Chris Preimesberger

Data-protection software maker Bocada on Nov.2 added a new product for those struggling in the virtual IT world with the introduction of a VM monitoring software package. Bocada Vision provides insight into the data-protection operations of virtual environments. Users can monitor backup methods, performance, success and failures, problem and resource management, virtual environment recovery, configuration […]

If you’re going to start a business, it’s usually a good idea to name it after what the business actually does, so potential customers can understand it immediately. Mattress Discounters. Toys “R” Us. International Business Machines. They may not be artsy names, but there is something to be said for clarity in business communications in […]

Carbonite, a relatively high-visibility cloud storage provider due to its strategy of buying lots of television and radio commercial time, has advanced way beyond offering simple file backup in the cloud. The Boston-based company has introduced a new suite of cloud-based services that add up to what might be considered a personal cloud service for […]

Dell’s cloud application integrator, Boomi, has included several new capabilities in its cloud-based service-largely based on feedback from its user community-in a continual effort to simplify cloud and software-as-a-service application integration for midrange and large enterprises. Historically, security has been the No. 1 concern of CTOs and CIOs when it comes to combining on-site and […]

Confirming what those who follow IT development already know, industry researcher IDC reported Oct. 21 that cloud computing will be a key driver of net new IT spending over the next five years. This spending push will happen because public cloud service providers and adopters of private cloud environments all need to invest in various […]

When three industry giants–Cisco Systems (networking), EMC (storage) and VMware (virtualization) formed the Virtual Computing Environment joint venture called Acadia in November 2009 to build Vblock virtualized data center systems, well-informed industry folks knew it was only a matter of time before another Tier 1 IT company or two stepped up to compete. That came […]

About As California As You Can Get Austin, Texas-based Dell’s new palm-tree adorned research center is located in the north section of Santa Clara, just south of the San Francisco Bay. By next year it will house about 700 Dell employees—mostly employees of several recently acquired companies. Always the Genial Host CEO, chairman and founder […]

Virtualization software maker VMware revealed Oct. 19 that it has partnered with telcom Verizon Wireless to develop Android-based, 3G- and 4G-LTE-network smartphones with split personalities: one for business and one for personal use. Mixing business and personal use on any type of IT device has always posed its own set of difficulties, especially when enterprise […]

Forecast as Best You Can Use real-time monitoring, trend analysis and forecasting tools to plan responses to events: Understand system utilization and application tiers, and spot patterns and behaviors that help mitigate better peak demand and unforeseen failures and outages. Resource Redundancy Is a Must Structure your data center redundancy as appropriate for your application […]

Dynamic random access memory, which serves as the engine for millions of smartphones and other handheld devices, is a hot property that is rapidly becoming even hotter as time goes on.As mind-boggling as it sounds, the DRAM market is poised for triple-digit growth — serious triple-digit growth — by 2015. Industry analyst IHS is projecting […]

EMC’s newly refreshed enterprise storage line, featuring 41 new products launched in the last 18 months, apparently is also refreshing the company’s revenue and profit levels. The huge storage, security and cloud infrastructure provider continues to file impressive quarterly reports, posting record third-quarter results Oct. 18 that included a 28 percent jump in profits year-over-year. […]

Virtualization software market leader VMware turned in another stellar quarterly earnings report Oct. 17, citing profit of $178 million in the third quarter that more than doubled what it banked a year ago. However, its chief financial officer also warned of macroeconomic storm clouds ahead in 2012. The Palo Alto-based company earned 42 cents per […]