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Remote cloud control for Microsoft Windows

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:57:00 GMT

Quest software launches SaaS management software

Quest Software has announced the launch of its first set of Software as a Service (SaaS) Windows management solutions. Quest OnDemand will be hosted on Windows Azure, securely managing IT environments by leveraging Microsoft's Windows Identity Foundation (WIF) and Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) 2.0. The first solutions are currently available in beta.

Microsoft adds access controls to SQL Azure online database

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Azure to go live in January

Microsoft is creating technology to give businesses more fine-grained control over access to data stored in the company's upcoming SQL Azure database-as-a-service, a senior engineer said.

Charity sails off with top prize at Techworld awards

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:50:00 GMT

Full list of product winners of fiercely contested competition

A sailing charity that invested in SaaS to reduce costs and improve operations was the winner in Techworld's project of the year. UKSA beat runner-up Private Mobile Networks in a contest that reflected a diverse range of IT projects.

What is cloud computing, and can it be trusted?

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:59:00 GMT

FAQ: Cloud computing, demystified

Everyone in the IT industry is talking about cloud computing, but there is still confusion about what the cloud is, how it should be used and what problems and challenges it might introduce. This FAQ will answer some of the key questions enterprises are asking about cloud computing.

Amazon cloud's security, privacy under question

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:48:00 GMT

Burton gives Amazon EC2 'low marks for enterprise availability and security'

Amazon's cloud computing service should not be used for applications that require advanced security and availability, the Burton Group analyst firm says in a report accusing Amazon of secrecy regarding its cloud data centres.

Space agency uses Amazon cloud for star data

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:21:00 GMT

Gaia project to map the stars relies on Amazon, Oracle

The European Space Agency (ESA) plans to launch a new scanning satellite to map the stars in our galaxy in more precise form than ever before, and researchers supporting the project, called Gaia, are evaluating whether Amazon's cloud computing service can handle the mammoth processing task.

Intel, AMD settlement could solve server virtualisation problems

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:42:00 GMT

Server users could benefit from compatibility

The $1.25 billion Intel AMD settlement could improve competition in the server hardware market and solve some lingering problems related to server virtualisation, analysts say.

Citrix virtual PC customers use VMware on back end

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:29:00 GMT

Customers will shift from VMware, maintains executive

Citrix's desktop virtualisation customers are still using VMware's server hypervisor on the back end, but a Citrix executive claims a shift away from VMware is afoot.

Cloud storage vendor integrates collaboration, backup and sync

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:19:00 GMT

Syncplicity releases business software tool

Online data management vendor Syncplicity released the Business Edition of its service that includes data collaboration, file management, backup and automatic synchronisation between desktop and cloud applications.

Is email a perfect cloud application?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:23:00 GMT

From command line to local PC to Gmail

In the beginning there was email. And email was run on a Unix server. The network was devoid of PCs. So all email was accessed via a terminal and a command line interface.

VMware has new view of desktop virtualisation

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:17:00 GMT

View 4.0 offers better handling of graphics but has downsides

VMware has upgraded its desktop virtualisation product VMware View incorporating a new protocol, Teradici's PCoIP to improve performance, particularly for rendering of images.

Mitel to offer virtualised voice

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:02:00 GMT

Following in the path of Avaya

The growing trend towards virtualisation seems to be affecting the unified communications market. Mitel has now taken its first steps down a virtualisation path.

How to use Virtual PC with Windows 7

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Create virtual machines, run Windows XP applications

Windows 7 is already a big hit for Microsoft, according to market share tracker Net Applications, which shows it rising past all the extant versions of Linux and Windows except Vista and XP and into fourth place hot on the heels of the Mac OS X 10.5.

Beware cloud computing's hidden costs

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:36:00 GMT

Find the true costs before moving to the cloud

Cloud service providers can make compelling and simple sales pitches in terms of cost of individual services-$100 per user per year sounds pretty good.

Platform Computing launches cloud computing capability for HPC

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:36:00 GMT

Platform Computing and Microsoft create tools to build private clouds

Much of the talk about cloud computing in data centres has been about enterprise workloads, but high-performance computing (HPC) customers are getting some options as well.

Siemens lets app developers mix Twitter with unified communications

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:02:00 GMT

Amazon cloud site modelled on iPhone App Store

Siemens is invoking the model of iPhone application development by opening a site in Amazon's cloud to encourage creation of unified communications apps, priming the pump with a mashup it created that mixes its UC gear with Twitter.

Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac "faster than VMware Fusion"

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:46:00 GMT

Paralles new Mac virtualization app boasts deeper Windows integration

Parallels released the latest version of its Windows virtualization software for Mac computers, which it claims remains faster and more powerful than VMware's rival app.

Rackspace goes down for third time since June

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:23:00 GMT

Web host's third data centre failure raises questions over cloud

Rackspace suffered another data centre failure that caused outages for its cloud computing customers, the third such incident since late June.

Red Hat rivals VMware with stand-alone hypervisor release

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:33:00 GMT

Open source giant releases KVM server virtualisation technology

Red Hat made good on its promise to deliver a stand-alone hypervisor and a set of management tools as its gears up to go toe-to-toe with VMware and Microsoft to become a top-tier provider of virtualisation and cloud computing infrastructure.

Cisco and EMC team up in data centre push

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:18:00 GMT

Intel and VMware part of collaboration too

Cisco and EMC have revealed the fruits of their long-expected collaboration, which will provide integrated products and services for customers building private cloud computing infrastructures.

VMware Fusion 3

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:21:00 GMT

Fusion 3 brings a number of interesting new features to what was already a feature rich application

The latest salvo in the continuing battle of virtualization applications has been fired by VMware, with the release of VMware Fusion 3. Fusion 3 brings a number of interesting new features to what was already a feature rich application. I've had a chance to use the final Fusion 3 code for the last week or so, and this First Look is based on my experiences with that code.

Amazon slashes virtual server prices

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:16:00 GMT

Cloud vendor lauches database service

Amazon is lowering the price of its web-based virtual servers and has bolstered its cloud services with a new relational database and a set of high memory virtual server instances.

VMWare Workstation to support Windows 7

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:00 GMT

Better than Windows XP mode, according to VMware

VMware has added support for Windows 7 and expanded the ability to handle virtual processors in Workstation 7, the new version of its platform for running multiple OSes simultaneously on a PC.

Adobe Flash to boost Salesforce cloud

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:12:00 GMT

Flash apps to improve Force.com

Salesforce.com's deal with Adobe Systems linking Adobe Flash to the Salesforce.com Force.com cloud application platform could help better establish Force.com as an entity separate from the company's core online CRM platform.

Mu Dynamics unveils IP tester to improve cloud services

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:01:00 GMT

Alternative to traditional manual in-house testing

IP services testing vendor Mu Dynamics has unveiled enhancements to its test suite that expand the number of data sources it can generate results from.