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New virtual Linux desktop bundle comes 'Microsoft-free'
IBM and Canonical Thursday announced a virtualized software bundle combining Lotus desktop applications running on top of Ubuntu Linux that they say...
Gartner's Top 10 disruptive data-center technologies
A new computing fabric replacing today's blade servers and a "pod" approach to building data centers are two of the most disruptive technologies that...
Number crunching: Stats about energy consumption, virtualization and cloud computing
Gartner reveals how much data centers really cost, virtualization's impact on the enterprise, and other interesting data center metrics
Regaining Control of the Data Center WHITEPAPER
Quocirca's Insight Report on the operational and management issues facing today's modern data center and what steps are required to get these issues...
Web 2.0 could play key role in schools of the future
If you remember high school as a haze of boring lectures by uninspired teachers broken up only by grinding homework, then you might wish you were a...
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VMware expands desktop virtualization capabilities
VMware has renamed and expanded upon its desktop virtualization software, with features that reduce storage requirements and allow offline access to...
Wanted: A long-term data center strategy
Global corporations do not have adequate policies for dealing with additional data centers gained through mergers, acquisitions and other factors.
Troubleshooting Switched Environments White Paper WHITEPAPER
A basic problem in troubleshooting switches is an inability to see inside. This white paper describes five fundamental approaches to gain visibility...
Lenovo announces a desktop alternative for secure managed PCs
Every organization is looking for ways to reduce the cost of end user computing and to make it more secure. According to Gartner, better management...
Bad economy good for client virtualization?
Could the stretched-out replacement cycles for desktop machines be a boon for client computing? In a recent Wall Street Journal Business Technology...
Desktop virtualization helps deliver functionality to virtual workers
An emerging technology destined to resolve many IT headaches without prescription medication is desktop virtualization. The technology helps IT...
Deploying Wireless, VoIP and New Applications Safely and Efficiently WHITEPAPER
As technology changes at a rapid pace, you need to be able to reliably address those challenges quickly and efficiently to minimize the risk and...
Start-ups starting to feel economic pain
I spoke this week with Justin Perreault, a general partner of Commonwealth Capital Ventures in Waltham, Mass., about how enterprise IT start-ups are...
Technical standards for managing a virtual environment
If you've been working with computers for a while, the acronym "DMTF" should be a familiar one to you. But if you still think of it as "Desktop...
Alcatel-Lucent unleashes on large enterprises
Alcatel-Lucent is expected to unveil a range of enhancements to its large enterprise product portfolio, including an upgraded data center switch and...