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Understanding VMware vCloud vs. Openstack

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It’s very difficult to imagine an enterprise Cloud that both would co-exist. The drivers for a Cloud provider selecting a Cloud management platform are different from an Enterprise selecting a Cloud manager. So, it is a consideration but we are just looking at traditional enterprise public Clouds on this post.

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Forget the FUD: VMware NSX and Cisco ACI SDN solutions

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There has been a good deal of FUD spread since VMware has announced their NSX network hypervisor based on software from their $1 billion Nicira acquisition. VMware is a large corporation but, $1 billion is a lot of money to any company and a big bet on network virtualization. This places VMware and Cisco on a collision course.

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EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio » Data Center Knowledge

Data Center Knowledge

Data Domain systems now support direct backup from SAP HANA Studio via NFS, and DD Boost for Oracle RMAN now supports Oracle Exadata and SAP running on Oracle. . EMC Avamar 7 now supports all major data center workloads being directed to Data Domain systems, with the addition of file system and NAS/NDMP backups. .

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Riverbed Releases Enterprise-Class Server Consolidation Solution.

Data Center Knowledge

Riverbed Releases Enterprise-Class Server Consolidation Solution. Riverbed Releases Enterprise-Class Server Consolidation Solution. Riverbed (RVBD) has introduced a new release of its Granite product family, delivering an enterprise-class solution for server and data consolidation. Modular Data Centers.

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IT Automation Provider Puppet Labs Acquires Cloudsmith

Data Center Knowledge

The acquisition will integrate the Cloudsmith engineering team and products into Puppet in a bid to accelerate enterprise adoption of IT automation. Cloudsmith provides tools for system administrators and developers that make it easier to automate management of IT resources through intuitive GUIs and SaaS applications.

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What is a managed service provider? Strategic outsourcing for IT services

CIO Business Intelligence

Managed service provider business model Managed service providers structure their business to offer technology services cheaper than what it would cost an enterprise to perform the work itself, at a higher level of quality, and with more flexibility and scalability.