<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest News from SYS-CON Media</title><link>http://www.sys-con.com/</link><description>Latest News from SYS-CON Media</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media Inc.</copyright><generator>SYS-CON Media</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:41:00 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest News from SYS-CON Media</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/section/72/syscon-logo-145.gif</url><link>http://www.sys-con.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Linspire Collapses into Xandros</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603562.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603562.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603562_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Xandros acquired Linspire's Linux assets after Linspire changed its name to Digital Cornerstone. With the acquisition Xandros CEO Andy Typaldos has been telling the press, 'Xandros is already the third-largest Linux company in the world, and ... we may already be the largest private Linux company in the world.']]></description></item><item><title>Ten Cloud Computing Companies Plus Two &quot;Unconventional Plays&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/604936.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604936.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604936_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[What do the following companies all have in common: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, EMC, VMware, IBM, Sun, Dell, Akamai, SalesForce.com, NetSuite, and Activision. Answer: Cloud Computing. Merill Lynch analysts reckon that by 2011 the volume of cloud computing market opportunity will amount to $160BN, including $95BN in business and productivity apps (e-mail, office, CRM, etc.) and $65BN in online advertising.]]></description></item><item><title>Progress Software Announces Mindreef and IONA Acqusitions at SOA World Conference</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600708.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600708.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600708_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Progress Software has acquired Mindreef, a provider of SOA service validation and testing tools. Mindreef will be fully integrated into Progress Software, and will adopt the Progress Software company name. Progress expects to retain most Mindreef product names, however, this will be reviewed over the months following the acquisition.]]></description></item><item><title>Cloud Computing Expo - Clouds Mating!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/584771.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/584771.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/584771_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[NetSuite, the Larry Ellison SaaS company, is buying OpenAir, the 56-man shop that is supposed to be the leader in on-demand professional services automation, for $26 million cash, net of the cash on the acquisition's balance sheet. NetSuite says it probably won't be able recognize most of the deferred revenue on OpenAir's balance sheet so the acquisition will add to its losses this year. It is now projecting non-GAAP losses of $2.5 million-$3.5 million (four-six cents) on revenues of $156 million-$159 million.]]></description></item><item><title>AJAX and RIA Technology Will Be Free for All: Sun CEO</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/586042.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/586042.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/586042_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA['Java's always been a RIA platform - before the world really wanted one,' claimed Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz recently, as he reflected on the reinvention of the Java platform as represented by JavaFX. 'What's a rich internet application?' Schwartz wrote. 'It depends on your perspective,' he continued, adding 'From mine, it's any network connected application that persists in front of a user, typically outside a browser, that can operate when disconnected from the network.']]></description></item><item><title>Adobe&apos;s Kevin Lynch and Microsoft&apos;s Scott Guthrie to Keynote AJAX World RIA Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/587865.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/587865.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/587865_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Two of the biggest launches in Rich Internet Application history took place in 2007/2008 when Adobe launched AIR 1.0 in February '08 and Microsoft launched Silverlight (September '07). At the 6th International AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo in October SYS-CON Events is delighted to be presenting major industry keynotes from the two industry executives with overall responsibility for both of those massive richer-web initiatives: Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch and Scott Guthrie, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's .NET Developer Platform.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization on Wall Street Conference &amp; Expo to Take Place in New York</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/597044.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/597044.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/597044_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SYS-CON Events announced today that the Virtualization on Wall Street Conference & Expo will take place on March 22-24, 2009, in New York City. The event is expected to attract over 1,000 developers, architects, IT managers, and software professionals of every stripe who will be converging in New York City to attend this comprehensive meeting on Virtualization on Wall Street.]]></description></item><item><title>Cloud Computing Expo - Guidance Dulls Oracle&apos;s Luster</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600706.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600706.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600706_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Oracle's earnings, better than expected, were up 27% to $2 billion or 39 cents a share in its fourth fiscal quarter on revenues up 24% to $7.24 billion and good thing too considering Oracle is this week's roundly watched harbinger of what's happening in the economy at this very, um, nasty intersection. