HP's Leo Apotheker: We're heading to the cloud
A day after Hewlett-Packard CEO Leo Apotheker outlined his strategic vision for HP -- a plan chock-full of new cloud offerings -- he sat down with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant and...
View ArticlePrivate Cloud can prevent end runs around IT, Microsoft says
If IT shops want to prevent users from going to the Cloud, they have to bring the Cloud to the users.
View ArticleHyundai goes all virtual, desktops next target
Virtualisation is still growing strong among IT departments, but at the Australian operations of Hyundai cars, the company is running a 100 per cent virtual infrastructure and the IT head is liking the...
View ArticleAussie Cloud adoption can be accelerated with BizCloud
Australian businesses looking to move to the Cloud may experience shorter implementation times following the launch of BizCloud, an on-premise private Cloud service from business technology provider, CSC.
View ArticleFirst look: VMware vSphere 5 looms large
As we rapidly approach yet another VMworld conference and the general release of VMware vSphere 5, it's clear that VMware hasn't been resting on its laurels. The newest version of vSphere builds on the...
View ArticleEMC works to boost acceptance of public and private clouds
EMC has tied its fortunes to the future of cloud computing and is working hard to change the hearts and minds of IT executives so they will embrace the same vision, according to the firm's chief...
View ArticleVMware and Microsoft are missing the boat on private PaaS, consultant says
VMware's Cloud Foundry and Microsoft Azure are two of the leading platform as a service (PaaS) offerings from two cloud heavyweights, but one consultant says both companies are largely ignoring the...
View ArticleOpinion: 'Bring your own services' is the next big thing not to worry about
CIOs often complain that the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) movement is undermining their ability to keep their infrastructure and data secure. Every employee who comes to work with his or her smartphone...
View ArticleCreating a view to the cloud
How well can you see into the cloud? For many IT professionals, the view into the cloud isn't very clear, but new techniques and tools make visibility across multiple cloud systems clearer.
View ArticleReview: Joyent Cloud is built for speed
Joyent's very smart SmartOS proves that some cloud servers are better than others
View ArticleBuilding a fortress in the cloud for your critical data
Businesses are in the crosshairs as military and spy organizations around the world step up their cyber-snooping techniques, and the shift to cloud is only exacerbating the risks. How can you be sure...
View ArticleWhat not to put in the cloud
The cloud promises unlimited capacity, pennies per hour to operate, 4+ nines of uptime and infrastructure managed by a dedicated staff. Even technical challenges around security and compliance can be...
View ArticleAnalyzing costs in cloud business models
IT leaders know cloud is here to stay, but many are still trying to calculate the potential return on investment. Based on our experience, companies that outsource their infrastructure as a service...
View ArticleTasmania seeks hosted private cloud for server, storage
The Tasmanian government revealed plans to gradually move to an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) model as part of its ICT strategy.
View Article2012: The year cloud computing took a bite out of IT
As new public cloud plays leap in and the private cloud slowly evolves, we're on the brink of a shift to cloud computing for critical business workloads
View ArticleSalmat to embark on massive data centre consolidation
Australian customer communications solution company Salmat (ASX: SLM) is in the planning stages of shrinking 35 data centre sites across the country down to just two.
View ArticleLearn to fail and avoid the next cloud outage
Outages with large public cloud providers aren't more common than they are with a business' own private infrastructure.
View ArticleWhy VMware's hybrid Cloud announcement could be a big deal
Perhaps the biggest selling point for VMware's newly announced hybrid cloud strategy -- and the reason it could be a game changer in the infrastructure as a service (IaaS) market -- is because of the...
View ArticleVirtualization showdown: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 vs. VMware vSphere 5.1
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V brings advanced virtualization features to small shops, but VMware still reigns at the high end
View ArticleReview: VMware vSphere 5.1 looms large
VMware takes virtualization higher and deeper with rich storage automation and more advanced virtual networking tools
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