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With oVirt 3.4 Debut, Red Hat’s RHEV 3.4 Enters Beta Phase

The open-source oVirt virtualization project debuted its 3.4 release on March 27, providing users with new features to meet the expanding needs of workload...

Nvidia Brings Graphics to VMware Remote Desktop Users

Nvidia and VMware officials are looking to bring high-end graphics capabilities to hosted desktop environments, opening up the computing model for engineers and others...

Midokura, Cumulus to Offer Network Management Solutions

Midokura and Cumulus Networks plan to give customers a look in May of a joint solution designed to enable organizations to manage workloads on...

Fortinet Security Platform Hits Amazon Web Services

Network security specialist Fortinet announced the company's flagship FortiGate security platform is now available on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a division of online shopping...

Cisco Expands ACI Initiative With New Nexus 9000 Switches

Cisco Systems is expanding the infrastructure that supports its Application Centric Infrastructure initiative, rolling out additions to its portfolio of Nexus 9000 switches and...

Dell Aims New Switch, Controller at SDN, Cloud

Dell continues to expand its networking portfolio, unveiling a highly scalable switch designed for cloud computing environments and a new software-defined networking controller for...

Facebook Pivots, Buys Virtual-Reality Headset Maker Oculus for $2B

Facebook on March 25 made a surprise pivot, moving into the virtual reality headset business by buying Oculus VR for about $1.9 billion in...

Open-Source Apache CloudStack 4.3 Supports Microsoft Hyper-V

The Apache Software Foundation today announced the release of CloudStack 4.3, providing new features to users of the open-source cloud platform.The CloudStack 4.3 release...

AMD Data Center Consolidation Effort Starting to Pay Off

SUWANEE, Ga.—Jake Dominguez and Andy Bynum slowly walk around the mostly empty, cavernous building that still looks much like the trucking and storage site...

Virtual Machine Backup: Is Your Organization Doing It Right?

Given the many advantages that come with virtualization, it's not surprising that virtual machines (VMs) have been a growing presence server rooms. The ease...