Managing Storage Solutions Easily With Virtualization

Commercial Linux distributor RedHat and IBM have announced a partnership that looks to boost open source virtualisation software.The two companies have agreed to jointly develop products and services that use kernel-based...

IBM has introduced a series of new software products aimed at allowing organisations to speed up the deployment and help with the management of virtualisation. The Big Blue unveiled the four new...

A group of companies, including SAP, Seimens, Telefonica, Telenor and lead by IBM, has been handed an EU-funded project to develop the next generation of cloud storage platforms. The initiative, cubbed VISION Cloud for...

In an attempt to better compete with HP and IBM, networking technology giant Cisco Networks has updated its Unified Computer System (UCS) servers, which was launched by the company last year. Cisco, which was once a major sales...

Leading technology vendor IBM has updated its Intel-based server portfolio by dishing out seven new servers under its System X line of enterprise servers based on the memory enhancing eX5 chipset. The server roll out by the Big...

International Business Machines (IBM) has unveiled its latest line of ex5 servers at the CeBIT industry conference in Hannover, Germany, which are designed to enhance the performance and reduce the costs for businesses. According...

If there is one component that has revolutionised business continuity, it has to be virtualization technologies.  In this article, Steve Gold looks at how virtualization can be engineered to go hand in hand with increased IT...

One major benefit of virtualisation lies in the consolidation of hardware - or does it? Steve Gold looks at the real economics of virtualisation and explains why the devil is in the detail... Whilst virtualisation clearly means...

A lot has been written in the last few years about how virtualisation makes data centres `greener,' but how much is hype and how much is tangible benefit that IT managers can prove - as far as it is reasonable to do so - to their...

Maximising the return on investment (ROI) derived from the virtualisation of your IT resources is not an easy task, simply because of the number of variables that are involved. However, as any mathematician will confirm, breaking...

Rumours are bristling about the collaboration between Cisco Systems Inc. and EMC Corp. over selling new range of networking gear, including computers as well as storage equipment tailored for use in the cloud computing...

Server virtualisation is held up by most vendors as a paragon of virtue when it comes to cutting costs and simplifying an organisation's IT resources. But whilst the first virtue is relatively easy to prove on a return on...

Virtualisation is almost certainly on the agenda for your IT resource, but what are the main problems that IT professionals come up against when implementing a virtual environment? It's clear that, with budgets remaining tight...

Voltaire, the worldwide leader in server and storage switches, has announced that it is further extending its reseller agreement with IBM that would see the latter selling Voltaire’s new 10GB Ethernet switches, codenamed as...

IBM on Tuesday unleashed a new software bundle tailored to pull the management of distinct arrays of servers under a single canopy, offering administrators an enhanced control over their systems. The new software suite codenamed...