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If you are a Linux user you may know that the desktop clients for Google Drive compatible with the operating system led by Linus Torvalds are scarce. Above all if you’re looking for a free alternat...

NodeWeaver today announced a collaboration agreement with VirtualCable, a pioneering Spanish company that develops and supports UDS Enterprise, a VDI connection broker to deploy and manage Windows ...

In recent years the number of Internet servers and data centers around the world that use an operating system based on Linux has grown considerably. Renowned companies such as Google, Facebook, Twi...

It’s hard to deny the importance of the cloud today. More and more, users are demanding increased flexibility and access to their files across a multitude of devices. On top of that, many users are...

Computer Port IT Solutions, VirtualCable partner in India, has been named by the prestigious publication The CEO Magazine as one of top 25 fastest growing companies dedicated to storage in India. T...

EMC introduced yesterday at EMC World 2016 the following new datacenter products and services: EMC Unity family of storage is the new all-flash array, ideal for small and medium-size IT deployment...

Nexenta and Canonical have announced a joint solution that pairs Nexenta’s software-defined storage with Canonical’s Ubuntu OpenStack platform: NexentaEdge. This new solution delivers high performa...

OpenStack and Docker are two complementary technologies very useful for IT administrators in traditional data centers. In this post we tell you how to deploy a Docker cluster capable of using exter...

EMC keeps on moving towards Open Source. After open sourcing CoprHD project, announced at EMC World, they have just released RackHD under Apache 2.0 license. In this way, this project can be improv...

EMC Corporation today announced the availability of a range of products and solutions designed to seamlessly connect primary storage and data protection systems to private and public clouds. As a ...

What are the main differences between hyper-converged and converged infrastructures? The main difference is that hyper-converged infrastructures are defined by software and completely transparent....

Today we're bringing an interesting tutorial that explains how to emulate a SSD on nested ESXi courtesy of Settlersoman. The author explains that this process may help you to test VSAN and EMC Scal...

Hyper-converged storage systems are emerging as an ideal option for a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), since they allow providers to manage all configuration options. The system can be preconf...

Today we bring over an interesting article written by Larry Smith in which he reports his experience building a home-made NAS for VMware's vSphere hypervisor. He had been using so far Nexenta 3.x b...

In some cases, when analyzing the storage needs for a VDI platform we look at saving disk space when using template-based or non-persistent desktops. Nevertheless, it is necessary to bear in mind t...

Choosing a storage technology for VDI because of vendor loyalty may lead to a wrong decision. Administrators should take into account different points to select the storage for virtual desktops. V...

Desktop virtualization as a new ally for Education, the benefits of application virtualization and software defined storage are the most interesting topics we talked about in this blog for the last...

VMworld Europe 2014 opened today in Barcelona. In this first day of one of the most outstanding virtualization and cloud computing events, VMware announced new products, program and service that ad...

Most SMBs find really difficult to afford server virtualization costs. That's why HP has launched a new software defined storage alternative (SDS). The company will give free licences to its client...