EMC today announced an upgrade to the management software on its Celerra network-attached storage (NAS) arrays that will allow administrators to apply deduplication, thin provisioning and business continuity tools to data stored in VMware environments.
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EMC offers deduplication, thin provisioning for VWware on Celerra
Data integration specialist Cast Iron Systems is about to release a new offering aimed at both on-premises and cloud-based scenarios. Cast Iron OmniConnect, to be available Tuesday, represents an evolution of the vendor’s existing IaaS (integration as a service) and on-premises offerings. It is available in on-demand form, as an on-premises or hosted virtual appliance, or as a hardware appliance.
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Cast Iron rolls out OmniConnect data integration kit
A startup that moves VMware-based applications to the Amazon cloud and creates a secure tunnel between a customer’s data center and the cloud service is launching a public beta trial Monday.
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Cloud computing startup creates secure tunnel between data center and Amazon cloud
Open source database provider Ingres hopes to move the Ingres VectorWise database performance technology to a beta release phase during the next month, Ingres President/CEO Roger Burkhardt said this week.
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Ingres moving forward with database booster
CA Wednesday announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum a company called 3Tera , a move that industry watchers say will equip the management software maker with tools to offer customers a smoother transition to private and public cloud computing .
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CA continues cloud computing buying spree
Staples, the Framingham, Mass.-based retailer with 1,872 stores in North America, is expanding its IT services capabilities in a move that will take it right inside the data center.
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Staples seeks bigger role in IT services with new business unit
Tuesday’s security updates from Microsoft have crippled Windows XP PCs with the notorious Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), users have reported on the company’s support forum. Complaints began early yesterday, and gained momentum throughout the day.
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Windows patch cripples XP with blue screen, users claim
U.S. IT employment increased by 12,900 jobs, or 0.3%, in January, one of the best month-to-month gains since the recession hit in late 2008, the TechServe Alliance reported today. The positive news comes after the prolonged recession had reduced overall IT employment by some 200,000 jobs, according to the IT services industry group, which tracks monthly changes in IT hiring based on its own analysis of U.S.
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IT hiring jumps in January, after a bad 2009
Xerox Corp.’s $6.4 billion acquisition of Affiliated Computer Services, approved by the shareholders of both companies on Friday, creates a combined company of nearly 130,000 employees that plans to rely heavily on technology innovation.
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Xerox, ACS close $6.4B merger deal
IBM on Monday launched its latest Power7 processor , which adds more cores and improved multithreading capabilities to boost the performance of servers requiring high up time.
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IBM launches eight-core Power7 processor, servers