14 March 2010
Sunday
NetApp unveils new design guides for building cloud storage offerings; HP and IBM now sell Emulex FCoE adapters; QLogic's 8100 Series CNAs gets certified by Cisco.
Learn how Opus Interactive, a managed service provider in Portland, Oregon, saw a 10-fold boost in CPU utilization, a 75 percent reduction in customer cost per server, and can carry out 95 percent of server administration remotely. The solution came in the formof virtualized servers and storage using HP Proliant server blades, the HP LeftHand P4000 SAN and VMware.
The Sun Microsystems implosion into Oracle is finally getting the push it needs. EU regulators have given their nod to the deal so Oracle head honchos will be meeting in days to iron out the new battle plan. It would be interesting to see what remains and what goes. Here are my few thoughts plus excerpt from the former heads at Sun.
IDC predicts that 2010 will see more consolidation via M&A with IBM buying Juniper Networks. This will further add fuel to the long running rumors of Cisco buying EMC. Is there anything new in all this?
A recent HP commissioned research shows that 50% of technology decision makers within Singapore-based firms are using or planning to implement cloud computing solutions within the next 12 months.
HP blades, which continue to dominate the TOP500 supercomputing list, enable the University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute to advance research and drive innovation.
The new platform, acquired by HP from Ibrix, will improve storage virtualization.
HP has launched the Sun Complete Care program which is aimed at Sun customers who are looking to transition to HP.
Brocade is rumored to be looking for a buyer. Yes, its not Brocade being serenaded by another vendor. Its Brocade quietly putting out its feelers for a potential buyer. What will this mean to the thousands of Brocade customers out there in Asia? For sure, Cisco sales people are having a field day!
HP's Integration Services includes 10 new solutions which leverage the best practices and collective knowledge gained from thousands of customer engagements.
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Backup and archiving have changed over recent years partly riding on advances in technology. When do you perform backup and when to archive? What are the technical and operational considerations that need to be looked into for each. This paper looks at Simpana Software as a platform for achieving both.
This paper looks at Simpana as a platform for seamlessly extending local backup and archive to a new tier of cloud-based storage. Virtually unlimited storage capacity from our integrated cloud storage partners helps users dramatically reduce costs and operational complexity while improving long-term compliance.
The move to cloud computing is not easy, and its important to get it right the first time. Curtin University of Technology with the help of Optus Business, Alphawest, Cisco, EMC, and VMware, takes the first steps that will provide Curtin with an on-demand access to a fully virtualized private data center.
Asian sports associations looking to improve performance (winning gold medals) can take a leaf off the United States Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA)'s book, when it comes to blending the best in both athletic and IT infrastructure.
