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Dell Launches Pocket-Size Cloud Connect Device

Dell's much-anticipated Project Ophelia—the Android-based pocket-sized device that can turn any display into a cloud-based computer—is now on the market.The newly privatized company announced...

How to Protect Virtual Machines: 10 Best Practices

How to Protect Virtual Machines: 10 Best Practices by Chris Preimesberger Reduce VM Sprawl According to analysis from Gartner, Forrester and others, 30 to 40 percent of...

Microsoft Reinventing Identity Through Open Compute Project

SAN JOSE, Calif.—The relatively new IT trend around open sourcing data center hardware specifications is finally becoming a force with which to be reckoned,...

Symantec NetBackup Adds Functions to Fight VM Sprawl

Symantec has released a new version of its NetBackup data protection package, which includes new functionality to handle large-scale VMware-based environments—systems that can suffer...

Emulex Aims New Adapters at Virtual, Cloud Environments

Emulex officials are looking to make it easier for organizations to run their virtualized data centers and cloud environments. The company has introduced a...

EVault Launches Windows Azure Backup Services

EVault, a subsidiary of hard-drive maker Seagate, has announced a new offering that allows businesses to back up their data to Microsoft's Windows Azure...

VMware Makes $1.54B Bet on AirWatch for Mobile Management

Virtualization software market leader VMware became a bona fide data mobility company Jan. 22 by acquiring enterprise mobile management and security provider AirWatch for...

Convirture Adds Microsoft Hyper-V Support to Its Middleware

Anybody who's ever taken an algebra class or can identify a cliche knows what "lowest common denominator" means. IT management software provider Convirture has...

Citrix Solution Lets MacBooks Access Windows Virtual Environments

Citrix is rolling out a solution that will help mobile employees using MacBooks access their Windows virtual desktops, regardless of whether the network connection...

Citrix Boosts Virtual Desktop Solutions With Framehawk Buy

Citrix Systems, facing increasing challenges in the desktop-as-service space, is buying Framehawk to improve the delivery of virtual desktops and applications to mobile devices...