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Dec 5, 2008

Storage Virtualization: Everybody in the Pool

Relatively speaking, storage virtualization is a simple concept offering low risk and high reward. Studies say that within the next year or two, 47 percent of U.S. companies (and 61 percent in Europe) will have adopted the technology. If only it were that easy ... Read more...

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Cloud-Powered SaaS Needs No-Nonsense Backend

With its infrastructure-as-a-service model, BlueLock gives its SaaS-provider customers all the IT and management they need to host their applications in the cloud. Fortunately for all involved, BlueLock found F5 Networks to manage traffic, balance load and optimize application delivery.
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VKernel Keeps Hershey 'In the Know' on Virtualization

The IT team at Hershey Entertainment and Resorts adopted VKernel’s Capacity Analyzer to monitor shared CPU, memory, network, storage and disk I/O utilization trends across its VMware environment, and Chargeback, which provides details about who is using which resources and the associated costs.
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Scalpel or Cleaver: CIOs Can Show CFOs the Light

Unless you secure passage to an alternate, idyllic IT universe, you’ll be hearing frequently about cutting costs in the coming quarters. Apptio brings a few twists that should be appealing in these financially interesting times, including offering its tools on a SaaS platform.
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10 Companies Spurring Enterprise Cloud Computing (Pt. II)

While their customers numbers range from dozens to hundreds of thousands, the one thing these companies all have in common is innovation. From enabling computing in the cloud to encouraging hybrid cloud computing to providing an end-to-end set of cloud products, these companies' technologies strive to make cloud computing as flexible and non-threatening as possible.
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The Virtual Data Warehouse (Again)

12/4/08 | BeyeNETWORK | Virtual data warehouses can avoid the nasty work of integration that a real data warehouse entails. Read more...

Elastic IT Resources Transform Data Centers

12/4/08 | Network World | Several IT trends converge as data centers evolve to become more adaptable, Gartner says. Read more...

Cloud Computing, Virtualization and Software as a Service Could Dominate 2009

12/4/08 | Government Technology | Some signs say that unproven, big-budget IT projects will be delayed until the economy recovers, others believe downsized spending will necessitate innovation. Read more...

Amazon, Others Explore The Cloud For Medical Research, Health Care

12/3/08 | InformationWeek | While cloud computing offers the promise of powerful, flexible, and cost-effective collaboration and innovation in medicine, experts say there some dark clouds blocking the way. Read more...

Welcome 'Cloud'

12/3/08 | The Hindu Business Line | While the term 'cloud computing' has been used in many contradictory ways, it is heralding an evolution of business -- no less influential than the era of e-business -- in positive and negative ways. Read more...

Microsoft Adds Gen 4 Datacenters for Cloud Computing

12/3/08 | Virtualization Review | Microsoft is initiating the fourth in a series of datacenter upgrades to enable its cloud computing services, according to a Microsoft blog post on Tuesday. Read more...

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Oracle WebLogic Server: A Solid Foundation for Service-Oriented Architecture

11/7/08 | Oracle | Service-oriented architecture (SOA) has sparked an IT revolution. Deploying coherent packages of software functionality as loosely coupled, coarse-grained services delivers dramatically improved application flexibility, allowing enterprises to continuously adapt constellations of services to keep IT capabilities aligned with business goals.

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Derrick Harris

The Essence of 'On-Demand'
Even Gartner Loves Cloud Computing
Now, I respect Gartner as much as the next guy, but it has to stop scheduling Data Center Conference keynotes at 8 a.m. I was unable to make it to the MGM Grand that early – even to hear about cloud computing and disruptive datacenter technologies. (Shocking!) Luckily, I’ve got slides.
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