News
Datacentre systems management
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June 25, 2010
25
Jun'10
Sun shines on Oracle's 25% rise in Q4 profits
The purchase of Sun Microsystems in January is cited for sparking a large jump in Oracle's latest profits; plus more daily news.
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June 21, 2010
21
Jun'10
World Cup player's downtime inspires free VMware uptime
The injuries keeping Greek defender Vangelis Moras off the World Cup field spur hosting company StratoGen to give away VMware services; plus more daily news.
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June 15, 2010
15
Jun'10
Data centre design: Guide to the requirements gathering process
Compiling data centre requirements is a crucial part of design. Always know what your vendor and reseller are looking for.
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June 11, 2010
11
Jun'10
How to license a virtual environment
Find out how to maximise savings and deal with the licensing conundrum that is the virtual world.
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May 21, 2010
21
May'10
Rackspace brings Xen-based cloud to the UK: News roundup
VMware and Google integrate cloud computing and GoogleApps; Citrix and Amazon team up for software in the cloud; and other news of the week.
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May 20, 2010
20
May'10
VMware best practices: Benefits of a virtual vCenter
Why our expert advocates virtualising vCenter and the whopping automation patching "gotcha" at the heart of doing so.
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April 01, 2010
01
Apr'10
Indian Railways' crew management system: A home-bred success story
One of CRIS' most commendable projects, Indian Railways' Crew Management System (CMS) owes its success to robust server infrastructure. A closer look.
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March 12, 2010
12
Mar'10
Citrix XenApp6 to offer more centralised management for virtualised applications: News Roundup
Red Hat JBoss for Camden Council; VMware shops now eligible for free SpringSource tc Server licenses; and more news of the week.
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March 05, 2010
05
Mar'10
Gradwell's system downtime issues solved with HP blade servers and VMware revamp
After an IT system failure, telephony service provider Gradwell turned to HP to regain the confidence of its customers, avoid future outages and system downtime.
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February 26, 2010
26
Feb'10
Misuse of VDI: Citrix on how to make your desktop virtual
Citrix drops the marketing hype and explains which virtual desktop strategy works best for which type of user, along with why the term VDI should be buried when deciding how to make your desktops virtual.
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February 04, 2010
04
Feb'10
Cisco and Magirus hook up to sell complete virtual platform
IT managers can purchase a complete virtual platform through a Magirus VAR, thanks to a new partnership with Cisco.
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December 23, 2009
23
Dec'09
Forbes Marshall's journey towards desktop virtualization
Learn how Forbes Marshall is using desktop virtualization to centralize data management.
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November 20, 2009
20
Nov'09
Five signs that data centre automation is right for your business
Data centre automation simplifies management of today's complex IT systems. In this interview, an expert talks about how data centre automation can streamline processes and add business value.
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November 13, 2009
13
Nov'09
HP's 3Com acquisition: Does it make a difference for you?
Will HP acquiring 3Com make a significant difference for HP's corporate users in India? We spoke to a couple of system integrators for a closer look.
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October 26, 2009
26
Oct'09
Unix and Linux IBM users set to benefit from QLogic FCoE
Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity on IBM Power Systems is expected to reduce power consumption as Big Blue integrates QLogic's single-chip 8100 Series converged network adapters.
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October 20, 2009
20
Oct'09
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 released and more news of the week
Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 released; University of Arts selects A10 Networks for Web services; tailored carbon footprint tool available through nlyte Software; and more.
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October 08, 2009
08
Oct'09
HP, Cisco compromise on virtual Ethernet port aggregator (VEPA) standard
HP and Cisco have compromised on a virtual network switch standard called virtual Ethernet port aggregator (VEPA), which will manage communications in virtualised data centres without changing the standard Ethernet format. IEEE 802.1 will vote on ...
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July 30, 2009
30
Jul'09
BT Global Services offers virtual data centre services
Several previous attempts at on-demand computing and application services never got off the ground. But virtual data centres could be born aloft cloud computing, claims BT.
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July 23, 2009
23
Jul'09
U.K. data centre management challenges include people, power and tools
New reports say that the CIO is expensively undervalued, despite the business transformation CIOs can bring. But giving CIOs the technology tools may not solve the problem.