Virtualization will let operators develop new services faster, says Alcatel-Lucent

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	Virtualization will let operators develop new services faster, says Alcatel-Lucent To help operators virtualize their infrastructures, Alcatel-Lucent has opened up to third party vendors an internal cloud platform that will run features such as DNS and firewalls. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Toad for Oracle Tips and Tricks In this brief see how to extend Toad for Oracle functionality, regardless of skill level! Discover tips and secrets for maximizing productivity for Oracle database development and administration. Read now! In this Issue VDI technology better, faster and cheaper, but adoption still slow Big data: what's it good for? Citrix aims for VMware, Amazon with new cloud strategy WEBCAST: APC by Schneider Electric Make your data center available, efficient and safe We will discuss what you should expect from a world class service provider and the scope of services needed to make your data center the best it can be. Learn More. Learn More. VDI technology better, faster and cheaper, but adoption still slow Virtual desktop infrastructure has come a long way since the terminal service days of the 1960s. Heck, VDI has come a long way since the 2000s thanks to plummeting prices for clients, better graphics cards and improved administration. By and large, though, VDI deployments remain more of a niche solution. Read More Big data: what's it good for? A couple of new surveys indicate that while businesses are moving full steam ahead toward big data, they don't have a firm grasp on what it can do for them. Read More Citrix aims for VMware, Amazon with new cloud strategy Citrix Tuesday updated its cloud computing strategy, saying that its platform – which is based off the Apache CloudStack project - can span both private on-premises deployments and public clouds and is the only one in the market that takes an application-centric approach to architecting clouds. Read More
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