   |
        |
 |
|
Posts Tagged ‘network virtualization’Go Cloud, Save the WorldFriday, October 14th, 2011
With more and more organizations opting to store their data on cloud computing systems rather than under their own roofs, outsourcing data centres are springing up like mushrooms to answer the demand. (more…) 
Remote Desktop Services – The Secret Weapon for Small to Mid-Size BusinessTuesday, September 20th, 2011Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Services (RDS) have come to the forefront with RemoteApp, an RDP-based approach to serving published applications and desktops to the enterprise included in Windows 2008 R2. Now with the RDS server service role in Windows 2008 R2, you can host Applications that run on the server and get pushed to the desktop using the Remote Desktop protocol and Published Applications.
But Who Owns my Stuff? The Dropbox ExampleWednesday, August 31st, 2011 Will the Dropbox privacy storm abate? The storm began not in a teacup, but in a Dropbox, and it was a doozy. The Web-based file-hosting service that allows users to share files and photos across the Internet courtesy of cloud computing is still sweeping up from a summer squall that was set off with nothing more spectacular than some poorly chosen words. Dropbox set the leaves in motion in June when it sought to tweak its terms of service to better explain its position on a range of platforms, including the thorny business of its ownership of the data it hosts. But its reworked explanation just served to muddy the scene, arguably further damaging cloud computing technology’s more widespread adoption. (more…)
Stripping the CloudWednesday, February 2nd, 2011
Let’s take a temperature reading. (more…)
VARs Deliver “The Cloud” for MicrosoftWednesday, December 22nd, 2010
The Wheel In The Sky Keep On TurningIt’s an extraordinary statement, but so too is the idea Microsoft is pitching. Cloud computing is nothing short of a revolution in the sky, and the company has taken it to the masses with a heavyweight of an advertising campaign designed to pique the interest of consumers and small business operators alike with its dead-simple promise of life-altering renewal.
Disaster Recovery Study Reveals Disaster in the MakingFriday, December 3rd, 2010 Progress, it turns out, does not always make the world better. In some cases, it just makes it more bloody complicated.
Complexity Breeds DisasterSuch is the apparent case, says Symantec—a security, storage and systems management solutions firm—in today’s disaster recovery scene. Many organizations are struggling to sustain the effectiveness of their security efforts in the face of an ever-more-complex technological landscape, reports Symantec in their recently released Disaster Recovery Study. (more…)
Companies that Implement Virtualization Increase Utilization Of Their Existing Hardware By 65-70%Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
According to the Journal, and Gartner Inc.’s technology conference in Orlando, Fla., upon which the story was reporting, virtualization is enjoying attention from the business world for the way it offers managers the means to stretch their dollars further by employing existing resources more profitably. Our studies demonstrate that companies that virtualized increased the utilization of their existing hardware to 80%, a remarkable spike from 10-15%. (more…)
|
|
| About Us | Markets Served | Solutions | Services | Support | News & Events | Downloads | Site Map | Contact Us | |
News
According to clean tech market research and consulting firm Pike Research, the delirious reassignment of corporations’ computing operations from in-house equipment to the cloud could well prove a boon to more than just the bottom line of the business in question.
So unremitting is the storm around the subject of cloud computing, it’s enough to make a person feel like his head is stuffed with cotton. What’s more, the skies fill with ever-more fractured weather patterns, as this concept of arm’s-length computing rains down in increasingly complicated forms.
“Windows,” says the confident lady, peering into the television screen after adding the finishing touches to a flawless family photo, “gives me the family nature never could”.
I read an article in The Wall Street Journal recently that told me what I already know: virtualization is gaining furious ground in spite of—or, more likely, because of—the sputtering economy.