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison thinks Oracle's results said more about Oracle's execution than the macro economy.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft, Google &amp; Virtualization</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600739.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600739.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600739_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Google is currently the pet of the American consumer. Although many in the industry don't find it particularly likeable, the company's reputation is tops among US consumers, based largely on how it treats employees and a perception of social responsibility, according to a Harris poll, in which Google dislodged Microsoft from the perch. Johnson & Johnson, the Band-Aid king, came in second and Intel third. Microsoft is now number 10. Google was previously number four. Companies with the worst reps include Halliburton, Comcast, Northwest Airlines and Exxon.]]></description></item><item><title>Cloud Computing with ProServe and Parallels Virtuozzo Virtualization Containers</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/602026.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602026.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602026_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Parallels announced that ProServe has selected Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 to deliver a cost-efficient and scalable Online Backup solution via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides the virtualization technology for ProServe's Virtual Online Backup Server (VOBS) offering. By using Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, ProServe is able to deliver an on-line backup solution with the necessary performance, cost-efficiency, scalability and isolation required for their VOBS offered in a SaaS delivery model.]]></description></item><item><title>Oracle Claims $1b In Damages from Arch-Rival SAP</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/602622.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602622.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602622_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[To no one's particular surprise, Oracle has claimed that it suffered hundreds of millions, if not 'at least' a billion dollars worth of damages because of SAP and the IP hacking theft of its TomorrowNow PeopleSoft/JD Edwards customer support subsidiary.]]></description></item><item><title>IBM Buys Its Way Out of Antitrust Trouble</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/604460.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604460.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604460_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The fireworks over Armonk this 4th of July are going to be a bit brighter and more awesome because - by the flick of a checkbook - IBM has gotten out from under a threat to its precious multibillion-dollar mainframe monopoly.]]></description></item><item><title>Cloud Computing Expo -  Novell Virtualization, Google, HP and Wind River</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/546761.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/546761.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/546761_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Novell says it's going to 'simplify' pricing and discounts on SLES for mainframes for the rest of the year. That means it's going to cut prices by 33%-47% by offering a three-year subscription for the price of a two-year subscription or a five-year subscription for the price of a three-year subscription. The discounts apply to workload consolidation from non-System z platforms and renewals of existing SLES subscriptions.]]></description></item><item><title>SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Expo Attracts More Delegates Than Gartner</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/597918.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/597918.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/597918_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virtualization has quickly become a staple new concept for enterprise IT. At SYS-CON's 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, June 23-24, we had exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases not only of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT. The two content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of virtualization.]]></description></item><item><title>Cloud Computing - Understanding &quot;Clouded&quot; Computing Terms</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/584958.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/584958.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/584958_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[There seems to be a lot of debate as to what Grid computing really is. In fact, the blogosphere seems to be throwing around terms like Grid, Cloud, Utility, Distributed and Cluster computing almost interchangeably. And rather than clarifying things, I feel that the waters are just getting muddier.]]></description></item><item><title>AJAX World RIA Conference &amp; Expo Attracts Top Faculty</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/490851.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/490851.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/490851_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[RIAs offer the potential to fundamentally change the user experience and in doing so, yield significant business benefits. The theme of this October's AJAXWorld Conference & Expo 2008 West is 'Beyond AJAX to the RIA Era' and the Call for Papers, which is currently still open, specifically encourages submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases of the fast-emerging RIA alternatives.]]></description></item><item><title>Web 2.0 Journal Case Study: Transcending E-mail as a Platform for Multi-Person Collaboration</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/604742.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604742.