http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire RSS Feed for Off the Wire en-us Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:57:43 GMT 2008-12-19T17:57:43Z en-us http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Splunk-IT-Search-Adds-Silver-Lining-to-Cloud-Computing-36448389.html SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 18 -- Splunk, the IT Search company, today announced that leading next generation technology companies, including Coghead, Elastra, GoGrid, Mashery, and RightScale, have deployed Splunk IT Search to strengthen their offerings and reliably deliver services, applications, platforms and infrastructure, via the cloud. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:57:43 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Splunk-IT-Search-Adds-Silver-Lining-to-Cloud-Computing-36448389.html 2008-12-19T17:57:43Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Brocade-Completes-Acquisition-of-Foundry-Networks-36447924.html SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 19 -- Brocade today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Foundry Networks, a performance and total solutions leader for network switching and routing for $16.50 per share in cash. Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:50:57 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Brocade-Completes-Acquisition-of-Foundry-Networks-36447924.html 2008-12-19T17:50:57Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Top-10-Cloud-Computing-Predictions-for-2009-36385559.html SAN MATEO, Calif., Dec. 18 -- As the year draws to a close, many companies are left wondering what next year will bring for this year's hottest technology trend -- cloud computing. To answer these questions, Appirio today released its top 10 predictions for how cloud computing will evolve in 2009 and the impact those trends will have on IT and business. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:18:04 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Top-10-Cloud-Computing-Predictions-for-2009-36385559.html 2008-12-18T18:18:04Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Rackable-Announces-MobiRack-Enclosures-36384499.html FREMONT, Calif., Dec. 17 -- Rackable Systems Inc., a leading provider of servers and storage products for large-scale datacenters, today announced the immediate availability of MobiRack, a new class of datacenter enclosures. Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:05:02 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Rackable-Announces-MobiRack-Enclosures-36384499.html 2008-12-18T18:05:02Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Sun-Announces-New-Open-Source-xVM-VirtualBox-36309399.html SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 17 -- Sun Microsystems Inc. today announced a new version of Sun xVM VirtualBox, its high performance, free and open source desktop virtualization software, that offers the latest must-have features for developers and enterprise users. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:20:41 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Sun-Announces-New-Open-Source-xVM-VirtualBox-36309399.html 2008-12-17T21:20:41Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/CohesiveFT-Partners-With-Virtual-Iron-to-Automate-Enterprise-Deployment-36310099.html CHICAGO, and LOWELL, Mass., Dec. 17 -- CohesiveFT, the leader in automated software assembly, today announced it has partnered with Virtual Iron, a provider of enterprise-class server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management software, to automate the deployment of Virtual Iron servers via the Elastic Server web-based factory. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:19:14 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/CohesiveFT-Partners-With-Virtual-Iron-to-Automate-Enterprise-Deployment-36310099.html 2008-12-17T21:19:14Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/SOASTA-Savvis-to-Deliver-Cloud-Testing-Service-36309689.html MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 17 -- SOASTA, the leader in cloud-based testing solutions, today announced an alliance with Savvis Inc., a global leader in outsourced managed computing and network infrastructure for IT applications. The alliance will give Savvis customers a state-of-the-art, on-demand testing service in the cloud, enabling affordable, highly scalable load and performance testing of web applications and services. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:17:51 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/SOASTA-Savvis-to-Deliver-Cloud-Testing-Service-36309689.html 2008-12-17T21:17:51Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Egenera-Launches-Dell--PAN-System-36236964.html MARLBORO, Mass., Dec. 16 -- Egenera Inc. today announced that the Dell / PAN System designed by Egenera is now available for shipment from Dell Inc. in North America. Built on proven Dell servers, industry-leading storage and standard hypervisor technologies, the Dell / PAN System is factory-integrated and delivered as a complete, turn-key solution. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:27:06 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Egenera-Launches-Dell--PAN-System-36236964.html 2008-12-16T18:27:06Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Parabons-Frontier-Grid-Platform-Supports-DCMA-36236749.html RESTON, Va., Dec. 16 -- Parabon Computation, a veteran provider of extreme-scale grid computing software and solutions, announced today a licensing deal for the deployment of the company's Frontier Grid Platform on 10,000 computers within the Defense Contracting Management Association (DCMA). Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:22:49 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Parabons-Frontier-Grid-Platform-Supports-DCMA-36236749.html 2008-12-16T18:22:49Z http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Seanodes-Solves-Storage-Dilemma-for-Cloud-Services-Provider-36237184.html BOSTON, Dec. 16 -- Seanodes, the creator and leading developer of Shared Internal Storage solutions, today announced that cloud services provider Aenigma has developed a new multi-tiered storage infrastructure backed by Exanodes software to increase the reliability and performance of its High Availability Application Hosting Platform for as little as one-twentieth the cost of a similarly configured Fibre Channel SAN. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:25:06 GMT http://www.on-demandenterprise.com/offthewire/Seanodes-Solves-Storage-Dilemma-for-Cloud-Services-Provider-36237184.html 2008-12-16T18:25:06Z