Steelhead Appliances Accelerate Virtual Desktop Performance Over the Wide Area Network, Improving End User Productivity San Francisco—April 25, 2011— Riverbed Technology (NASDAQ: RVBD), the IT performance company, today announced that Riverbed® Steelhead® appliances have been optimized for Microsoft RemoteFX—a new set of graphic capabilities delivered in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Support for RemoteFX delivers the full benefits of an enhanced virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) user experience over a Wide Area Network (WAN). For customers with distributed infrastructures and mobile workers,Riverbed offers a solution for VDI environments that enables organizations to overcome WAN performance issues when they deploy VDI solutions
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Cloud Computing to Drive Industry Growth in 2011 Cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) will drive the largest amount of spending in the software industry over the next 12 months, according to a new Sand Hill Group survey. The survey findings from the Software CEO/CFO Outlook 2011 study are based on the interviews of more than 100 software company CEOs and CFOs who expect their company’s business will grow by at least 20 percent in 2011. Hiring is also expected to increase significantly due to this growth in the business. Although recession hit the world in 2008 and 2009, the software
Official Cloud Computing Revolution – CIO Vivek Kundra “The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.” – Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), 40th US President. (Disclaimer: I realize that I used this quote in an earlier article, but it is so much appropriate for what I am about to say, I just couldn’t help using it again.) Ronald Reagan was an eloquent orator, and what he said three decades ago is what the general public believes today, as they have been for a long time. In the context of cloud computing, this has special significance
UK Public Sector Shifts Closer to the Cloud The UK Government’s Information and Communications Technology strategy highlights the need to move to cloud computing, and this demand is being addressed by cloud collaboration specialist, Huddle. Used by more than 85,000 organizations worldwide, including Disney, Huddle notes that the UK government’s shift towards cloud computing is gathering pace due to government-wide agreed terms with the organization. Huddle is already working with over 60 per cent of central government departments, and will now support the Government Cloud Programme. The cloud supplier will recognize government as a single ICT customer, and actively work
RED HAT CLOUD QUICKSTART Assess and accelerate your cloud viability with Red Hat Cloud Foundations Edition One. Red Hat® Cloud Quickstart equips your organization with the expertise, high-level support, and knowledge transfer to rapidly build, manage, and optimize a cloud solution tailored to your unique technology environment. The Cloud Quickstart consulting engagement, aided by a Red Hat consultant, leverages Red Hat’s Cloud Foundations Reference Architecture Edition One to assess the viability of a cloud environment for your enterprise and, if chosen, can demonstrate a tangible implementation of a private cloud for testing purposes. This is a valuable step in cloud
What does IBM’s New Cloud Financing Policy Mean for Customers? “The number one thing leaders can do to facilitate balance is to support flexibility and understand the needs of your people.” – Jim Mitchell (1946-2002), Irish politician. Now, the above words may have been spoken in a context far removed from Information Technology (IT), but it outlines one of the most important requirements of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and his staff – flexibility. Flexibility is one of the crucial requirements of business today when information changes at the drop of a hat and critical decisions have to be taken
SunGard Availability Services Positioned to Advance Services Expansion with Executive Appointments Wayne, PA – April 20, 2011 – SunGard Availability Services announced today additions to its executive leadership team to fully support, develop and grow its services as well as further reinforce its leadership position in disaster recovery services, enterprise cloud services, managed IT services, information availability consulting services and business continuity management software. SunGard Availability Services has made a major commitment to investing in existing staff as well as attracting a broad range of talent and experience as part of a strategy to expand its services portfolio to meet
AWS Summit 2011: Register for an Event Near You Whether you are new to the Cloud or looking for more knowledge to take you to the next level, these full-day conferences will provide the information to successfully navigate the Cloud. These regional events will feature a keynote address by Amazon.com CTO, Werner Vogels, customer presentations, how-to sessions, and tracks specifically designed for new and experienced users. Learn more and register: June 10, New York | June 14, London | June 21, San Francisco Reasons to attend Gain a deeper understanding of Amazon Web Services, including best practices for developing, architecting, and securing