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604742_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[E-mail is extremely easy to adopt and use, and lends itself very well to certain types of collaboration. When two people are attempting to collaborate asynchronously, e-mail is usually the best solution. It's certainly far less frustrating than phone tag. But once more people are involved, email's utility rapidly degenerates. While the rise of free, open-source solutions makes it tempting to build one's own collaboration tools, on-demand or Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions are the better choice for the majority of users and uses.]]></description></item><item><title>Yahoo &amp; Microsoft: Week 21</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600683.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600683.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600683_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[On Tuesday TechCrunch and CNet, based on the usual 'sources,' reported that talks between Yahoo and Microsoft were back on, stories that prevented Yahoo's desperate, bewildered, shuttlecock stock from dropping below the 20-dollar barrier and landing in the high teens where it was when Microsoft entered the picture on February 1. It was certainly headed in that direction.]]></description></item><item><title>PlateSpin Outs First Post-Acquisition Product</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600705.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600705.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600705_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[PlateSpin has trotted out its first major product release since Novell bought the virtualization management operation back in March with the launch of PowerConvert 7.0, its data center disaster recovery mojo. The software has new backup and recovery features and expanded multi-platform support.]]></description></item><item><title>Symantec Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/520379.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/520379.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/520379_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery 8 is the gold standard in complete Windows system recovery allowing businesses and IT to recover from system loss or disasters in minutes, even to dissimilar hardware and virtual environments. Helping IT administrators meet recovery time objectives, Backup Exec System Recovery provides system restoration or full bare-metal recovery for servers, desktops or laptops. It also enables you to recover systems in remote, unattended locations.]]></description></item><item><title>Ingres Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/544993.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/544993.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/544993_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance is a self contained software stack of o/s, database, and business intelligence tools. The solution is provided in a single stream install enabling a rapid and easy deployment of a complete BI environment within a VM. The software appliance comes with an online web service update mechanism to manage patches and upgrades in a seamless fashion. Users apply updates to the entire multi-component stack with a single click. Users are able to stay current and online with their BI investment at a significantly lower cost. The solution is built from open source technologies from Ingres, JasperSoft, & rPath.]]></description></item><item><title>Parallels Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/516844.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/516844.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/516844_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Parallels Desktop 3.0 is a  Mac system utility that allows users to run Windows, Linux, and more side-by-side with Mac OS X on any Intel-powered Mac, without rebooting. Parallels' Mac virtualization technology has won over 25 major industry awards and is used by more than 850,000 users every day.]]></description></item><item><title>Elixir Technology (Represented by JNet Direct) Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;SOA World Magazine Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/599095.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599095.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599095_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Elixir Technology provides Integrated Business Intelligence with Elixir Repertoire - a product for Dashboard, Reporting, Data ETL and Scheduling. Supporting 'Web 2.0' with RESTful Web Services architectural approach on SOA, Elixir Repertoire aims to power the new generation enterprise applications with Business Intelligence that is simplified yet powerful, feature-rich yet affordable. With over 600 customers across 50 countries already using its enterprise reporting feature, Elixir Repertoire completes the entire Business Intelligence cycle to realize the full return of investment.]]></description></item><item><title>DataSynapse Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/599132.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599132.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599132_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[DataSynapse's GridServer is a service execution platform that dynamically scales enterprise application services based on performance and business requirements. GridServer provides a simplified approach to enabling business critical application components to execute across the entire available computing infrastructure -- the 'grid'.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft&apos;s Hypervisor Technology Gives Customers Combined Benefits of Virtualization and Windows Server 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600343.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600343.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600343_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Following the launch of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft reached another milestone with the release of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization technology that is a feature of select versions of Windows Server 2008. The nearly 1.5 million copies of the Hyper-V beta version that have been distributed demonstrate how customer interest in virtualization is moving from evaluation to production environment deployments.]]></description></item><item><title>Univa UD Unveils New Virtualization Data Center Automation Strategy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/602027.