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VMware basically owns the x86 server virtualization right now, but that hasn't stopped Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and others from trying to gain momentum and take away market share from the virtualization giant.

Henley Software has achieved the status of Professional Solution Partner with VMware , which means thatHenley can supply the company's virtualisation platform to its customers.

JRuby, which provides a version of the Ruby language to run atop the Java Virtual Machine, is being enhanced performancewise via an upgrade released as a preview this week, a developer who co-leads the JRuby project said on Thursday.

IT and business services CSC has selected Cisco's Intelligent Automation for Cloud application to automate the delivery and management of cloud services to clients.

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The talks, reported by Bloomberg , aren't all that surprising. Analysts have pegged Quest as a Dell acquisition because it fits in with the PC maker's software strategy.

Eucalyptus Systems CEO Marten Mickos says his company's cloud product line is in a strong position for the build-out of private clouds, but it must succeed at being a viable cloud supplier alterative to VMware.

Gale Technologies Announces Availability of GaleForce 6.1, Providing Hybrid Cloud Integration with Amazon VPC and EBS, and Dramatically Simplified Usability New product release provides easy deployment of hybrid clouds with new integration with Amazon VPC and EBS, dramatically simplified usability with a redesigned user interface, and one of ... (more)

Box has focused on its user interface with its recent updates, but now is focusing on the other side of the equation - technology management.

Quest Software, Inc . today announced the availability of vRangerA 5.4, the latest version of the company's purpose-built VMware backup , replication and recovery solution.

Red Hat, Inc. , the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that LetterGen NV, a Belgian supplier of document management software, has migrated its virtualized systems from VMware to Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization.

Brocade today outlined its strategy for software-defined networking , a technology gaining broad support across network operators and enterprises on a global basis.

VMware has acquired Wanova , a turnkey desktop cloud solution provider, in what looks like a move to compliment some of its existing virtual desktop and end user product portfolio.

PALO ALTO, CA -- -- 05/22/12 -- Cloudera, the leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based data management software and services, has named industry veteran Peter Cooper-Ellis as the company's Vice President of Engineering.

Today Confio Software debuted IgniteFreeVM , a completely free software tool designed to give database administrators expanded visibility into the performance of their bases on VMware.

Zimory GmbH announced today that they will be presented this evening with Experton Group's renowned 'Cloud Management' Leader Award 2012.

The latest software provides automated optimization for TCP and non-TCP traffic, hundreds-of-thousands of simultaneous connections for 10 gigabit-per-second infrastructures, and support for all common hypervisors.

VMware product page has received a makeover - check it out The registration is now open for - VMworld 2012 San Francisco - lets make it a record year! VMworld Call for papers closes on the May 18 - there will be no extensions for the CFP.