMware Ready status
Unified communications specialist ShoreTel has achieved VMware Ready status. The status means that ShoreTel's newest software
release has passed VMware's evaluation process and will now be listed on the VMware Partner Product
Catalogue.
Kayleigh Bateman is the Site Editor of SearchVirtualDataCentre.co.uk
