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VMware, Microsoft Rule X86 Server Virtualization
In many ways, the choice of a server virtualization technology is more important for a large enterprise than is the choice of the underlying physical server platform. While the ...Full Article
Cloud Builders Push 25G Ethernet Standard
Unhappy with the cost per gigabit of bandwidth with current Ethernet switches and adapters, two of the cloud computing giants – Google and Microsoft – have teamed up with ...Full Article
Microsoft Pressuring AWS In The Clouds
A closely watched assessment of the cloud computing industry again ranks Amazon Web Services (AWS) as the leading cloud infrastructure-as-a-service provider (IaaS), but notes that rival Microsoft is slowly ...Full Article
Microsoft Adds Beefy Compute, File Service To Azure
It was a cloudy week for Microsoft at its annual TechEd shindig, which was held in Houston, Texas, this time around. The consistent theme of the announcements has been ...Full Article
Microsoft’s Azure Cloud Is About More Than Being Hyper
The funny thing about the largest cloud computing providers is that they are all bragging about the scale at which they can provide compute, storage, and networking capacity. But ...Full Article
Blue Cross Blue Shield Streamlines Networking, Virtualization
You want your healthcare insurance provider to run a lean and mean IT shop, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama is always looking at new technologies to make ...Full Article
DataCore SANsymphony Boosts Flash, Ends ‘Storage Islands’
Software-defined storage vendor DataCore Software rolled out the latest version of its SANsymphony virtual storage area network, which seeks to boost utilization of pricey flash storage technology while pulling ...Full Article
Fusion-io Flash Pushes SQL Server 2014 In-Memory Further
There is no such thing as too much performance improvement. Microsoft's SQL Server 2014 relational database is shipping, and enterprises are now trying to figure out how to best ...Full Article
Violin Scales Back Windows Flash Array – For Now
Violin Memory was the first of the new breed of flash array companies to go public and the company is trying to stay ahead of the pack by more ...Full Article
Equinix Helps Microsoft Roll Out Azure ExpressRoute Globally
Microsoft is partnering with datacenter colocation service provider Equinix to deliver its Windows Azure ExpressRoute private network connection service to international customers. Equinix said Azure ExpressRoute would be provided ...Full Article
