Citrix snaps up Sanbolic to ease desktop virtualization
Citrix, which has led the charge for desktop virtualization, just acquired Sanbolic to help bleed out the complexity and cost that have kept virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) from broader adoption....
View ArticleTop Citrix sales exec will leave the company
Al Monserrat is stepping down as senior vice president of worldwide sales and service for Citrix. Monserrat joined 13 years ago as VP of field service, according to his LinkedIn…
View ArticleVirtual desktops don’t replace EMM
A few weeks ago, a Gigaom Research client told me she was "sick of BYOD" and wanted out. She asked me if I thought she could "dump everything and just have employees…
View ArticlePluribus Networks gets $50M to route traffic in the data center
Pluribus Networks, a software-defined networking (SDN) startup, wants to make a case for virtualizing the functions of the switch, and it landed a $50 million series D investment round to help…
View ArticleVMware continues pushing the hybrid cloud
Virtualization giant VMware is continuing on its hybrid cloud strategy, making several announcements on Monday that are geared toward customers who want access to both public and private cloud...
View ArticleWhy VMware is going ‘space-age’ with Google and embracing OpenStack
VMware has developed a reputation in some circles as being proprietary and less innovative than it was when the company made server virtualization a household word in the IT space, and it's…
View ArticleThe Software-defined Data Center in the Enterprise
Due to agility needs, budget constraints, and compliance mandates, smaller enterprises now have the same need for software-defined principles used the world's largest webscale data centers.
View ArticleCan ARM processors move the mobile network into the cloud?
ARM is already powering our smartphones, and it’s seeing its processor architecture migrate into networks that supply those phones their connectivity, but it has even more ambitious ideas for the mobile…
View ArticleIntel, Alcatel-Lucent unveil their cloud mobile network
A year after forming their wireless partnership, Intel and Franco-American network builder Alcatel-Lucent say they’re ready to start moving the mobile network from the cell tower into the data center. At…
View ArticleDell buying EMC for $67B
In what is the high water market of pure tech acquisitions, Dell has announced that it will be buying EMC in a 67 billion. Shareholders will see a two part deal: $24.05 a share in cash, and a tracking...
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