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Standard Chartered & Broadcom deepen private cloud tie
Virtualisation

Standard Chartered & Broadcom deepen private cloud tie

The bank says the overhaul has cut deployment times to a day, as it standardises core systems across 54 markets for tighter control and resilience.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week
Virtuozzo wins Veeam Ready status for storage backup
Virtualisation

Virtuozzo wins Veeam Ready status for storage backup

Service providers can now run Veeam-based backup storage on existing infrastructure, after Virtuozzo Storage gained certified object storage status.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month
OpenNebula integrates Nvidia Spectrum-X for AI clouds
Virtualisation

OpenNebula integrates Nvidia Spectrum-X for AI clouds

OpenNebula links its cloud orchestration with Nvidia Spectrum-X Ethernet to power multi-tenant AI Factory infrastructure at scale.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 11th Feb 2026
Ingram Micro brings virtualisation intelligence to NZ
Virtualisation

Ingram Micro brings virtualisation intelligence to NZ

Runecast Analyzer has been added to Ingram's books, providing analytics and automated security compliance analysis for VMware and Amazon Web Services.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Mon, 20th Jul 2020
What happens when you run Linux on a toaster?
Storage

What happens when you run Linux on a toaster?

Running Linux on a toaster highlights a problem in today's data centres: reliance on generic hardware undermines efficiency and performance gains.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Mon, 25th May 2020
NVIDIA buys Cumulus Networks in push to grow software-defined data centres
NVIDIA

NVIDIA buys Cumulus Networks in push to grow software-defined data centres

NVIDIA is set to acquire Cumulus Networks to bolster its push into software-defined data centres, leveraging Cumulus NetQ for enhanced control and analytics.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 5th May 2020
Lenovo and its partners making HCI easy for data centres
DataCentre infrastructure

Lenovo and its partners making HCI easy for data centres

Lenovo's new HCI solution provides the benefits of traditional converged systems with the addition of a software-defined scale-out architecture.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Fri, 1st Feb 2019
Rackspace to deliver fanatical support for VMware Cloud on AWS
Virtualisation

Rackspace to deliver fanatical support for VMware Cloud on AWS

Rackspace announced that it intends to offer Fanatical Support for VMware Cloud on AWS through VMware's Managed Service Provider (MSP) program early n.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Tue, 29th Aug 2017
Carbon Black joins forces with VMware to ramp up data center security
Virtualisation

Carbon Black joins forces with VMware to ramp up data center security

Carbon Black teams up with VMware, bolstering data centre defence with enhanced app protection and automated threat response.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Tue, 29th Aug 2017
Rackspace adopts VMware's cloud foundation
Virtualisation

Rackspace adopts VMware's cloud foundation

The project is designed to deliver a Software Defined Data Centre with enhanced lifecycle management capabilities.

By Patrick Martlew • 3 min read • Tue, 22nd Aug 2017
Sunbird's new release to drive faster and more secure data centre management
Hyperscale

Sunbird's new release to drive faster and more secure data centre management

The release is designed to provide data centre managers with enhanced tools that enable easy and agile responses to their most common challenges.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Tue, 8th Aug 2017
VMware updates vRealize cloud management offerings for software defined data centers
Virtualisation

VMware updates vRealize cloud management offerings for software defined data centers

VMware aims to improve software-defined data center operations and accelerate application and infrastructure service delivery across hybrid clouds.

By Julia Gabel • 3 min read • Wed, 7th Jun 2017

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Vespertec partners with Celestica on open data centres
Network Infrastructure

Vespertec partners with Celestica on open data centres

Vespertec has struck a channel deal with Celestica to deliver open, software-defined data centre networking and storage across the UK.

By Kaleah Salmon • 3 min read • Fri, 9th Jan 2026
Fortinet brings AI data centre security to NVIDIA DPUs
Firewalls

Fortinet brings AI data centre security to NVIDIA DPUs

Fortinet embeds FortiGate firewalls on NVIDIA BlueField-3 DPUs to secure AI data centres without stealing CPU or GPU performance.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Thu, 18th Dec 2025
Capmont Technology launches €100m fund for B2B tech startups
Robotics

Capmont Technology launches €100m fund for B2B tech startups

Capmont Technology unveils a €100 million fund to invest in B2B tech startups, boosting its total funding to €300 million.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 2nd Oct 2024
AsiaPac to partner in VMware Cloud on AWS launch in Singapore
Virtualisation

AsiaPac to partner in VMware Cloud on AWS launch in Singapore

VMware has revealed AsiaPac Distribution to be its launch partner for VMware Cloud on Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Singapore.

By Ashton Young • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Apr 2019
VMware nabs Microsoft director to manage Malaysia operations
Virtualisation

VMware nabs Microsoft director to manage Malaysia operations

VMware has reaffirmed its commitment to Malaysia with a new appointment to lead operations within the country.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 20th Aug 2018
ePLDT moves onwards and upwards with SDN technology
Network Infrastructure

ePLDT moves onwards and upwards with SDN technology

ePLDT deploys Software Defined Networking in its data center network, aiming to improve customer experiences in changing businesses.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 28th Mar 2017