Lawrence Livermore Lab Ignites Fusion Research with 3PAR

Dec 02, 2008 | 3PAR Inc. | FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 2 -- 3PAR, the leading global provider of utility storage, announced today that the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has deployed 3PAR Utility Storage at its National Ignition Facility (NIF) to support fusion research.
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Amazon Announces Unlimited Beta of SimpleDB

Dec 02, 2008 | Amazon Web Services LLC | SEATTLE, Dec. 1 -- Amazon Web Services LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., today announced the unlimited public beta of Amazon SimpleDB, and the conclusion of the limited public beta. Any developer or business may now sign up and start using the service immediately.
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Egenera Ships 6-Core Processing Blades

Dec 02, 2008 | Egenera Inc. | MARLBORO, Mass., Dec. 2 -- Egenera Inc. today announced the general availability of four new Egenera Processing Blade (pBlade) offerings based on the new 6-Core Intel Xeon processor E7400 series (previously codenamed, "Dunnington" by Intel).
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Tideway Maps Energy Use to Apps

Dec 02, 2008 | Tideway Systems | LAS VEGAS, Dec. 2 -- Tideway, one of the fastest growing providers of datacenter search software, today announced the availability of Tideway Foundation 7.2. The latest version of Tideway's award-winning automated discovery and application dependency mapping software aggregates critical hardware reference and software end-of-life data traditionally spread across multiple vendors and asset management systems.
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Neptuny Upgrades Capacity Management Solution

Dec 02, 2008 | Neptuny | MILAN, Italy, Dec. 2 -- Neptuny, a leading solution provider in IT performance optimization and datacenter management, today launches Caplan 3.0, the business-aware capacity management solution for large datacenters and networks.
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Nirvanix Supports Video Management Platform

Dec 02, 2008 | Nirvanix | SAN DIEGO, Dec. 2 -- Nirvanix, the premier "cloud storage" platform provider, today announced that its Storage Delivery Network (SDN) has been integrated into Ooyala's Backlot video management platform as one of the cloud storage components of the company's cost-effective syndication and monetization solution for high-quality video.
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F5 Helps Joyent Deliver Cloud Platform

Dec 01, 2008 | F5 Networks Inc. | SEATTLE, Dec. 1 -- F5 Networks Inc., the global leader in application delivery networking, today announced that Joyent, a leading cloud computing vendor, has successfully deployed the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager solution in its Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) server virtualization architecture.
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HP Embarks on Next Phase of Global Technology Plans

Dec 01, 2008 | HP | PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 1 -- HP today outlined the results of its three-year IT transformation and laid out the company's IT strategy to support future growth for fiscal year 2009 and beyond.
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BEZ Systems Secures Additional Financing

Dec 01, 2008 | BEZ Systems | BOSTON, Dec. 1 -- BEZ Systems, an innovator in the emerging market for predictive application and database performance management solutions, today announced it has received an extension of its series D financing round from proven and successful software industry investors led by Ascent Venture Partners, with Velocity Equity Partners and The Massachusetts Technology Development Corp. also participating.
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DataMotion Bridges M&A Data Transfer Gaps Fast

Nov 26, 2008 | DataMotion Inc. | MORRISTOWN, N.J., Nov. 24 -- Banks, stock brokerages and investment houses have felt the impact of the global financial crisis, recognizing the immediate need to regain customer confidence.
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Revel Implementing SaaS for Reader's Digest

Nov 26, 2008 | Revel Consulting | KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 26 -- Revel Consulting, a Kirkland, Wash.-based business and IT consulting firm, announced they have been selected by Reader's Digest to integrate a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution with the company's current customer relationship management (CRM) platforms.
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Skytap Gives 10 Reasons to Choose Virtual Labs

Nov 25, 2008 | Skytap Inc. | SEATTLE, Nov. 24 -- Skytap Inc., the leading provider of cloud-based virtual lab solutions, today announced the "Top Ten Reasons Enterprises will Accelerate Cloud Adoption with Virtual Labs in 2009."
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Credit Crisis Could Drive BPM Adoption

