Plus, software appliances and cloud computing and Sun to Novell software migrations
“AMD’s senior vice-president and general manager of the products group, Rick Bergman, said that AMD doesn’t feel pressed to push out a tablet (nor a smartphone) at the moment. Instead, AMD’s current big projects include developing mainstream PC products, the Bobcat processor for netbooks to be released in 2011, and the upcoming release of new graphics cards ATI Radeon HD 5450, 5570 and 5670.”
Software Appliances Will Make the Cloud Take Off
The VAR Guy
Dan Dufault writes about some software appliances that could help businesses more successfully adopt cloud computing.
“Intelligent workload management (IWM) is one approach that is helping to minimize concerns about cloud computing. IWM integrates identity management capabilities into application workloads, thus enabling built-in security, manageability, regulatory compliance and portability. But before intelligent workload management can become a reality, there must be intelligent workloads. And that’s where software appliances come in. Software appliances let you deliver simplified, highly portable solutions free of the maintenance headaches that have often plagued enterprise IT-solutions that you can test, deploy and scale to your customers’ specific needs.”
Migrating from Sun to Novell
Network World
Dustin Puryear writes about Sun to Novell software migrations.
“Novell has made a great move: If you own licenses for Sun software, such as Sun IM, you can swap those licenses, for free, for Novell licenses. All you pay is maintenance. The real fear for many of our clients, and for you in the field, is not just the current upfront costs, but the long-term costs associated with being aligned with Oracle products. Has Oracle pretty much destroyed the value of Sun? And are they destroying the market they acquired with the Sun purchase with heavy handed tactics?”