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VMware Announces New iPad, Android Apps From SlideRocket And Socialcast

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Advancing its vision for the future of applications in the post-PC era, VMware today announced new iPad and updated Android applications from SlideRocket and Socialcast that will help modern businesses empower a more agile, productive and connected enterprise.

SlideRocket and Socialcast’s mobile applications address a need to equip the connected enterprise with user-centric communication and collaboration tools that enhance business outcomes.

SlideRocket transforms presentations to better fit the needs of today’s enterprise with enhanced graphic capabilities, analytics and viewing patterns, real-time feedback, social media integration, and mobile functionality that drive deeper levels of engagement, audience participation and retention.

With the new, free SlideRocket Player iPad app, users can share engaging presentations, whether presenting to an audience across the table or across the globe. People can also invite someone to view a presentation from a simple link.

Available in the coming weeks, the new Socialcast iPad and updated Android app enables people to access their Socialcast community while on the road. Employees will be able to collaborate with co-workers from anywhere: posting updates, sharing files and connecting on important work projects.

In addition, Socialcast will support secure login via OAuth 2.0.

Release: Nimbula Director 1.5

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Nimbula, the ‘Cloud Operating System Company’, today announced the immediate availability of Nimbula Director 1.5, an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for managing compute and storage resources.

The software helps enterprises and service providers build powerful private, public and hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Nimbula Director 1.5 supports a geographically distributed cloud. The software can manage this multi-site cloud from a single view. This dramatically improves the cloud experience for end users because they now have a single login from which they can access any resource worldwide and deploy their workloads to any site in a self-service manner.

Today, Nimbula announced partnerships with Atalanta Systems, Electric Cloud and Standing Cloud in order to provide the optimal platform for developers to build and deploy applications.

Nimbula also announced partnerships with Gluster and Scality to expand Nimbula Director’s support for persistent storage solutions with storage leaders.

Nimbula Director 1.5 pricing and packaging remain unchanged.

For deployments on infrastructure up to and including 40 cores, Nimbula Director is licensed free of charge. A paid support option is available for users of the free version. For deployments on infrastructure with more than 40 cores, Nimbula Director is licensed on an annual subscription basis and includes both maintenance and support services.

Release: Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure

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Parallels has announced the availability of Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure (PACI), a fully-scalable solution for service providers to deliver cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to small and medium businesses (SMBs).

PACI is a complete, turn-key cloud infrastructure solution and provides total hosting control, from provisioning and billing to self-service management and security.

Parallels Automation for Cloud Infrastructure is ready-to-deploy on any hardware platform, and also provides an integrated management panel that enables IT professionals to create, scale and manage Cloud-hosted infrastructure, virtual datacenters and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications.

Route1 Offers Identity Assurance, Security For Desktop Virtualization

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Route1, a security and identity management company, today reported the success of its TruOFFICE Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution, which it says answers the call from enterprise and government organizations for secure, remote desktop management.

TruOFFICE VDI, powered by Route1’s patented identity assurance and management technology, integrates directly into traditional desktop virtualization solutions to offer an unparalleled level of security.

Unlike other offerings that authenticate only against a remote computer or device, Route1 utilizes multiple verifications to guarantee a specific individual’s identity.

Route1’s unique, integrated secure remote access solution offers many benefits, including the following:

– Keeps files within enterprise firewalls – data is not moved outside the network.
– Authenticates the individual user’s identity using multiple factors.
– Offers remote users identical access that they have at their physical office; they are actually working on their virtual or physical office computer in real time.
– Protects against man-in-the-middle attacks and malware.
– Requires no software installation on the remote PC; any internet-enabled PC can be used.
– Leaves no footprint on the remote PC; no files are transferred, leaving nothing on the remote device.
– Integrates seamlessly into existing IT infrastructure, requiring no additional servers or network upgrades or configuration changes.
– Offers very quick installation on the host computer, supported by a highly regarded helpdesk.

