Virtualisation software
Virtualisation has been one of the hottest IT topics in recent years, with many IT managers seeing the benefits of reducing cost and improving systems management in their storage, server and desktop environments. Virtualisation is also an important step towards making the most of the opportunities offered by cloud computing. We examine the latest trends in virtualisation software and technology.
CIO Trends #8: Middle East
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News : Virtualisation software
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February 05, 2020
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Veeam pushes subscription licensing in cloud-centric ‘Act II’
Backup specialist wants to “win the cloud” as it pushes towards a cloud-focused vision that includes pay-for-what-you-use and multicloud after its acquisition last month
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January 13, 2020
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$5bn buy-out set to make backup giant Veeam a US company
Veeam’s founders are out as investment fund gets its hands on a pioneer of virtual machine backup. Now it will be a US company and eligible to target US government customers
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January 07, 2020
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Scale’s HE150 the first of a big push to small edge HCI hardware
Scale Computing aims to scale to micro-sized hyper-converged with a lightweight operating system it claims its competitors can’t match for edge and remote location deployments
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December 19, 2019
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Top 10 storage stories of 2019
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 storage stories for 2019, with the latest trends in enterprise storage arrays, hyper-converged, object storage, scale-out NAS, and more
In Depth : Virtualisation software
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Caribbean island hospital rebuilds after hurricane with DataCore
Hurricane Irma tore the roof off a server room and flooded IT hardware, but that was an opportunity to rebuild redundant IT using DataCore’s SANsymphony software-defined storage Continue Reading
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Spread of Kubernetes spurs backup and disaster recovery products
Growth of containerised applications brings with it the need to back up and provide disaster recovery. But what do you need to protect, and who provides the products? Continue Reading
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Five ways that backup has changed since the days of tape
Back in the day, all this was tape, but times have changed, with cloud-to-cloud backup, cloud storage, virtual and physical backup appliances and myriad endpoint hardware Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Virtualisation software
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Desktop virtualisation dilemmas: Solving the VDI blame game
In this guest post, Kevin Cooke, product director at desktop virtualisation software provider Liquidware Labs, explains how CIOs and IT departments can avoid playing the blame game when working out ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Virtualisation software
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HPE's Simplivity purchase keeps hyper-convergence in the spotlight
Hyper-converged infrastructure is well and truly mainstream. 451 Research finds hyper-converged all set to become the number one platform for core datacentre workloads Continue Reading
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The digital opportunity for CIOs
CIOs have a unique opportunity to lead the digital strategy in their organisations, but they have to move quickly to make sure they have the right skills and infrastructure in place Continue Reading
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Driving digital productivity in the UK
There is a need for British businesses to improve their adoption of digital technologies Continue Reading
Videos : Virtualisation software
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CW500: Roy Illsley, Principal Analyst at Ovum on virtualisation
In this CW500 video, Roy Illsley, Principal Analyst at Ovum, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about the next steps beyond virtualisation.
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CW500: Where next for virtualisation?
In this CW500 video, IT leaders share their views on the next steps beyond virtualisation.
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CW500 Video: Richard Gough, Punter Southall Group
In this video, Richard Gough discusses traditional IT as well as emerging agile methods, and how cloud will grow to mean “products run by someone else that allow us to be more flexible in what we do every day.”