Dell Inc. plans to invest $1 billion in cloud computing over its next fiscal year, the company announced on Thursday.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- April 07, 2011
Microsoft released on Monday iSCSI Software Target 3.3, a Windows Server 2008 R2 addition that allows for shared block storage in storage area networks using the iSCSI protocol.
- By Kurt Mackie
- April 04, 2011
A public community technology preview (CTP) of Microsoft's Windows Thin PC (WinTPC) software technology is now available, the company announced on Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 30, 2011
Amazon Web Services launched its EC2 Dedicated Instances service on Monday, in response to indications from its enterprise customers that they do not want to share computing resources with other companies.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 28, 2011
The beta of Microsoft's System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012, which Microsoft released earlier this week as part of the unveiling of the System Center 2012 line, includes the company's Server Application Virtualization tool for Windows Azure.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- March 24, 2011
On Monday, Microsoft touted its server virtualization offerings as being key to reducing U.S. retailer Target Corp.'s physical server footprint.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 21, 2011
Microsoft recently discussed its "optimized desktop" concept and "dynamic delivery" strategies, which tap into the company's virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), application virtualization and Remote Desktop Services technologies.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 14, 2011
Microsoft has made available the Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) 2011, which includes updated desktop virtualization and application virtualization tools.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 10, 2011
CA has created a microsite for partners to help them sell the CA Virtual portfolio and get past the "virtual stall" that often occurs when customers get about 30 percent of their servers virtualized.
- By Gladys Rama
- February 25, 2011
Parallels has just given partners more reasons to pay attention to the company: Today it promoted former Microsoft executive Birger Steen to CEO.
- By Scott Bekker
- February 23, 2011
According to a Microsoft blog, Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 will be available to TechNet and MSDN subscribers later this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 22, 2011
A Microsoft official briefly noted on Thursday that Microsoft is planning two new options for IT organizations using Windows 7 -- but the catch is that Software Assurance (SA) licensing needs to be in place.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 11, 2011
Microsoft Wednesday released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to its equipment manufacturing partners.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 10, 2011
Microsoft outlined desktop virtualization tips late last week that IT pros and developers can use to test the compatibility of their Web sites on a single PC.
- By Kurt Mackie
- February 07, 2011
Version 5.5 of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit was released early this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- January 19, 2011
Microsoft today announced that the release candidate of Service Pack 1 for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 03, 2010
The release candidate version of Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can now be downloaded.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2010
Microsoft today announced a partnership deal with Cloud.com to help integrate Microsoft's proprietary hypervisor into the OpenStack project.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 22, 2010
Software security provider Symantec commissioned a study on Windows 7 migration experiences that was published this month.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 21, 2010
Microsoft on Tuesday released a new beta test version of its desktop virtualization solution for organizations.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 13, 2010