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HP preps updated ProLiant Gen 8 servers

...for its ProLiant Generation 8 server line, which HP has said increase datacentre automation, compared with previous HP servers. Five of the new servers, which... Read more

15 May, 2012

Cisco and NetApp reveal entry-level FlexPod bundle

...the move on Tuesday, along with the validation of CA Technologies's datacentre automation suite as a management option for all FlexPod architectures. "As customers... Read more

11 April, 2012

The new generation game

...its 12th generation of PowerEdge servers and, similarly, talk up management and datacentre automation features. To this end, Dell will build on its existing lifecycle... Read more

1 March, 2012

VMware's cloud identity broker appears on the Horizon

...the underlying infrastructure. "We're moving from a hypervisor company to a datacentre automation company," he said. As part of this, VMware is in the... Read more

17 May, 2011 by Jack Clark

Red Hat and IBM team up on virtualisation push

...Manager, IBM Director and Tivoli software. These APIs will govern cloud and datacentre automation, storage, networking and security. For more on this ZDNet UK-selected... Read more

4 May, 2011 by Larry Dignan

VMware: Tech industry will revolve around IT as a service

...of several components." "We see industry focusing on the twin challenges of datacentre automation and datacentre management," said Maritz, adding that was important for both... Read more

1 September, 2010 by Tom Espiner

New backers join datacentre standards group

...enable computing gear from multiple providers to share important operational information. Such datacentre automation technologies are in their infancy, but are seen as crucial by... Read more

18 November, 2003 by Mike Ricciuti

VMware debuts datacentre automation suite

The vCenter Product Family suite of virtualisation-management applications handles tasks such as dealing with service-level agreements Read more

1 September, 2009 by Larry Dignan

Microsoft buys datacentre software firm Opalis

...Anderson said in a blog posting. "This deal brings together the deep datacentre automation expertise of Opalis with the integrated physical and virtualised datacentre management... Read more

14 December, 2009 by Ina Fried

EMC bundles IT tools for virtualisation

...the EMEA sales executive said. For example, Ionix supports the integration of datacentre automation and service management tools, which should allow companies to quickly roll... Read more

8 July, 2009 by Sally Whittle
VMware ESXi

VMware ESXi

...a solid platform for running virtual machines (VMs), it doesn't provide datacentre automation capabilities such as High Availability (HA) or Distributed Resource Scheduling (DRS... Read more

17 October, 2008 by Roger Howorth

BMC to buy BladeLogic for £398m

...operations. Last July, HP said it would spend $1.6bn to buy datacentre-automation firm Opsware, a company founded by Marc Andreesen. Several other smaller... Read more

17 March, 2008 by Martin LaMonica

Linux in the virtual world

...its own independent applications. At the show, SWsoft plans to announce its Datacentre Automation Suite, a... For more, click here Read more

3 April, 2006 by Stephen Shankland

Sun's N1 gets storage management

...operating corporate datacentres through more efficient use of storage and servers. The datacentre automation initiative competes with similar efforts from rivals such as IBM, with... Read more

8 April, 2003 by Ian Fried and Martin LaMonica
Datacenter Practice Lead - Datacenter, Storage Solutions

Datacenter Practice Lead - Datacenter, Storage Solutions

...of competency and relationships in the Datacentre market, including Enterprise Computing, Virtualisation, Datacentre automation and orchestration. - Market analysis, interpretation and leadership- A track record in... Read more

23 May, 2012

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