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Charles Babcock is an editor-at-large for InformationWeek, having joined the publication in 2003. He is the former editor-in-chief of Digital News, former software editor of Computerworld and former technology editor of Interactive Week. He is a graduate of Syracuse University where he obtained a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
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Microsoft AppFabric Adds Azure Cloud Plumbing
InformationWeek, November 20, 2009 AppFabric, now in beta, rolls up a host of foundation technologies which will enable Azure to work with software in the enterprise. Q&A: Microsoft Exec Bob Muglia On Cloud, Azure InformationWeek, November 18, 2009 Muglia talks about coordinating between the Azure cloud and the existing data center and calls the the cloud "the biggest thing I've seen in 20 years." Microsoft Launches Azure Beta InformationWeek, November 17, 2009 Ray Ozzie and Robert Muglia present Microsoft's Azure cloud services at the Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles. Citrix Rolls Out Xen Desktop 4 InformationWeek, November 16, 2009 Windows 7 will prompt a rethinking of the desktop in 2010 and lead many to virtualize, Citrix says. Oracle Updates Berkeley Database InformationWeek, November 12, 2009 Oracle has brought out a fourth version of the Berkeley DB Java Edition database system with enhanced performance and replication. Skytap Boosts Collaborative Cloud Project Management InformationWeek, November 12, 2009 Skytap is putting a collaborative front end on cloud computing to help distributed dev teams better manage software projects. Microsoft To Buy SourceGear's Teamprise InformationWeek, November 10, 2009 In effect, Microsoft is making a bid to supply back end services to developers who are not using Visual Studio. VMware Releases View 4 InformationWeek, November 10, 2009 View 4 addresses a persistent desktop virtualization problem: the latency inherent in running desktops from virtual machines on central servers. Hadoop Crunches Web-Sized Data InformationWeek, November 09, 2009 To parse large volumes of data from Web servers, Yahoo and others turn to Hadoop's open source cloud-based analysis system. HP Offers Data Center Scalability InformationWeek, November 06, 2009 An elastic data center, based on virtualized resource pools, can scale in response to unpredictable business conditions, HP says. Red Hat Offers Virtualization Management InformationWeek, November 05, 2009 The Linux vendor announces Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers, or a centralized management system for KVM virtual machines. Dell Eyes Cloud Computing InformationWeek, November 05, 2009 To become a major cloud computing hardware supplier, Dell must master best practices for producing the right machine for a given cloud. Hybrid Clouds Floating To Enterprise Forefront InformationWeek, November 04, 2009 At the Cloud Computing Conference and Expo, speakers raise the prospect of private clouds working with public clouds. Intel Details Private Cloud Hurdles InformationWeek, November 03, 2009 At the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo, an executive in Intel's Server Platform Group describes the potential gains -- and pitfalls -- of cloud computing. RightScale Refreshes Cloud Management Platform InformationWeek, November 02, 2009 It has expanded its line of server templates suitable for configuring a workload to be sent to Amazon's EC2 public cloud. CA Upgrades System Management Products InformationWeek, November 02, 2009 CA upgrades four system management products, giving each greater authority over the virtual domain as well as physical assets. TV Web Site Opts For Cloud Servers InformationWeek, October 30, 2009 To handle extreme spikes in Web traffic, a popular television show's servers were ditched in favor of Rackspace cloud hosting. Catbird Monitoring VMs In Amazon EC2 InformationWeek, October 30, 2009 A version of Catbird's vSecurity Cloud Edition is available as an app in Amazon's EC2-approved catalog of application services. IBM Integrates Dev Tools With Tivoli InformationWeek, October 29, 2009 The integration of testing and asset management tools enables software developers to more cleanly automate deployment of new apps. Ubuntu Server 9.1 Adds Cloud APIs InformationWeek, October 29, 2009 Canonical's Linux operating system includes built-in means of accessing Amazon's EC2 with a compatible set of APIs from the Eucalyptus open source project. CA Offers Integrated Management Console InformationWeek, October 28, 2009 A single console monitors realtime application performance of both distributed systems and mainframe applications. VMware Workstation 7 Supports Windows 7 InformationWeek, October 28, 2009 Workstation 7 supports virtual machines and takes advantage of enhanced 3D graphics and other features of Microsoft's latest OS. EnterpriseDB, Postgres Maker, Raises $19 Million InformationWeek, October 28, 2009 IBM, Red Hat, and NTT are backing the open source database maker. Teradata Offers Free Software InformationWeek, October 26, 2009 Free data warehouse software is available for two x86 setting: Amazon EC2 and VMware Player. Adobe, Salesforce Put Flash In Cloud InformationWeek, October 26, 2009 Salesforce.com and Adobe Systems are teaming up to put interactive, rich user interface applications in the cloud ahead of Microsoft's Azure launch. VMware 3Q Revenues Slow InformationWeek, October 23, 2009 Overall revenue growth was only 4%, but software maintenance and service revenues were up 33%. Oracle Patches 36 Bugs InformationWeek, October 22, 2009 Three of the fixes with the highest vulnerability rating are for the core Oracle Database Server itself. BMC To Acquire Tideway InformationWeek, October 22, 2009 Systems management supplier BMC Software is buying the data center infrastructure mapping software supplier. Terms were not disclosed. SpringSource Upgrades Java Framework InformationWeek, October 21, 2009 Version 3.0 of the automated Java programmer platform and a Developer Edition of Spring tc Server are the latest offerings from Springsource. Zend, RightScale Put PHP Apps In Cloud InformationWeek, October 21, 2009 Developers can deploy PHP applications on Amazon's EC2 cloud and monitor them via RightScale's Cloud Management Platform. Microsoft Preps Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 InformationWeek, October 20, 2009 The revamped developers' toolset will be available to Microsoft Development Network members Wednesday. IBM Announces VM Management System InformationWeek, October 20, 2009 VMControl seeks to combine management of virtual machines on servers with virtualized storage and virtual networking. Oracle VM 2.2 Supports Faster Chips InformationWeek, October 19, 2009 The updated virtual machine hypervisor takes advantage of Intel's Nehalem and six-core Opteron processors from AMD. Oracle Enterprise Manager Minds The Data InformationWeek, October 19, 2009 A car rental chain is using Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g to monitor 400 database systems, taking the burden off its DBAs. Jitterbit Expands Data Integration Tools InformationWeek, October 16, 2009 More management features have been added to Version 3.0 Enterprise MX, Jitterbit's open source data integration system. Ellison Details 'Next-Gen' Oracle Tech Support InformationWeek, October 15, 2009 At OracleWorld, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison discussed Web-based technical support and introduced a surprise guest: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Dell: IT Can Create $200 Billion In Efficiencies InformationWeek, October 13, 2009 Virtualization could take a large chunk out of the $1.2 trillion spent on IT in North America each year, Michael Dell said at OracleWorld. Oracle, Sun Claim Fastest Database InformationWeek, October 13, 2009 Oracle OpenWorld highlighted an Exadata database machine with flash memory that's become the transaction processing leader, the companies say. Oracle Execs Detail App Integration Strategy InformationWeek, October 13, 2009 At Oracle OpenWorld, Safra Catz and Charles Phillips, Oracle's presidents, pledged full integration of Sun hardware and software. Univa Puts Oracle E-Business Suite In Cloud InformationWeek, October 12, 2009 The software maker will demonstrate, at Oracle OpenWorld, how Oracle's enterprise apps can be run remotely, in the cloud. Ingres Goes After Sun's Customers InformationWeek, October 12, 2009 The open source database maker offers a migration path for Sun customers with its latest release, Ingres 9.3. IBM Updates BPM Suite v7 InformationWeek, October 09, 2009 Addition of the ILOG JRules business rules engine enhances the enterprise business process management tool. IBM Offers DB2 On Unix Rack Mount Servers InformationWeek, October 09, 2009 DB2 pureScale is intended to compete with Oracle Real Application Clusters and other scalable database systems. Google, Amazon Top Public Cloud Surveys InformationWeek, October 08, 2009 IBM and VMware are the vendors most dedicated to creating private clouds, analysis of developer surveys shows. Terracotta Adds Ehcache Cache Management InformationWeek, October 07, 2009 The move meshes Terracotta's distributed Java caching system with popular stand-alone open source caching product, Ehcache. VMware Updates Disaster Recovery Offering InformationWeek, October 06, 2009 Site Recovery Manager 4 can be used to supply multiple recovery systems for an enterprise with more than one data center. Citrix Offers Desktop Virtualization Flexibility InformationWeek, October 06, 2009 With XenDesktop 4, Citrix says IT managers will be able to configure virtualization options for various sets of end users. Cloudera Launches Desktop Interface InformationWeek, October 05, 2009 Cloudera is trying to make Hadoop, used by Google, Amazon and Yahoo for data analysis, useful as a business intelligence tool. Platform As A Service: What Vendors Offer InformationWeek, October 03, 2009 Web app development will move to online platforms, despite the trade-offs that approach often requires. Microsoft Touts Hyper-V Live Migration InformationWeek, October 02, 2009 Virtual machine live migration is the top new feature of Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft says. |
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