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Continuing recovery from the recession and other factors have pushed the estimated total spending on business technology for 2011 higher than previously projected, according to Gartner.
A cloud computing version of Microsoft’s ubiquitous Office productivity suite was released this week, combining accessibility with monthly licensing costs.
Careful attention to a few key maintenance tasks should keep virtual infrastructure clicking along nicely, according to a report from ZDnet.
New York, NY – June 27, 2011 –Today, M7 Global Partners proudly announced it has won the 2011 Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Virtualization Partner of the Year Award. The company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating excellence in innovation and implementation of customer solutions based on Microsoft technology.
Virtual infrastructure providers will find their potential markets broadening as cloud computing continues to become more popular and virtualized technology sees increased demand, according to the Bedford Report.
Small and medium-sized businesses looking to take advantage of the upsides of virtualized infrastructure should do their homework before jumping in with both feet, according to a report posted to OneStop Click.
Roughly 73 percent of senior IT personnel surveyed recently said that desktop virtualization projects introduced significant challenges into their daily workloads.
While the advantages of desktop virtualization are well-known, this doesn’t mean that dealing with the technology doesn’t sometimes cause headaches for IT departments, according to IT Business Edge.
The ability to create numerous virtual machines within a single server is a powerful one for businesses, according to Network World, but the publication also warns that companies should be well-prepared for adopting it.
Large-scale shifts in IT policy from the federal government will see an increased focus on cloud computing, virtual desktop technology, and mobile devices, according to the Washington Business Journal.
Like it or not, iPads and other mobile devices are here to stay. Just about all of our clients are reporting that Citrix mobile device support is being demanded by technical and non-technical users alike. Mobile device support is accomplished via the Citrix Receiver. The correct version of the Receiver must be downloaded, and configuration [...]
After months and months of stable usage, your Hyper-V Virtual Machines all begin to go into a PAUSED state! What is going on? After clicking resume, they seem to run a few seconds before entering a paused state again. The most common reason for this is a lack of disk space on your cluster drive. [...]
A program from desktop virtualization provider Citrix, Computer Weekly said, can save up to 20 percent per year for companies that subsidize employees’ purchases of their own computer.
The lack of serious outages during the recent World IPv6 Day – which saw a number of the world’s biggest websites switch to the newer protocol as a test – should prompt a wider move toward its adoption, according to tech services company Neustar.
Although many IT professionals are aware of the advantages a virtualized desktop or other VM strategy can provide, fewer recognize the need for robust backup options for such systems.
The release of a new set of usage guidelines and system standards from the Open Data Center Alliance will drive a new wave of investment in virtual infrastructure technology, the group said in a statement.
Companies around the world are increasing their investments in storage software, according to IDC, which said that the market grew by more than 12 percent year-over-year during the first quarter.
The first quarter of 2011 saw significant year-on-year increases for disk storage systems, according to a study from IDC, with sales rising 12.1 percent from the first quarter of the previous year.
For messaging, productivity and other business functions, companies need to make a well-informed decision between locally hosted applications and virtualization technology, according to IT World.
Citrix’s annual Synergy conference provided a look at a host of new offerings from the company, according to Network World.
The proportion of data use attributable to mobile internet devices like smartphones could rise sharply over the course of the next five to seven years, an executive from Cambridge-based Akamai Technologies recently told Business News Americas.
The flexibility and cost efficiency provided by desktop virtualization systems are only obtainable if the IT staff tasked with implementing them is fully aware of the fine details of their use.
Citrix and Kaviza have finalized an agreement that will see the former company purchase the latter for an undisclosed sum.