Hewlett Packard trumps Dell again with fresh 3Par offer
The move comes just hours after Dell agreed a deal to take over 3Par, having matched HP’s earlier bid of $1.6bn, tabled on Monday.
HP said its offer was "superior" and it was in a better position than its rival to execute the deal.
Observers are now waiting to see if Dell can again match HP’s offer.
HP said it expected the deal for 3Par to be completed by the end of the year.
"Not only is our offer superior to Dell’s proposal, HP remains uniquely positioned to execute on the combination given the number of synergies between the two companies," said the computer maker’s Dave Donatelli.
NetEx Partners with Veeam
WAN optimization software developer NetEx is partnering with data protection and recovery solutions provider Veeam Software. The two companies are working to supply licensed users of Veeam Backup & Replication for VMware with free HyperIP software.
The companies are calling the agreement “exclusive,” entitling Veeam users to a free one-year subscription to the 2 Mb/s HyperIP (VM edition).
Gartner: The six elements of cloud analytics and SaaS BI
You may think you know what business intelligence (BI) or data analytics in the cloud means, but think again.
Analytics in the cloud doesn’t refer to just a SaaS-based BI application or a hosted data warehouse (although it does include these things) but to any one of six critical elements, according to a new report by Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner.
Failure to understand the details of cloud analytics could mean disaster for future projects, said Gartner analyst Bill Gassman, co-author of the report.
TCO Tool Compares Cloud Versus In-house Development Costs
The potential for increased agility and speedier deployment is what should drive an initiative to shift software development into the cloud, rather than strictly basing a decision on cost savings, according to Info-Tech Research Group. But, cost is a huge factor in this decision. Improvements to agility and deployment won’t mean quite as much if the expense of the move (or projected expense increases) outweighs them.
Eucalyptus Anchors the Latest Cloud Software Stack
Cloud for Point-of-Sale
If cloud software is really going to provide the revolution that many of us predict, we need to see tools adopted by mainstream users. While we’ve seen some exciting tools at the infrastructure level that bring efficiencies for IT, and some application level tools that make sharing and collaboration easier for knowledge workers, we’ve yet to see much in the way of the cloud delivering benefits for mass-market businesses. A new startup from New Zealand aims to help with that by providing a retail point-of-sale (POS) solution that brings cloud benefits in an application designed for retailers.
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Using CMDBs and service catalogs to build private clouds
With a few exceptions, discussions around private clouds do not include IT Infrastructure Libraries (ITILs), configuration management databases (CMDBs) and service catalogs, but that is quickly changing. Steve Todd, in particular, has noted that when designing the software architecture for a private cloud implementation, one architectural component becomes central: the CMDB.
PaaS Assessment Tool: Can Your App Development Be Done in the Cloud?
Thinking of moving your application development platform offsite and into the cloud? Before making that decision, you’ll want to determine if such a move is right for the your organization’s business needs. You’ll need to know if your development team is ready and if the applications being produced are appropriate for the cloud.
Survey: Infrastructure-as-a-Service Adoption on the Rise
According to a new report from the Yankee Group, enterprise adoption of infrastructure as a service is growing rapidly.