Open Virtualization Alliance Is Growing Like A Weed

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The Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA), a consortium committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualization technologies, today announced that it is – still – experiencing rapid growth in participation from companies focused on cloud computing and emerging markets around the globe.

Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology provides unique advantages for companies looking for an open alternative for building cloud deployments and in emerging markets where cost and freedom from vendor lock-in are key criteria in selecting a virtualization solution.

More than 50 percent of OVA members are focused on cloud computing, and virtualization is a key component of every cloud.

OVA membership is growing significantly among companies in new global regions, including Asia Pacific and Latin America.

More than 200 technology companies have joined the OVA in total, delivering over a 20-fold growth in members since its launch three months ago.

At its launch in May 2011, the OVA founding members included: BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, HP, IBM, Intel, Red Hat and SUSE.

The consortium today announced the addition of 134 new members, including:

6WIND, AccelOps, Acronis, ACT750, aiCache, Aleux, ALOG Datacenters do Brasil, Alphinat, Altern-IT, Appnovation, AppZero, Authernative, Avere, Bacula Systems, Balidea, Bloombase, Bobcares, Broadcom, CA Technologies, Canonical, Centec Networks, Chelsio, CiRBA, ClassCat Co, CloudPassage, CloudRows, CloudShare, Cloudsoft Corporation, Cloudspace, Colfax International, ComputeNext, Coraid, CoreDial, LLC, coreFusion, CumuLogic, Cybera, DataStax, DCH, Defcon-IT, Dyn, Eaton, ElasticHosts, ElasticStack, Emulex, Endace, Ennoia Systems, Exelanz, Exetra ICT, FOSS-Group GmbH, Fujitsu, Guida Advisory, HelpSystems, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, Igelamerica, Infosim, InfraStacks, Interface Masters Technologies, IPe, iSencia, IT Linux, Jambu, Jaspersoft, Jinfonet Software, Jinny Software, Joyent, JW Electronic Co. Ltd., K35, Kamp.de, Leading Edge, Linbit, LinuxIT, m2mi, Mamatec, Manage Operations MO, ManageIQ, Mellanox Technologies LTD., Midokura, MiTAC International Corp., MKNOD, NEC, Neebula, NetApp, Net Direct Systems, NetView, Netweb Technologies, Nexenta, NoLogin, Nubefy, Obsidian Systems, OnApp, op5 AB, OpenCrowd, OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA), Persistent Systems, Platform Computing, PLX Technology, Pragmatech Solutions Inc., Puppet Labs, QLogic, QNAP, Quest Software, Radware, RAID Inc., Raima, ReasonNet b.v., Savant Tecnologia da Informacao, ScaleMP, ScaleXtreme, SecludIT, Securelinx, Silicom, Silver Peak Systems, SkyLinux, Soporte Libre, Sourcefire, Splunk, StreamWIDE, Sublime IP, Summan, System Fabric Works, Texas Memory Systems, Tripwire, Unitrends, VaraLogix, Virtensys, Virtual Open Systems, Vision Solutions, Vizuri, VKernel, WiKID Systems, Xsigo and Zenoss.

Vyatta Network OS Now Available In Amazon AWS Cloud And For Red Hat KVM Environments

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Vyatta, which specializes in software-based networking for physical, virtual and cloud infrastructures, announced that its latest product release, Vyatta Network OS 6.3, is now available as an Amazon Machine Images (AMI), and that it will include compatibility with Red Hat Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisors.

With new AMI custom support packages, Vyatta Network OS 6.3 offers comprehensive network security for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud.

Using Vyatta Network OS AMI, Amazon cloud customers can now build out secure multi-tier, multi-location architectures within Amazon VPC environments that include the same connectivity, network security and threat protection available from hardware devices in their enterprise datacenters.

Vyatta Network OS 6.3, the latest release of Vyatta’s on-demand networking software, provides IaaS, PaaS and SaaS providers a way to secure and connect Red Hat KVM-based datacenters and clouds. The Vyatta Network OS for KVM adds a full virtual network security stack with enterprise-grade router, firewall, VPN, IPS, web filtering, QoS and more.