PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 17, 2008 - HP today announced breakthrough networking, storage and server technologies that reduce costs, increase bandwidth flexibility and improve overall performance of virtual server environments. The HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet module, a direct connect storage bundle for HP BladeSystem, and the HP ProLiant DL385 G5p server are among HP's offerings that are helping customers efficiently deploy their virtualized infrastructures. While a growing number of companies deploy server virtualization to gain operational savings within their technology infrastructures, the cost of networking virtual servers continues to climb – for example, a typical server that hosts virtual machines requires six network connections.(1) To reap the benefits of their virtualized environment, companies are finding it necessary to invest in additional networking equipment, including network expansion cards, switches and cables. As an example, customers must purchase expensive network switches in either one Gigabit (Gb) or 10Gb increments to meet the increased bandwidth required for additional virtual server workloads. HP's new Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet module is the industry's first interconnect technology that can allocate the bandwidth of a 10Gb Ethernet network port across four network interface card (NIC) connections. This increase in bandwidth flexibility eliminates the need for additional network hardware equipment. As a result, customers deploying virtual machines and utilizing Virtual Connect Flex-10 can realize savings of up to 55 percent in network equipment costs.(2) Virtual Connect Flex-10 can save 240 watts of power per HP BladeSystem enclosure – or 3,150 kilowatt hours per year – compared to existing networking technologies.(3) "Customers looking to eliminate the common obstacles of networking costs and bandwidth flexibility should look no further than HP," said Mark Potter, vice president and general manager, BladeSystem, HP. "T
PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 3, 2008 - HP today broadened its Green Business Technology initiative with additions to its HP Thermal Logic portfolio that include power-capping server technologies and energy-efficiency services designed to reduce costs and extend the life of data centers. In traditional data centers, customers invest millions in capital expenditures to create a redundant power infrastructure that maximizes uptime. Additionally, to ensure power availability, IT administrators overprovision server energy. HP Dynamic Power Capping helps customers reallocate power and cooling resources in the data center by dynamically setting or "capping" the power drawn by the servers. This eliminates the need for overprovisioning by precisely identifying how much power is actually required to run each server and setting a limit based on that usage. As a result, companies reclaim their overprovisioned energy to improve the capacity of their data center. To expand the data center, companies can increase the number of servers threefold, using the same power allocation and infrastructure. This allows them to recover up to $16 million in capital expenditures for a 1-megawatt data center.(1) At the same time, it can also reduce ongoing energy consumption by up to 25 percent and save nearly $300,000 a year.(2) "With these new solutions from HP, customers are able to drive down data center costs by reducing energy consumption and, at the same time, minimize environmental impact," said Peter Gross, chief executive officer, EYP Mission Critical Facilities, an HP company. "HP's Green Business Technology initiative is built on decades of innovation and experience in data center design and deployment, resulting in solutions that empower CIOs to turn energy efficiency into business benefits that impact the bottom line." Better use of power and cooling resources HP Thermal Logic is a set of technologies embedded in HP products and services to deliver a more efficient data center. It
LOS ANGELES — Oct. 27, 2008 — Today, during a keynote speech at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference 2008 (PDC2008), Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp.'s chief software architect, announced Windows Azure, the cloud-based service foundation underlying its Azure Services Platform, and highlighted this platform's role in delivering a software plus services approach to computing. The Azure Services Platform is an industry-leading move by Microsoft to help developers build the next generation of applications that will span from the cloud to the enterprise datacenter and deliver compelling new experiences across the PC, Web and phone. Ozzie described how this platform combines cloud-based developer capabilities with storage, computational and networking infrastructure services, all hosted on servers operating within Microsoft's global datacenter network. This provides developers with the ability to deploy applications in the cloud or on-premises and enables experiences across a broad range of business and consumer scenarios. A limited community technology preview (CTP) of the Azure Services Platform was initially made available to developers in attendance at PDC2008, giving them a chance to try out its features and functions and plan for their own future development. "Today marks a turning point for Microsoft and the development community," Ozzie said. "We have introduced a game-changing set of technologies that will bring new opportunities to Web developers and business developers alike. The Azure Services Platform, built from the ground up to be consistent with Microsoft's commitment to openness and interoperability, promises to transform the way businesses operate and how consumers access their information and experience the Web. Most important, it gives our customers the power of choice to deploy applications in cloud-based Internet services or through on-premises servers, or to combine them in any way that makes the most sense for the needs of their business."
This is an advance notification of an out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on October 23, 2008. This bulletin advance notification will be replaced with the revised October bulletin summary on October 23, 2008. The revised bulletin summary will include the out-of-band security bulletin as well as the security bulletins already released on October 14, 2008. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification. To receive automatic notifications whenever Microsoft Security Bulletins are issued, subscribe to Microsoft Technical Security Notifications. Microsoft is hosting a webcast to address customer questions on this out-of-band security bulletin on October 23, 2008, at 1:00 PM Pacific Time (US & Canada). Register now for the Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Webcast. After this date, this webcast is available on-demand. For more information, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Summaries and Webcasts. Microsoft also provides information to help customers prioritize monthly security updates with any non-security, high-priority updates that are being released on the same day as the monthly security updates. More details are available here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-oct.mspx
BOSTON - 10/21/2008 - Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS), the global leader in application delivery infrastructure, today announced that it has certified its XenServer™ solutions for use in Intel-based environments as a member of the Intel® Enabled Server Acceleration Alliance (Intel® ESAA). A member of the Intel ESAA program since 2006, Citrix now enables the creation of pre-validated "recipes" that joint channel partners can use to deliver world-class virtualization solution stacks based on Intel® Server Products and Citrix® XenServer. As a result, resellers reduce the engineering effort needed to deliver world-class virtualization solution stacks while end-customers gain access to tightly integrated hardware and software and world-class support directly from Intel and Citrix. "The relationship between Intel and Citrix has grown into a powerful collaboration," said Ned Thanhouser, director, Intel ESAA program. "Intel ESAA solution recipes based on Citrix XenServer let resellers deliver advanced virtualization capabilities for businesses of all shapes and sizes and provide a significant opportunity for our channel." Intel ESAA is a collaborative program that streamlines technical certification and validation of reliable, high-quality server solutions to end-user customers. The certification allows Intel OEM and channel partners to quickly deliver pre-configured, Intel-based solutions to their customers. Solution builders are assured that Intel ESAA solutions consist of equipment and software from trusted technology providers, and end-user customers have confidence knowing they are purchasing a pre-tested and validated solution. "With the increasing complexity of virtualization solution stacks, resellers and customers need pre-validation they can depend on," said Frank Artale, vice president, business development, Citrix Systems. "Working together, Citrix and Intel can help build that level of confidence."