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602027.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602027_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Univa UD announced it has named industry veterans Alex Brown and Kent Purdy to lead its data center automation business division and retool its product suite. The announcement comes as Univa UD officially launches Reliance as its cornerstone product for service-based management of application delivery environments.]]></description></item><item><title>BroadRiver Chooses Egenera for New Hosted Virtualization Products and Services</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/602183.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602183.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602183_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Egenera announced that BroadRiver Communications Corporation has chosen the Egenera BladeFrame system and Egenera vBlade software for its new hosted virtual server offering. BroadRiver combines the best of both worlds -- a full selection of products and services that can be customized to customer needs with prices for bundled services that are competitively priced. The customer's solution contains just the services they need, without having to pay a premium for not fitting into an inflexible 'package.' This flexibility enables BroadRiver to effectively provide customized solutions to many customers of different sizes, sectors and lines of business.]]></description></item><item><title>BLADE&apos;s New Network Virtualization Switch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603023.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603023.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603023_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[BLADE Network Technologies announced its 1/10 Gigabit Ethernet network virtualization switch for IBM BladeCenter. BLADE's new switch provides the ability to use six 1-Gigabit copper and three 10-Gigabit SFP+ fiber uplinks concurrently -- for 50 percent more bandwidth than alternative blade switch offerings.]]></description></item><item><title>Kidaro Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Journal &quot;Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/502900.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/502900.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/502900_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Kidaro delivers an end-to-end desktop computing solution for enterprise desktops and laptops. The Kidaro platform leverages innovative virtualization technology to enable enhanced security, manageability, and mobility without disrupting existing desktop capabilities and infrastructure.]]></description></item><item><title>Seagull Software Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;SOA World Magazine Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/599096.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599096.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599096_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Legacy systems typically contain the most critical information in an enterprise, and many organizations have more than one type of legacy platform. LegaSuite Integration is a middleware tool to simplify and accelerate integration of all types legacy data, business logic and screens with Web applications and SOA tools such as ESB and BPM suites.]]></description></item><item><title>VIRTERA Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/599180.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599180.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/599180_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[VIRTERA is an independent Information Technology (IT) professional services and consulting firm delivering virtualization technology solutions and services to companies nationwide. VIRTERA's proven Virtual Operations Framework (VOF) methodology ensures successful and rapid adoption of virtualization technologies and an optimum return on organizations' IT investments. VIRTERA's team of certified IT architects and consultants develop, deploy and manage Virtual Infrastructure (VI) solutions designed to solve today's most challenging IT issues while its industry-unique vAssure Strategy group tests and analyzes virtualization trends across the entire virtual ecosystem.]]></description></item><item><title>XP Forced into Semi-Retirement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/602624.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602624.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602624_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Monday was theoretically the day that, over protests and despite its popularity, Windows XP was retired as a way of pushing people to adopt the widely reviled Vista operating system before the very Vista-like 'next-generation' Windows 7 arrives, supposedly at the end of next year or at least by January of 2010.]]></description></item><item><title>SECUDE Releases Central Management for Hardware- or Software-based Full Disk Encryption</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/602753.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602753.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602753_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SECUDE announced the release of FinallySecure 9.1 with Centralized Management to its Data Protection portfolio. FinallySecure is a hybrid software - or hardware - based Full Disk Encryption. FinallySecure enables early adoption and migration to the upcoming wave of hardware-based FDE technologies such as Seagate Momentus Full Disk Encryption (FDE) disk drives.]]></description></item><item><title>SoftLayer Offers Virtualization with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/602754.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602754.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/602754_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SoftLayer extends its solution set to include virtualization with the release of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Hyper-V is a next-generation virtualization hypervisor that allows a single physical server to be separated into multiple virtual machines that can run independent operating systems - Windows, Linux and others. As with all SoftLayer services, Hyper-V can be ordered through the customer portal and provisioned automatically along with a server's operating system or systems.]]