EMC, SAP, VMware Launch Private Cloud Mgmt Portfolio; Kevin Chew Comments
EMC, SAP and VMware have partnered to develop cloud computing products and services aimed to help information technology organizations manage processes in private cloud platform. The EMC Proven Solution aims to help customers move tasks that use SAP applications to the x86 platform so organizations can design, plan and operate cloud computing infrastructures, EMC said [...]
VMware has sold certain assets of software platform WaveMaker to software engineering firm Pramati for an undisclosed amount nearly two years after VMware first acquired the platform. WaveMaker aims to help developers build enterprise Java applications for cloud computing environments and different devices, Pramati said Thursday. Pramati says WaveMaker has doubled over the last two [...]
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VMware and Canonical Ltd. have partnered to help organizations deploy VMware technologies with Canonical’s OpenStack distribution platform, InfoWorld reported Monday. David Marshall writes VMware intends to integrate plug-ins it contributed to the OpenStack Grizzly release into Canonical’s Ubuntu cloud infrastructure, aiming to support VMware ESX administrators that use OpenStack for their cloud environments. Martin Casado, [...]
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EMC and VMware plan to create a big data analytics company they hope will generate $1 billion in revenue within five years, Information Week reports. Charles Babcock writes the companies will spin off Pivotal Inc. Monday to establish a data analytics platform aimed at integrating big data in a multi-petabyte, scale-out storage system using software [...]
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VMware Inc. has developed three new courses for information technology professionals who are interested in attaining education and certification in cloud computing. The classes on VMware vCloud, VMware View and VMware vSphere tackle classroom training, data collection and analysis and address each phase of the design process, the company said Wednesday. “VMware’s new design courses [...]
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VMware is preparing to launch a new public cloud service and inviting its customers to participate in an exclusive private beta testing initiative prior to launch, Search Cloud Computing reports. Beth Pariseau writes the cloud service will be based on VMware’s cloud products such as the vCloud director. Under the evaluation beta, the VMware public [...]
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SteelCloud Software Aimed To Help Pentagon Blackberry Upgrade; Brian Hajost Comments
March 7, 2013 No Comment
Herndon, Va.-based SteelCloud has released a new virtualization software aimed at helping the U.S. Defense Department transition to the new Blackberry operating system. SteelCloud’s MobileWorks for BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 is a VMware appliance intended to comply with Defense Information Systems Agency requirements for secure computer systems, SteelCloud said Tuesday. “SteelCloud brings years of experience with BlackBerry and the STIGs [...]
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VMware Targeting Healthcare Sector For New Cloud Service; Frank Nydam Comments
March 4, 2013 No Comment
VMware has released a new cloud computing service designed to help healthcare industry clients migrate to a cloud platform, eWeek reports. VMware’s vCloud for Health Care combines the company’s vCloud and Horizon Suite virtualization tool and intends to give doctors access to information at the point of care in an exam room, Brian T. Horowitz writes. The [...]
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VMware, Ospero Team For New Cloud Foundry Platform; Jason Currill Comments
February 26, 2013 No CommentVMware, Ospero Ltd. and CloudCredo are partnering to launch a virtual datacenter designed to help European Union-based customers comply with data sovereignty laws. The Cloud Foundry-based platform-as-a-service system runs on Ospero.vGrid via VMware’s vCloud Director to manage datacenter services setup for storage, networking and security, Ospero said Monday. Ospero says the platform provides developers with [...]
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VMware Aiming For Storage Expansion In Buying Virsto; John Gilmartin Comments
February 13, 2013 No Comment
VMware has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Sunnyvale, Calif.-based software provider Virsto Software for an undisclosed amount and expects to close the deal in the first quarter of 2013. The acquisition is aimed at expanding VMware’s storage portfolio and its partnership with EMC Corp., which plans to license the Virsto technology, VMware said Monday. [...]
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