Sun sees much room for cloud innovation
Dave Douglas, senior VP of cloud computing for Sun, told SD Times the company has plans to create an in-cloud database and will provide its Open Storage offerings as it continues to build out its cloud.
By Jeff Feinman
4/3/2009 9:59:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Symantec Prepares Endpoint Security Services
Following Symantec's acquisition of MessageLabs this past October, the company is preparing to launch services for securing endpoints in distributed systems.
By David Worthington
3/26/2009 5:23:00 PM - Relevance: 3 Points
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Idera Offers Insight Into SharePoint Access
The new Security Reporter add-on lets admins and business executives see who has access to the SharePoint server, and it is included as part of Idera’s broader admin offering.
By David Rubinstein
1/27/2009 4:00:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Novell Adds WS-Federation to Access Manager
Working with Microsoft, Novell has enhanced its identity management tool with federation capabilities, enabling interoperability with Microsoft—notably SharePoint. WS-Federation also gives Access Manager single sign-on to Web applications for users outside a server's identity store.
By David Rubinstein
1/23/2009 2:09:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Aptify Gains Support for SQL Server, .NET 3.5
Aptify 5.0 uses GUI tools and business logic element generation speed the development of business applications. It can also cut down on the amount of code requires for applications by, through the use of metadata, automatically creating business logic and database elements.
By Jeff Feinman
1/8/2009 2:06:00 PM - Relevance: 2 Points
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CA Updates Management Product Lines
In this wave of changes, CA Network Management gains IPv6 support, Insight Database Performance Manager adds some integrations, and Software Change Manager becomes compatible with the FIPS 140-2 encryption standard.
By P J Connolly
10/7/2008 3:45:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Data Center News Briefs: October 6, 2008
JAMF releases software for the iPod to remotely access Casper management suite servers, Sonicwall comes out with its latest threat management tool and Eaton reveals its newest rackmountable UPS.
By Systems Management News Team
10/6/2008 3:47:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Data Center Briefs: October 3, 2008
Red Hat creates a Linux-based HPC platform that can be deployed in under an hour, Software Workshop shows off a new distribution for accountants based on a MySQL open-source database server, and DSS3 updates its Asigra online data management platform.
By Systems Management News Team
10/3/2008 3:15:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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The Economy May Suffer, but IT Will Survive
Even though the economy is going through rough times and IT budgets will most likely decrease, the essential parts of technology companies are being handled better than they were in the Dot-Com Bust. Don't let panic cloud your thinking.
By P J Connolly
9/29/2008 8:30:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Data Center Briefs: September 29, 2008
SIP Print makes available a new line of call recording appliances for small and mid-sized businesses, IBM has a product for reducing the amount of physical storage needed for virtual systems, and Aqua Connect now works with Mac OS X 10.5.
By Systems Management News Team
9/29/2008 8:30:00 AM - Relevance: 2 Points
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Tripwire Keeps an Eye on Virtual Machine Sprawl
The newest version of Tripwire Enterprise uses new best practices to keep administrators informed of any potential misuse of virtual machine configurations, and can advise them of how to fix those problems.
By P J Connolly
9/26/2008 3:00:00 PM - Relevance: 3 Points
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Data Center Briefs
Microsoft and Novell pair up on virtualization, Citrix announces its cloud strategy and releases XenServer 5, and SecureLogic shows off its free VoIP security tools.
By Systems Management News Team
9/24/2008 4:03:00 PM - Relevance: 1 Points
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VMware Details Road Map for the Virtual Data Center
The Virtual Data Center Operating System is the concept behind VMware's plans for the future of its products. The company hopes to develop a virtual system that combines services, tools and monitoring systems, all virtualizing the data center.
By Alex Handy
9/17/2008 12:02:00 PM - Relevance: 2 Points
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By the Numbers: September 15, 2008
As virtualization use increases, the amount of power used has seen a decline. Also, open-source companies report that they are staying profitable even in an economic downturn.
By Systems Management News Team
9/15/2008 9:01:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Secure Computing Lists Current Threats
According to Secure Computing, the growth of malware sites, spam and zombie computers pose significant threats to enterprises. It suggests that enterprises monitor not only incoming traffic, but also outgoing actions from potentially infected computers.
By Jeff Feinman
9/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 3 Points
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Microsoft Ships SQL Server 2008
Nearly six months after its gala launch event, SQL Server 2008 is now in the hands of customers. Its arrival formalizes the ADO.NET data entity framework and the server also includes new facilitates for data warehousing.
By David Worthington
9/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 3 Points
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Business Briefs: September 15, 2008
A slew of acquisitions are made in the software development, search-engine, customer service and networking industries. Hewlett-Packard and Wind River release their quarterly fiscal reports.
By Systems Management News Team
9/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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Exchange Server 2007 Migration: Look Before You Leap
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 is a viable update to its predecessors, but businesses are reluctant to migrate to it, fearing loss of data and increased complexity. Here's how they can navigate that migration without hitting any major snags.
By Michelle Savage
9/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 2 Points
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FastScale Extends Composer Suite to Windows
Composer Suite 2.0 moves beyond Linux support; now it can work with Windows Server 2003. FastScale says that Composer Suite is the only product that can fully automate building, managing and deploying server environments.
By Michelle Savage
9/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 3 Points
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The Microsoft Stack: No Need to Hesitate on SQL Server 2008 Migration
The benefits that SQL Server 2008 offers are numerous, such as making good use of 64-bit processors and improvements to OLAP. It can also use spatial data and seems to be designed to work with Web 2.0 implementations.
By Patrick Hynds
9/15/2008 9:00:00 AM - Relevance: 1 Points
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