Nov 25, 2008 | Cordys | SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 25 -- Increasingly globalized and regulated markets are demanding an unprecedented level of business process agility, control and transparency as a direct result of the current economic crisis, according to Cordys, a global leader in next-generation business process management.
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Application-Aware Storage Compatible with XenServer

Nov 25, 2008 | Pillar Data Systems | SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 25 -- As a member of the Citrix Ready Program, Pillar Data Systems, a leading provider of application-aware storage systems, today announced compatibility of its application-aware profiles with the Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure. \
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IBM Does Cloud Consulting, Implementation

Nov 24, 2008 | IBM | ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 24 -- Today, IBM announced new cloud computing services to help businesses of all sizes take advantage of this increasingly-attractive computing model.
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Virtualization Leaders Discuss Cloud-Building Strategy

Nov 24, 2008 | rPath Inc. | RALEIGH, N.C., Nov. 24 -- With large-scale adoption of virtualization and cloud computing on the horizon, now is the time to start thinking about an enterprise-class architecture that can support the cloud while ensuring cost control and continued compliance to policies and mandates.
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IBM to Validate Cloud Resiliency

Nov 24, 2008 | IBM | ARMONK, N.Y., Nov. 24 -- In a move that could spur the rise of the nascent computing model known as "cloud," IBM today said it would introduce a program to validate the resiliency of any company delivering applications or services to clients in the cloud environment.
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Sonoa Accelerates SAP Management, Governance

Nov 24, 2008 | Sonoa Systems Inc. | SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 24 -- Sonoa Systems Inc., an innovative provider of secure cloud gateways, today announced outstanding results in the management and governance of SAP solution-based deployments of Web services, based on recent tests conducted in the SAP Co-Innovation Lab.
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Harrah's Builds Reservation App on Force.com

Nov 24, 2008 | Salesforce.com | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24 -- Salesforce.com, the enterprise cloud computing company, today announced that Harrah's Entertainment Inc. has used the Force.com Platform to build applications designed specifically for managing room reservations, air travel programs and player relations.
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Mosso Enables Cloud Files with Limelight CDN

Nov 23, 2008 | Mosso | SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 19 -- Following its recent announcement that it had established a relationship with Limelight Networks to provide a faster, and more robust online storage offering, Mosso, Rackspace’s cloud hosting division, today announced the release of Cloud Files enabled with Limelight Networks’ content delivery service (CDN).
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Akorri Adds vCenter Plug-In to BalancePoint

Nov 21, 2008 | Akorri Inc. | LITTLETON, Mass., Nov. 19 -- Akorri Inc., the leader in performance and capacity management for the virtualized datacenter, today announced the availability of the BalancePoint Plug-In for VMware vCenter -- a new capability sold with its award-winning BalancePoint software solution that allows VMware administrators to use BalancePoint directly from their VMware vCenter console, simplifying the management of virtualized environments.
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Wikipedia Selects Sun for Web Infrastructure

Nov 21, 2008 | Sun Microsystems Inc. | SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 20 -- The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia and other free-content projects, announced today that it has selected Sun Microsystems Inc. to help it build a secure and scalable open source web infrastructure using Sun Fire x4500 and x4150 servers and Sun StorageTek storage arrays.
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Yieldex Wins Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge

Nov 21, 2008 | Amazon Web Services LLC | SEATTLE, Nov. 21 -- Amazon Web Services LLC, a subsidiary of Amazon.com Inc., today announced that Yieldex is the winner of the second annual Amazon Web Services Start-Up Challenge.
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Clerity Intros Legacy Modernization/SOA Solutions

Nov 21, 2008 | Clerity Solutions Inc. | CHICAGO, Nov. 20 -- Clerity Solutions Inc. (Clerity), a leading full-service provider of mainframe migration and modernization solutions, today introduced new software and services that enable legacy mainframe applications and rehosted workloads to play strategic roles in SOA and Web services initiatives.
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Diio, Vertica Improve Aviation Market Planning Decisions

Nov 20, 2008 | Vertica Systems | BILLERICA, Mass., Nov. 20 -- Market intelligence firm Diio is enabling airlines to make wiser network planning decisions and potentially greater profits, thanks in part to new ultra-fast database technology from Vertica.
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