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Botnets, Trojans, and Malicious Software Pose Significant Threat to Cloud Security: Report

March 1, 2010 -- As cloud service offerings struggle to reach their full potential, exploits such as the Zeus botnet, data stealing trojan horses, and malicious software have proven to persist in compromising sensitive private resources in cloud environments, according to a new report from the Cloud Security Alliance and Hewlett-Packard.

HP Strengthens and Unifies Security Product Portfolio

January 25, 2010 -- In an effort to reduce customer infrastructure risks, technology provider Hewlett-Packard has introduced a variety of new cloud-based security services and solutions that offer improved vulnerability assessment, data protection and compliance controls.

Vyatta Announces New Line of Network Appliances

January 6, 2010 -- Open networking and network virtualization technology developer Vyatta has announced the Vyatta 3500 series of appliances, offering 20 Gbps bidirectional performance and the routing, firewall and VPN functionality required for large data centers and Internet service provider borders.

Vyatta Adds 802.11 Wireless and Netflow Support in Vyatta Core 6 Alpha

November 16, 2009 -- Network and virtualization technology provider Vyatta has released an early alpha version of Vyatta Core 6 (VC6), the company's open-source router, firewall and VPN software, which includes support for 802.11 wireless connectivity and Netflow traffic statistics collection.

HP Counters Cisco Alliance with Virtualized Data Center Services

November 4, 2009 -- IT firm Hewlett-Packard announced on Wednesday it is has launched the HP Converged Infrastructure Architecture and a set of related services and partner offerings that create a virtualized, on-demand data center.

Networking Solutions Provider Brocade May Be Up For Sale

October 5, 2009 -- Networking solutions and management applications provider Brocade Communications Systems is seeking a buyer, according to a Bloomberg News report.

AFCOM's Data Center World 2009 and Expo Opens in Orlando

October 5, 2009 -- AFCOM'S Data Center World 2009 and Expo has officially opened in Orlando, Florida, gathering more than 600 data center professionals through October 7 at the Orlando World Center Marriott Resort and Convention Center.

Horizon Data Center Solutions Launches FlexSafe Cloud

September 11, 2009 -- Data center and IT "flexsourcing" provider Horizon Data Center Solutions has launched its cloud computing solution, FlexSafe Cloud, a private cloud computing solution designed to meet the needs of organizations that want the flexibility, scalability and cost savings of virtualization, but require the security of a private computing platform.

More Than 12,500 Attend VMworld 2009 Conference

September 8, 2009 -- Virtualization technology provider VMware concluded its sixth annual VMworld conference, held from Aug. 31 to Sept. 3 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, reporting a strong turnout of more than 12,500 customers, partners, press and analysts.

HP to Resell Secure64 DNS Security

June 16, 2009 -- Amidst a number of high-profile attacks that have exploited domain name system vulnerabilities, technology heavy-weight Hewlett-Packard will be reselling Secure64 Software Corporation's DNS products, which address DNS vulnerabilities, simplify the deployment of DNS Security Extensions (or DNSSEC), and expedite OMB Mandates compliance, which requires every US federal government IT organization to deploy DNSSEC.

RIM Debuts Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0

May 4, 2009 -- To improve mobile productivity and meet the ever-increasing demands of large-scale enterprise deployments, Research In Motion has launched its next generation push-based business mobility server software, BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.

HP Plans $100m Colorado Data Center

April 27, 2009 -- Hewlett-Packard has filed a request to build a more than 250,000-square-foot, $100 million data center next to its 1.1 million-square-foot complex in Colorado Springs, according to a local newspaper.

HP Launches App Security Solutions

April 16, 2009 -- Designed to protect companies against online attacks waged by hackers, Hewlett-Packard has released a new suite of application security software and services to help organizations ensure the security of their web applications by helping them discover, fix and prevent vulnerabilities that can be exploited.

Sun Rejects IBM's $7B Buyout Offer

April 6, 2009 -- In a move that sent its share prices plummeting 25 percent, Sun Microsystems rejected a $7 billion acquisition offer from competing hardware and software provider IBM.

VMware Sets Web Server World Record

February 20, 2009 -- Virtualization solutions provider VMware has set a world record in web server performance on a Hewlett-Packard 16-core server with results submitted for Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation consortium's SPECweb2005, a benchmark for evaluating the performance of web servers.

HP Adds Free Comodo Certs with Home Servers

February 12, 2009 -- Making it easier to run a business on its home server, Hewlett-Packard is now providing a free Comodo multi-domain digital certificate with each new MediaSmart Server, originally designed for sharing photos, video and other data within a home network.

Cisco Getting into Server Market

January 20, 2009 -- In a matter of months, networking equipment giant Cisco Systems has confirmed it will be entering the server market, which may disrupt a comfortable alliance with partners like Hewlett-Packard and IBM.

VMware, HP Team For Data Center OS

December 15, 2008 -- Virtualization solutions provider VMware has expanded its existing relationship with Hewlett-Packard to jointly develop management software solutions which manage both physical and virtual data center resources.

Microsoft, HP Offer VAR Hosting

December 10, 2008 -- Helping value-added resellers operate on a software-plus-services model, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have launched a joint initiative that lets VARs offer "private label" Microsoft solutions partner-hosted managed services.

HP Unveils Spooky Video Campaign

October 28, 2008 -- IT manufacturer Hewlett-Packard unveiled on Monday a fairly unique video advertising campaign featuring its data center kit and services in a rather "ghoulish" light, just in time for the Halloween season.

Consonus Drops Nasdaq IPO

October 17, 2008 -- Taking a step back from becoming a public company, data center and IT managed services provider Consonus Technologies has announced Friday it intends to delist its common stock from the Nasdaq Capital Market exchange.

HP Rolls Out Portable Data Center

October 16, 2008 -- Hewlett-Packard is starting to ship its new Performance Optimized Data Center, which the company hopes will compete against similar high-density, mobile containers from competitors such as IBM, Sun, Microsoft and Dell.

HP Tops Green Data Center Study

October 15, 2008 -- Hewlett-Packard has been ranked at the top of the latest "Green Data Center" Vendor Matrix, an analytical tool developed by ABI Research as a clear rating of vendor position in specific markets.

The Web Host Industry Week in Review

October 3, 2008 -- While it's unusual to see news from one company dominate the news during a given week, this week saw a major announcement from 1&1 Internet accompanied by a major move from Fasthosts, also owned buy German company United Internet.