></description></item><item><title>vmSight Granted U.S. Patent for Connector ID Technology</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603105.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603105.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603105_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[vmSight announced that the company was granted U.S. patent number 7,386,889 for its Connector ID technology. The patents applies to the technology vmSight uses to automatically, continuously and efficiently locate and track users, terminals and virtual machines in a virtual desktop deployment.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization Solutions Company Trigence Appoints New President and CEO</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603106.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603106.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603106_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Trigence announced the appointment of Greg O'Connor as President and Chief Executive Officer. O'Connor, a software industry veteran, brings over 20 years of industry knowledge and technology vision to Trigence. O'Connor joins Trigence from Progress Software, where he was President and Founder of Sonic Software.]]></description></item><item><title>AmberPoint Launches SOA Partner Program</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603159.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603159.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603159_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[AmberPoint announced a new program to recruit and support leading systems integrators. The AmberPoint Systems Integrator Alliance Program provides the tools systems integrators need in order to implement reliable and manageable SOA-enabled systems with AmberPoint's runtime SOA governance solutions.]]></description></item><item><title>EA and SOA Lead to Improved Resource Management</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603160.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603160.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603160_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[MEGA International announced that Cox Enterprises is using the MEGA Modeling Suite for its enterprise architecture and business process modeling program. Cox Enterprises is a media company with more than 80,000 employees in 300 companies. Major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications, Cox Newspapers, Cox Television, Cox Radio, and Cox Auto Trader.]]></description></item><item><title>iTKO LISA Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;SOA World Magazine Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600206.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600206.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600206_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[LISA Virtualize (formerly LISA Virtual Service Environment) allows teams to decouple themselves from dependency on live or unfinished systems and components throughout the lifecycle of building and testing SOA applications. LISA Virtualize models the expected functionality of any Service within SOA applications, whether that is a Web Service (WSDL), an integration layer such as an ESB, or an implementation layer such as an EJB, mainframe or database, and represents that Service virtually, with a high level of dynamic input and output capabilities and performance characteristics that simulate the real-world behaviors of complex systems. A Virtual Environment instance in LISA saves the team more than 90% of the cost of producing a replicated environment by other means, and allows teams to work in parallel instead of being constrained by each other's lifecycles, which increases agility and quality.]]></description></item><item><title>Wyse Technology Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600245.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600245.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600245_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Specifically created for Citrix XenDesktop and with knowledge workers in mind, the all-new Wyse Viance high performance desktop appliances are designed to both maximize the user experience and minimize administration across a virtualized infrastructure. Wyse Viance desktop appliances immediately connect to Citrix XenDesktop sessions, delivering their users rich multimedia (such as smooth video and audio playback) decoded locally on the appliance, multi-display support, and broad USB peripheral compatibility that's virtualized in the data center through the built-in Wyse TCX software suite. In summary, Wyse Viance desktop appliance users gain simple, fast access to their virtualized desktops, their applications of choice and documents without compromising data security or performance.]]></description></item><item><title>Little ISV Sues Google for $1 Billion</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600709.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600709.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600709_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[A little Chicago ISV called LimitNone is suing Google for nigh on to a billion dollar charging it with misappropriating its trade secrets to beat back Microsoft Office. Seems a year ago March LimitNone shared its mojo for migrating Outlook users and their calendars and contacts to Gmail with Google and according to LimitNone's story the widgetry turned up in Google Apps despite Google's assurances that it had no intention of developing a similar product.]]></description></item><item><title>Apani Now Shipping EpiForce VM Security Solution For Protecting Virtualization Environments</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603688.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603688.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603688_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Apani announced that EpiForce VM is now shipping. EpiForce VM is a software-based solution that secures corporate networks, containing both physical and virtual servers, from a single platform. EpiForce VM is part of Apani's comprehensive security software product family and leverages the latest platform of the company's flagship product EpiForce 2.5.]]