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Dell, Opscode and Rackspace Demo OpenStack Cloud
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–Dell, Opscode and Rackspace on March 9 demonstrated what they described as the first fully automated provisioning of a multinode OpenStack cloud, a new de facto cloud operating system. The demo was staged during an OpenStack gathering at the third annual Cloud Connect conference here at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The demonstration…
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Dell Debuts Desktop Virtualization Offering
Technology giant Dell announced the availability of Dell Desktop Virtualization Solutions, which utilizes prepackaged services with configured and tested hardware and software. DDVS was developed to ease the design and implementation complexities inherent in deploying virtualized desktop environments and accelerate the adoption of desktop virtualization. Dell offers four delivery models designed to address specific customer…
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1. It’s A Good Idea
1. It’s A Good Idea If nothing else, Google’s Chrome OS platform is a good idea. As more and more consumers start accessing the Web for their many needs, it only makes sense than operating system would bridge the gap between their offline efforts and their Web practices. Chrome OS might not be groundbreaking, but…
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Dell to Release Ultra-Slim Laptop, Shipping Sandy Bridge PCs
Dell is shipping more systems with the new Intel "Sandy Bridge" processors and updated “Cougar Point” chipset hardware "than just about anyone else," according to a company spokesman, and that trend will only continue. In a March 7 blog post, Lionel Menchaca said that over the next six weeks, the company will expand the systems…
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Cisco Cuts Price of Umi Consumer Telepresence
Cisco Systems officials, who faced criticism over the cost of the company’s Umi consumer video conferencing offering when it launched in October 2010, are now driving down the cost and expanding the options of the platform as they look to grow the business. Cisco on March 7 announced a price cut of $100 for the…
