Virtualisation held the promise of simplifying IT infrastructures, but ended up creating another abstracted management layer, says Veeam's CEO, Ratmir Timashev
September 2, 2009
Red Hat Aims RHEL 5.4 At The Cloud
New operating system release and hypervisor development work put the open source vendor on a collision course with VMware and Microsoft
Google’s Gmail Outage Caused by Upgrade Error
Ironically the problem started during an upgrade designed to stop Gmail overloading, says Google
Nokia Booklet 3G Netbook Will Cost €575
It's fierce in the netbook market - and Nokia is heading for the premium end, with a €575 3G booklet with 12 hour battery life and Windows 7
Review: Apple Snow Leopard Improves Productivity
There are real improvements under the covers - but beware of a small gotcha to the much-publicised Exchange support in Apple's new OS X version, Snow Leopard
EU Bemoans Lack Of Digital Copyright Standards
Fragmented rules are holding back the spread of digital content through the region, EU authorities say
HP Claims Victory In Virtualisation Standards
Two standards are on their way for network virtualisation in the data centre. There's an open alternative to the proprietary parts of Cisco's UCS, says HP Procurve's CTO
Mandelson “Bangs Heads” Over Mobile Broadband
The EU has cleared the 900MHz spectrum for 3G use but now the UK must convince its operators to play along
Red Hat Announces JBoss Cloud Middleware Platform
Red Hat has announced the delivery of its JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.0, a core middleware component of the company's JBoss Open Choice strategy
Business Travellers Vote For Wi-Fi Over In-Flight Meals
Forget the perks, if airline meals and in-flight movies qualify as such. A new survey shows business travelers and frequent fliers want a Wi-Fi connection on their flights
Dixons Offering Windows MacBook Air Clone
Dixons now offers an Elite version of its Advent Altro running a version of Microsoft's Windows Vista
VMWorld Focuses On Virtualisation Security
With VMworld in full swing, virtualisation security is at the tip of some people's tongues
IBM Launches Desktop Cloud Service
IBM has concocted the term "public desktop cloud" to describe desktop services that give users with network PCs or laptops rentable private cloud services