One of the main reasons for deploying <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/112409-vdi-desktop-virtualization-cheat-sheet.html">desktop virtualization</a> is the security advantages it can provide, such as keeping sensitive data off the endpoint, according to <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/supp/2011/enterprise6/120511-cloud-computing-citrix-253310.html">Citrix</a>.
Datacom claims it is the first company in New Zealand and possibly the first in Australasia to go live with VMware's vCloud service, which allows customers to move services, applications and data between in-house cloud infrastructure and Datacom's datacentres.
As the sheer amount of content on the Web has continued to increase exponentially, so too have the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/network-storage.html">storage</a> needs of large enterprises.
Increased use of mobile devices, especially smartphones, in addition to the transition to virtualisation, are key factors weighing on enterprises trying to sort out security strategy and budgets, according to a survey of 688 information and security managers.
Austin Radiological Association is a quarter of the way toward virtualizing its server and desktop infrastructure, but the move has placed a strain on its networked storage and slowed application performance.
All those iPads racing into the enterprise must maneuver around a tricky corner: getting Windows desktop apps to run on iPads without wrecking the user experience. Sure, Citrix virtual desktop infrastructure, or VDI, can render entire Windows desktops and their apps on the iPad-but not always well.
A handful of clinicians at Seattle Children's Hospital gave iPads a test run, using them to tap into the corporate network and run critical apps in a virtual desktop environment. The results weren't good: iPads came back with a poor bill of health.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062211-startup-bromium-takes-aim-at.html">Bromium</a> is a well funded startup that promises to tap some little-used inherent strengths of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/xen-hypervisor-goes-mainstream">Xen</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/102510-burning-questions-virtualization-storage.html">virtualization</a> to secure public clouds, opening up the possibility of greater cost savings for businesses that will be able to trust more data to these services.
Hitachi Data Systems announced a new converged platform alongside SAP that will help users manage and analyze massive amounts of critical data, while improving business decisions and insight based on instant access to that data.
Several different flavors have sprung up in <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/cloud-computing.html">cloud computing</a> and each has their pros and cons. Add to these the plethora of vendor-created acronyms and it can be confusing to figure out the best option.
After years of playing catch-up to VMware the upcoming version of Hyper-V is wowing the Microsoft faithful with unique new features -- and gaining the attention of VMware users, too, one consultant says.
Freshmen in a Chicago-area school district now have a reason to be excited about coming to school: Free Apple iPads.
Seasoned networking pros are in an enviable position, according to Robert Half Technology. The tech staffing firm includes systems and networking engineers among the top five tech professionals that companies are currently looking to hire.
NBC Universal had no room to expand its West Coast data center, located on the Universal City lot in Los Angeles. So Dan Johnson, senior vice president of platform technology, and his team recycled it. The data center refurbishing project, which CIO Christopher Furst refers to as "converting a brownfield," virtualized 60% of the physical servers and shut down 2,000 physical machines.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/100611-enterasys-crowell-251688.html">Enterasys Networks</a> this week unveiled a switching fabric designed to unify the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/data-center.html">data center</a>, campus and wired and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">wireless</a> enterprise edge.