The Troposphere

February 2009

IBM pushes cloud plans, partnerships
Jo Maitland - TechTarget 12 Feb 2009

If anyone can solve the problems associated with selling cloud computing to enterprises, it should be IBM. Today the company announced a step in that direction with a slew of new services and ...

Amazon claims 400,000 web services users
Jo Maitland - TechTarget 03 Feb 2009

An industry insider close to Amazon's Web Services (AWS) business unit told us the company claims to have 400,000 customers using its web services offering. AWS includes EC2, the compute-on-demand ...

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Windows container monitoring tools prevent resource contention

Monitoring tools for Windows containers enable admins to keep track of CPU, memory, storage and networking performance metrics ...

Get to know Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager

Oracle released Linux Virtualization Manager, a platform that lets admins configure, manage and monitor their virtual server ...

Bring cloud on prem with VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, AWS Outposts

VMware Cloud on Dell EMC and the forthcoming AWS Outposts offer organizations rack-based hybrid cloud products that can extend ...

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Test your VMware NSX-T, NSX-V knowledge

VMware's software, NSX, enables admins to stand up networking in a software-defined data center. Take this quiz to ensure you're ...

Examine the major vSphere 6.7 updates you'll see in U3

VMware's most recent update to vSphere -- vSphere 6.7 U3 -- supports several technologies such as Zen 2 processors and includes ...

VMware Horizon requirements for a VDI cloud deployment

Before you use Horizon in the cloud, you must configure AD, connect Horizon to your IaaS, set up a user access gateway and assign...

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4 unforeseen challenges of running VDI in the cloud

VDI in the cloud is different than an on-premises deployment, even if you take the lift-and-shift route. Here's what to expect ...

DaaS brings GPU-accelerated applications within reach

Cloud-hosted virtual desktops allow organizations that require GPU-accelerated apps to have more scalability, higher ...

Windows Virtual Desktop is generally available

Microsoft released Windows Virtual Desktop to the general public, which is likely to have significant effects on the VDI market. ...

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Amazon wraps Oracle to AWS migration, looks to poach workloads

Amazon has moved its consumer division's IT operations off of Oracle's database and onto AWS services, a towering effort that ...

Amplify improvements streamline AWS mobile app development

Once just an open source Java library, AWS Amplify is now a full-fledged AWS mobile app development platform. Learn how it works ...

AWS ups the ante to win SAP cloud ERP workloads

New AWS high-memory instances geared for SAP ERP implementations reflect an ongoing push by hyperscalers for these lucrative ...

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IBM quantum computers' usefulness in sight -- using binoculars

IBM's Bob Sutor discusses Big Blue's new quantum systems and computation center, the realities of quantum computing today and how...

Addendum sets ASHRAE 90.4 as energy-efficiency standard

The publication of ASHRAE 90.4 in 2016 brought a new set of energy guidelines, but the industry still used Standard 90.1. A new ...

How to realize the benefits of software-defined infrastructure

Software-based infrastructure and services can streamline management and application data. Before you add them to your data ...

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What's new with the Exchange hybrid configuration wizard?

The Exchange configuration wizard continues to evolve into a refined utility with enhanced capabilities that administrators ...

Top Office 365 MFA considerations for administrators

A complex password only goes so far to stop a breach. Implementing multifactor authorization can help, but make sure the product ...

October Patch Tuesday resolves 59 vulnerabilities

Microsoft attempts to stamp out printing issues that originated from a faulty out-of-band patch for an Internet Explorer zero-day.