Spotlight on hybrid cloud infrastructure Spotlight on hybrid cloud infrastructure

All-in cloud might be your ultimate goal, but hybrid is the reality for many enterprises, at least for the foreseeable future.

So how do you efficiently manage both your cloud and on-premise infrastructure? How do you build a unified hybrid cloud platform?

For those with more advanced needs, how do you optimise your hybrid environments? What are your next steps in building software-defined data centre?

iTnews will provide some answers to these questions in our Spotlight on Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, coinciding with VMware’s vFORUM 2016 in Sydney on 9-10 November.

This Spotlight is supported by StorageCraft.

Brocade revamps network managed service for Australia

Brocade revamps network managed service for Australia

Brocade is revamping its network managed services offering to streamline load balancing and application migration in virtualised environments.
Ry Crozier Aug 1 2008 1:50PM Networking
EMC faces cloud computing 'frienemies'

EMC faces cloud computing 'frienemies'

As some of the fog surrounding the elusive cloud computing phenomenon evaporates, vendors are fast moving into the emerging territory.
Liz Tay Jul 28 2008 1:30PM Software
VMware to make bare metal hypervisor free

VMware to make bare metal hypervisor free

VMware will next week make its ESX 3i hypervisor available for free, a move the company is presenting as a logical step in growing the virtualisation market, but which some experts also see as necessary to counter the threat from rivals such as Microsoft.
Daniel Robinson Jul 24 2008 4:19PM Storage
EDS, BMC Asia Pac partnership adds ITIL tool

EDS, BMC Asia Pac partnership adds ITIL tool

EDS Asia Pacific has standardised on an intelligent data repository from BMC to improve its service management offerings.
Liz Tay Jul 16 2008 3:29PM Software
HP wins cloud deal with US Defense Department

HP wins cloud deal with US Defense Department

HP has signed a contract to construct a huge cloud computing centre for the US Department of Defense.
Shaun Nichols Jul 14 2008 9:14AM Hardware
Capacity planner dearth could stunt virtualisation growth

Capacity planner dearth could stunt virtualisation growth

Firms thinking about increasing their virtualisation deployments, turning them into business critical production applications could run up against a skill shortage, according to the latest survey from market intelligence group IDC.
Dave Bailey Jul 10 2008 3:07PM Software
VMware ousts boss as forecasts not met

VMware ousts boss as forecasts not met

The chief executive and co-founder of VMware has been ousted from the board after the company warned that it would not hit its sales forecasts.
Iain Thomson Jul 10 2008 9:05AM Software
HP and VMware get cosier with packages

HP and VMware get cosier with packages

HP and VMware are collaborating to make it easier for their customers to manage both virtual and physical IT systems.
Staff Writers Jun 23 2008 2:11PM Software
Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans

Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans

Open source software firm Red Hat is to release its own virtualisation hypervisor, capable of hosting both its Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
Gareth Morgan Jun 20 2008 11:47AM Software
EMC backs research into cloud computing

EMC backs research into cloud computing

Storage firm EMC has joined the Daoli Trusted Infrastructure Project which conducts research into "trust and assurance" in cloud computing environments..
Ian Williams Jun 17 2008 8:46AM Hardware
Microsoft steps up virtualisation push

Microsoft steps up virtualisation push

Microsoft stepped up the pressure on competing virtualisation vendors at its North American 2008 Tech Ed. Conference, where the software giant disclosed several updates it said would help customers prepare to deploy virtualised infrastructure.
Dave Bailey Jun 12 2008 2:22PM Networking
Desktop and application virtualisation advances

Desktop and application virtualisation advances

VMware is preparing a new release of its application virtualisation technology, adding the ability to remotely update virtual applications after deployment. The company also announced an update of its connection broker for virtual desktops.
Daniel Robinson Jun 12 2008 2:22PM Networking
VMware patches software flaws

VMware patches software flaws

VMware has released updates to its hosted virtualisation software products that shore up a variety of vulnerabilities.
Jim Carr Jun 3 2008 11:52AM Security
Virtualisation fails to dent server demand

Virtualisation fails to dent server demand

Worldwide server sales grew 3.5 percent year over year to US$13 billion in the first quarter of 2008, according to IDC..
Robert Jaques May 29 2008 10:06AM Networking
VMware buys B-hive Networks

VMware buys B-hive Networks

VMware has announced its acquisition of B-hive networks, a privately-held application performance management software company.
Sylvie Barak May 29 2008 7:55AM Networking
Citrix touts the desktop as the next big wave in virtualisation

Citrix touts the desktop as the next big wave in virtualisation

Although server virtualisation has historically led the way in the virtualisation market, Citrix says desktop virtualisation is now emerging as the new hot thing.
Ashley Clark May 28 2008 12:15PM Networking
Victoria University chooses Microsoft for IT infrastructure refresh

Victoria University chooses Microsoft for IT infrastructure refresh

When faced with the task of refreshing its outdated IT system for its 45,000 students, Victoria University decided to deploy Microsoft’s Live@edu program instead of Gmail or building its own in-house system.
Ashley Clark May 27 2008 3:23PM Software
Fujitsu A/NZ and VMWare agree on OEM servers

Fujitsu A/NZ and VMWare agree on OEM servers

Virtual software vendor VMware and Fujitsu A/NZ have combined forces to bring out a VMware bundled product with Fujitsu’s Primergy Servers.

Lilia Guan May 22 2008 2:35PM Networking
SAS offers VMware management

SAS offers VMware management

Business intelligence vendor SAS this week launched an IT management system able to span both physical and virtual environments.
Dave Bailey May 13 2008 3:10PM Software
VMware bundles datacentre management tools

VMware bundles datacentre management tools

VMware has announced two bundles of management and automation tools for datacentres operating numerous virtual machines.
Daniel Robinson May 13 2008 3:10PM Networking

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