News Survey: Firms Struggle to Keep Pace with SDN, Other Networking Changes By David Ramel 09/11/2018 Network analytics firm Kentik recently published a study on network management, finding that firms are struggling to keep pace with new developments in the industry. “Between multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and software-defined networking (SDN), there were about 15 years […]
VMware Tools 10.3.0 Recalled
News VMware Tools 10.3.0 Recalled By Wendy A Hernandez 09/10/2018 Last week VMware Inc. recalled VMware Tools 10.3.0 due to a “functional issue with 10.3.0 in ESXi 6.5.” The knowledge base (KB) article, “VMware Tools Version 10.3.0 Recall and Workaround Recommendations (57796),” describes the symptoms and cause and details the resolution, stating:“Action is required if […]
Microsoft Touts SDN in Windows Server 2019
News Microsoft Touts SDN in Windows Server 2019 By David Ramel 09/06/2018 As if to back up its contention that software-defined networking has gone “mainstream,” Microsoft is continuing to tout the SDN capabilities in its upcoming Windows Server 2019 OS. The company has been all over the game-changing networking technology in a series of blog […]
Dell’s ‘Hyper-Converged, Software-Defined’ IoT Surveillance Solution Aims for Simplicity
News Dell’s ‘Hyper-Converged, Software-Defined’ IoT Surveillance Solution Aims for Simplicity By Wendy A Hernandez 08/30/2018 This week at VMworld, the Edge and and IoT Solutions Division at Dell Technologies announced that it’s “combining tools from its broad portfolio with technology from Intel and partners in the Dell Technologies IoT Solutions Partner Program” to provide new Internet of […]
FASB Issues Standard on Cloud Computing Arrangements.
Cloud Computing Arrangements The FASB has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2018-15, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract. The new ASU is designed to reduce complexity for accounting for costs of implementing a cloud computing service arrangement. This standard aligns […]
VMworld 2018 Shows VMware Focus on SDN
News VMworld 2018 Shows VMware Focus on SDN By David Ramel 08/29/2018 Announcements at this week’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas can be seen as a microcosm snapshot of the general industry trend away from hardware-centric solutions to the software-defined, a sweet spot for VMware’s virtualization offerings. The show serves to sharpen VMware’s focus on […]
AMD Debuts High-Performance VDI Solution for Datacenter Workloads
News AMD Debuts High-Performance VDI Solution for Datacenter Workloads By Wendy A Hernandez 08/29/2018 This week at VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) debuted its Radeon Pro V340 graphics card, “a high-performance dual-GPU virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution purpose-built to power and accelerate the most demanding datacenter visualization workloads, including CAD, […]
ThinPrint’s Endpoint Print Management Initiative Aims To Deliver ‘Missing Piece’ in UEMs
News ThinPrint’s Endpoint Print Management Initiative Aims To Deliver ‘Missing Piece’ in UEMs By Wendy A Hernandez 08/29/2018 This week at VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, endpoint print management provider ThinPrint Inc. announced its Endpoint Print Management initiative, which is aimed at filling “the hole left by unified endpoint management [UEM] systems,” according to the […]
VMworld 2018: VMware Extends Edge Computing Strategy
News VMworld 2018: VMware Extends Edge Computing Strategy By David Ramel 08/28/2018 The Internet of Things (IoT) and network edge figured prominently in new announcements from VMware at its ongoing VMworld 2018 conference in Las Vegas. Those technologies were interwoven throughout announcements on day one of the conference, and on Tuesday, more IoT news emerged. […]
NVIDIA and VMware Announce Tech Preview of vMotion for GPU Live Migration
News NVIDIA and VMware Announce Tech Preview of vMotion for GPU Live Migration By Wendy A Hernandez 08/28/2018 This week at VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NVIDIA and VMware Inc. announced the release of a technology preview of vSphere vMotion for NVIDIA GPUs with VMware vSphere 6.7 update 1, with general availability expected later this […]