System Management News
Puppet gets a more expressive configuration language
With an update to its namesake configuration tool, Puppet Labs has introduced a programming language designed to give administrators more flexibility...
Google revamps admin console for Apps and other enterprise products
Google is rolling out a new IT administration console for its Apps email and collaboration cloud suite and for other enterprise products such as Maps...
BMC set to go private in $6.9 billion deal
BMC has agreed to be acquired by a private investment consortium headed by Bain Capital and Golden Capital, in a deal worth about US$6.9 billion.
BMC going private in $6.9 billion deal
BMC has agreed to sell itself to a private investment consortium headed up by Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital in a deal worth approximately...
Review: VMware vSphere 5.1 looms large
VMware takes virtualization higher and deeper with rich storage automation and more advanced virtual networking tools
Virtualization showdown: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 vs. VMware vSphere 5.1
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V brings advanced virtualization features to small shops, but VMware still reigns at the high end
Review: Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 narrows the gap
Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V combines easy setup and management with new features that lower the entry barrier to highly available virtualization...
IT manager hiring, unemployment rates, rise
There are more IT managers working today than two years ago, but their unemployment rate is rising as well. It's a paradox of government data,...
Puppet or Chef: The configuration management dilemma
Puppet is model-driven, Ruby is procedural, and both are large, messy, open source ecosystems plagued with pitfalls
Citrix outfits NetScaler with troubleshooting tools
Citrix has released new software to help users of its NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) more easily troubleshoot application...
Amazon Web Services aims to simplify roll-out of Node.js apps
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has expanded its Elastic Beanstalk to include Node.js, in an effort to make it easier to deploy and manage application...
Companies take bold steps into desktop virtualization
Five organizations that have experienced the benefits, challenges and ROI of desktop virtualization offer tips for successful implementations....
VMware ships Horizon Mirage with application layering for modular desktops
VMware's Horizon Mirage 4.0 allows IT departments to be more flexible when they put together centrally managed desktop images using separated...
Review: Dell Cloud lets you have it your way
Dell's VMware-based cloud infrastructure provides all of the flexibility and complexity of the leading enterprise virtualization platform
Amazon lets users track their cloud-based databases with texts, email
Users of Amazon Web Services' Relational Database Service (RDS) can now keep track of their databases with new notifications via email and SMS.
VMware takes a $30 million interest in Puppet
Virtualization software provider VMware has invested US$30 million in Puppet Labs, which makes a widely used, open-source operations management...
Chicago CIO's IT revival plan includes the cloud
Chicago this month disclosed that it plans to use Microsoft's cloud services to deliver email and desktop applications to some 30,000 employees,...
GM CIO calls HP hiring probe a 'fishing expedition'
General Motors CIO Randy Mott Thursday said the automaker plans to have the "best jobs in the IT industry" at its four "IT Innovation...
Tech firms dominate Reuters' list of top 100 innovators in 2012
Technology firms dominates Thomson Reuters' 2012 list of the World's Top 100 Most Innovative Organisations, with the semiconductor industry...
HP simplifies automated software testing suite
Hewlett-Packard is incorporating three different components, previously available separately, into its HP Unified Functional Testing (UFT) automated...
Companies take bold steps into desktop virtualization
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