Virtually Speaking
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Pano Logic System 6 brings PCs into the fold
Many people in the world of information technology remember how straightforward desktop device management was in the days of the Mainframe and, later, the minicomputer. They’d like to combine that management style with today’s graphical systems. Pano Logic thinks it has the answer.
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Librato
We are facing a world of increasing IT complexity. Librato believes that its Silverline and Metrics products will help IT administrators monitor IT operations and quickly find the reasons for slow downs and outages.
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Public cloud execs dish out Top 10 tips for enterprises building hybrid clouds
“Enterprise-class” or “cloud class?” Enterprises are now looking to public cloud providers to figure out how to build the best hybrid cloud. At InterOp recently, executives from Rackspace, Terremark and NetScout were happy to offer up a list of to-do’s in this complicated process.
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Xangati updates management dashboard
Applications have become very complex and highly distributed. Each application might be segmented and virtualized in different ways. This means performance management has become a major problem. Xangati believes it has the answer.
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ADARA Networks - is it bigger than a breadbox?
ADARA Networks appears to be doing its best to do just about everything for everyone, everywhere, always. While an interesting concept, I have to wonder about a company trying to have such a broad reach.
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Embrane and the software defined data center
Today’s modern data center is very complex. No supplier offers tools that can directly address everything there. This means that organizations are likely to need a combination of tools from several suppliers. Will they work together and make life easier for the facilities and IT management team is the key question.
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Catch phrases, buzz words and you
Suppliers have long looked for ways to create a competitive edge. Creating a memorable catch phrase or new buzz word can help them shape and guide industry interest. “Dark Data” and “Storage Hypervisor” are the newest examples.
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Citrix and the mobile enterprise
Citrix has evolved from humble beginnings into a supplier that really can reduce its customers overall costs, deal with a herd of remote computing devices while making the environment manageable and secure.
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Tegile Systems storage virtualization and hybrid storage
Organizations using other virtualization technology, such as application or processing virtualization, need to consider how storage virtualization can improve their operations. Tegile Systems would be a good company to meet during this process.
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Cisco to debut Cloud Connect in June
Cisco plans to debut in June a new product called Cloud Connect which will enable secure connectivity between virtualized data centers and across cloud environments. Cisco is working with VMware, Citrix, Red Hat, NetApp and EMC to deliver network and compute solutions for the cloud.
