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Virtualisation management strategy

• May 08, 2013 08 May'13

  Domino’s Pizza plans to move web services to the cloud

  After using cloud for testing and development apps, Domino’s Pizza is now looking to move its web services to the cloud

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Tesco to host private cloud infrastructure within its internal datacentres

  Tesco will run a private cloud infrastructure from its internal datacentre to host its website and retail related apps

• February 20, 2013 20 Feb'13

  British businesses are not making most of the cloud, study shows

  British businesses have yet to make the most of cloud computing services because many are hesitant to adopt it

• February 20, 2013 20 Feb'13

  Action for Children takes fundraising to the cloud with Rackspace

  Charity Action for Children has overcome its website traffic issues and has saved costs by using Rackspace cloud

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Capacity management most underestimated cloud problem

  Capacity management is the most underestimated problem of cloud computing, says Morgan Stanley strategy director Evangelos Kotsovinos

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Case study: Menzies Aviation upgrades in-house datacentre

  Menzies Aviation has updated its three internal datacentres with new servers, storage and cooling products rather than invest in cloud computing

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Enterprises bringing data back in-house for more flexibility, shows study

  European enterprises are improving their internal datacentres and storing data in-house rather than on the external cloud

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Travel service provider Concur builds datacentres in Europe to support growth

  Integrated travel and expenses service provider, Concur Technologies, has built colocation datacentres to cater to European customers

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  Interview: Alan Clark, chairman, OpenStack Foundation

  Alan Clark, chairman of the board of the OpenStack Foundation, talks to Computer Weekly about the future of cloud and the role of open source

• November 08, 2012 08 Nov'12

  Oracle buys cloud services provider Instantis

  Oracle is buying Instantis, a cloud and on-premise project portfolio management company, to boost its cloud portfolio

• October 18, 2012 18 Oct'12

  Google offers Street View of datacentres

  Google offers Street View of its datacentres and a virtual tour of how users' data is stored, with an emphasis on security practices

• October 12, 2012 12 Oct'12

  VMworld Europe 2012: Key highlights and technology takeaways

  VMworld Europe 2012 focused on software defined datacentres, cloud automation, mobile virtualisation, heterogeneity and building new IT skills

• October 11, 2012 11 Oct'12

  VMworld 2012: Shift in cloud use says Lufthansa Systems

  Lufthansa Systems chief information officer Jorg Liebe shares his views on cloud computing and a shift in use of public, private and hybrid cloud

• October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  VMworld Europe: Horizon Suite to help IT manage corporate assets on Apple iOS

  VMware is launching a suite of products to help IT executives manage workspace apps on consumers’ mobile devices including on Apple iPhones securely

• October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  VMworld Europe 2012 kicks off in Barcelona

  VMworld Europe 2012 opens with updates from VMware on the cloud and new management suites

• October 10, 2012 10 Oct'12

  Complex and non-transparent Oracle licensing costing firms millions

  Companies virtualising Oracle databases with VMware platforms face millions in penalties over non-compliance

• October 09, 2012 09 Oct'12

  Case study: How to virtualise SAP and migrate from IBM onto x86

  At VMworld Europe Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores gave an overview of how it virtualised an SAP environment and migrated from an IBM mainframe to x86

• October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12

  Case study: How WorldPay built its IT from scratch after RBS split

  Former RBS payment processing division WorldPay will reach a major IT milestone this month on its journey to stand on its own since it was sold in 2010

• August 15, 2012 15 Aug'12

  Virtualisation, backup and recovery tool helps firm beat data woes

  Virtualising IT was only half a battle won for an advertising agency. Selecting an apt data backup and recovery tool to optimise its virtual infrastructure was equally important.

• July 02, 2012 02 Jul'12

  Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V: What features get users' thumbs up

  Admins who have downloaded Windows Server 2012 RC give thumbs up to the new version of Hyper-V, inclusion of high-end features in free Hyper-V, and shared nothing live migration.

• June 20, 2012 20 Jun'12

  VMware admins advised to apply patches to ESX, ESXi quickly

  IT pros are urged to install security patches that VMware has released to address critical vulnerabilities in virtualisation products such as ESX, ESXi, Fusion and Workstation.

• May 25, 2012 25 May'12

  Is Dell eyeing Quest Software following its Wyse acquisition?

  Dell may acquire Quest Software to expand its desktop virtualisation offerings and gain Quest’s customers. Experts wonder if there is too much product overlap for such a deal to make sense.

• March 14, 2012 14 Mar'12

  VKernel vOPS customers gain Quest integration sooner than anticipated

  VKernel vOPS now includes Quest vFoglight and vOptimizer, just months after the merger. Is the knee-jerk integration right for tomorrow’s cloud infrastructures?

• December 19, 2011 19 Dec'11

  Virtualisation technologies: hits and misses of 2011

  Amid a slew of virtualisation products and management suites that emerged in 2011, some products such as Spring platform impressed users, while others such as VMware MVP didn’t.

• December 07, 2011 07 Dec'11

  VMware vSphere 5 uptake slow among users

  VMware vSphere 5 boasts of cloud-based features and monster VMs, but its uptake is lagging because of user satisfaction with vSphere 4.

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  VMware-based server consolidation yields long-term savings

  Avis achieved long-term cost savings and efficiencies with a VMware-based server consolidation. Its transformation won the Best Virtualisation and Server Consolidation Project award at VMworld Europe.

• October 21, 2011 21 Oct'11

  Winner's photo: iPod Shuffle

  A member of the audience wins an iPod Shuffle for attending the Best of VMworld User Awards

• October 13, 2011 13 Oct'11

  Best of VMworld Europe 2010 winner adopts Cisco UCS

  An Italian bank expands its virtual infrastructure to meet growing needs after winning the “Best virtualisation and server consolidation project” award at VMworld Europe 2010.

• August 18, 2011 18 Aug'11

  Citrix buys RingCube for desktop personalisation: News in brief

  Citrix has acquired RingCube, a desktop personalisation software provider, for an undisclosed sum. Citrix will add RingCube’s capabilities to its XenDesktop platform.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Storage is key to getting the most from virtualisation

  A Forrester survey shows that the benefits of server virtualisation aren’t fully realised unless the proper storage technology is in place; plus more news in brief.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  NetApp bags Akorri to bolster capacity planning lineup

  NetApp has entered into an agreement to buy data centre management software provider Akorri Networks; plus more news in brief.