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    1. Ubuntu creator warns businesses to be wary of cloud lock-in

      Explore news.techworld.com (Jan 27 2012) Cloud Computing

      Cloud infrastructure was always meant to be based on open standards, and organisations that choose to buy capacity from public clouds that only support one standard are creating problems for themselves in the future, according to Ubuntu creator Canonical. “All the world’s biggest clouds are built on open source technology,” said Canonical's vice president Chris Kenyon in a keynote session at Cloud Expo Europe yesterday. “They’re not all built on open standards, but open source underpins all of t (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   Amazon   Oracle

    2. Windows 7 upgrades stalled by IE6 holdouts

      Explore news.techworld.com (Nov 12 2010) IT Buzz , Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      Windows 7 upgrades stalled by IE6 holdouts Gartner offers advice for bringing IE6 applications to Windows 7 Microsoft wants customers to upgrade to Windows 7, and most IT managers say they plan to do just that. (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization   Microsoft   Gartner

    3. VMware refuses to put a release date on client hypervisor

      Explore news.techworld.com (Jul 9 2010) Desktop Virtualization , Green Desktop Virtualization

      Two years after announcing product, virtualisation vendor still has nothing VMware is accustomed to dominating the world of server virtualisation, but its attempts to become the de facto virtualization vendor on the desktop haven't gone quite as well. Nearly two years after VMware announced its "vClient" initiative to give customers a range of server-hosted and client-hosted virtual desktop ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Citrix   USB   Bogomil Balkansky

    4. Akamai buys up mobile content firm

      Explore news.techworld.com (Jun 11 2010) Green End User Experience

      Akamai buys up mobile content firmTechworld.com"Enterprises must overcome some specific challenges to ensure both a highly-performing mobile site and a high-quality end user experience," said Paul Sagan, ...and more » (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Paul Sagan   Akamai Technologies