></description></item><item><title>Prolifics, SemanticSpace Technologies and Arsin Corporation Team to Form SemanticSpace Group</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603689.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603689.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603689_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SemanticSpace announced its acquisition of 100 percent of Prolifics, a distinguished systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies. Prolifics complements SemanticSpace's offering with its high-value services focused around the IBM brand - making the combined entity a truly Global organization with a strong and balanced presence across the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. Together Prolifics, SemanticSpace Technologies, and Arsin Corporation will operate as SemanticSpace Group, creating a new overall organization of 1500 employees with more than $100 million in revenue on a proforma basis.]]></description></item><item><title>ARC Wireless Solutions Announces the Official Launch of the Freedom Blade</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603919.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603919.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603919_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[ARC Wireless Solutions' Wireless Communications Solutions Division announces that the Freedom Blade and supporting Freedom Clip Pack have been fully launched and are now available to ship domestically and internationally via their retail and distributor partners. The Freedom Blade is the natural progression from the Freedom Antenna. It is the sleeker, more compact wireless signal booster that uses the same patented technology as the Freedom Antenna.]]></description></item><item><title>Schematic Silverlight-based Online Video Chaneel to Bring Coverage of the 2008 Olympics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/604151.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604151.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604151_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Schematic announced its development of a Web video player anchoring NBC's online coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on NBCOlympics.com on MSN. The announcement was made by Perkins Miller, Senior Vice President, Digital Media, NBC Sports and Olympics, and Trevor Kaufman, CEO of Schematic. The player debuts this week with live, streaming coverage of the U.S. Olympic trials.]]></description></item><item><title>RightScale CTO To Present at SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Cloud Computing Expo&quot; November 20-21, 2008, San Jose, California</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/587551.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/587551.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/587551_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Cloud Computing offers significant benefits over traditional solutions for deploying production systems as well as for conducting development and testing activities. Dr Thorsten von Eicken, CTO of RightScale, Inc., will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - an adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA.]]></description></item><item><title>Vyatta Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/600246.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600246.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/600246_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Vyatta delivers complete, ready-to-deploy, open-source networking solutions that make it possible for anyone to own an enterprise-class router/firewall/VPN for a fraction of the cost of traditional closed-source, proprietary products. By combining the features, performance and reliability of an enterprise-class router, firewall and VPN with the cost savings and flexibility of open-source solutions, Vyatta software enables customers to build routing and security solutions using hardware of their choosing, ensuring that the network will always meet performance requirements and scalability needs.]]></description></item><item><title>Embotics Launches U.S. Operations for Expanded Customer and Partner Virtualization Support</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/601991.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/601991.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/601991_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Embotics announced its U.S. expansion with a new office in Charlotte and the appointment of U.S. Sales Director, Adam Kurtz. The U.S. expansion is a result of customer and partner growth, helping to increase visibility as well as support of Embotics' virtualization management and automation technology deployments.]]></description></item><item><title>GT Software Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;SOA World Magazine Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/603184.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603184.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/603184_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Ivory Service Architect is the centerpiece of the Ivory mainframe SOA solution, instantly turning mainframe developers into service developers for rapid mainframe SOA development. With Ivory Service Architect, developers can create and publish Web services, developing right-sized composite business services from existing mainframe assets with little or no training, and no consulting required. Ivory Service Architect consists of: Ivory Studio - graphical modeling environment; and Ivory Server - high performance SOAP processor with runtime service orchestration & WSDL repository.]]></description></item><item><title>Parallels Virtualization Automation Adds Integration for Secure64 DNS</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.sys-con.com/read/604565.htm</guid><link>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604565.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://www.sys-con.com/read/604565_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Parallels announced that its Parallels Automation solution now integrates with Secure64 DNS, giving service providers who use Parallels Automation the ability to easily manage Secure64 servers within their datacenters. Through the collaboration, Parallels Automation is able to offer a new option for service providers searching for secure and highly available DNS solution.]]></description></item></channel></rss>