In an effort to capture what it sees as a growing market for virtual desktops within enterprises, Microsoft is simplifying some licensing agreements and enhancing its virtual-desktop-related software.
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Microsoft sweetens the pot for desktop virtualization
Businesses are finally prying their hands from Windows XP as they warm to Windows 7, a research company said today. “Over the years, IT has had a real love affair with XP,” said Diane Hagglund, a senior analyst at Dimensional Research and the author of a poll that surveyed over 900 IT professionals in January.
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IT’s ‘love affair’ with Windows XP coming to an end, says survey
Oracle’s commitment to Java and the ubiquity of the technology were stressed Wednesday by Java founder James Gosling in a presentation that also centered on the recently released Java Enterprise Edition (EE) 6 specification.
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Java founder emphasizes Oracle’s commitment
Fujitsu is rolling out a new server designed specially for cloud computing providers. The Primergy CX1000, based on Intel’s Xeon 5600 series processors , is designed to be power-efficient and save space, said Richard McCormack, senior vice president of Fujitsu America’s server and solutions business.
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Fujitsu aims new Xeon-based server at cloud computing providers
IBM will soon offer software development and testing services through its public cloud, adding to a private cloud option launched in June 2009, the company said Tuesday. Big Blue also released a list of cloud partners Tuesday, including RightScale and Kaavo, which make cloud management software; security vendor Navajo Systems; performance monitoring software maker AppFirst and application development vendors Aviarc, Corent and Wavemaker.
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IBM adding development and testing services to public cloud
McAfee Tuesday announced a vulnerability-assessment scanning service that’s aimed at giving cloud computing service providers a way to provide security assurances to their customers.
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McAfee service scans cloud environments for security vulnerabilities
It’s never been easy to access — much less analyze — the vast amount of data available to, for example, determine changes in customer behavior or sentiment, optimize routing of telephone switches based on call patterns, or analyze financial portfolio pricing or risk.
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Appistry launches ‘big data’ computational storage system
One ex-Sun Microsystems employee who will not be cashing an Oracle paycheck is XML co-inventor Tim Bray, who has opted instead to work for the Google . Bray will be working, beginning on Monday, as a developer-advocate for the company’s Android development team, according to an announcement on his blog.
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Oracle loses XML co-inventor to Google
Ruckus Wireless aims to lower the cost of entry to enterprise IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi gear with a stepped-down line of access points it is introducing on Monday.
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Ruckus targets enterprise Wi-Fi with lower pricing
By almost any measure, Cisco Systems is the biggest fish in the networking pond. Thanks to more than 130 acquisitions, a brisk pace of internal development, and a much-discussed new organizational structure that the company is using to attack a slew of new markets, Cisco’s reach extends from the consumer to the enterprise and deep into service provider networks.
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Chambers: How I’ll make Cisco into IT’s biggest player