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• VMware reveals Project Pacific making vSphere into Kubernetes native platform

  VMware is undertaking the biggest innovation to its vSphere product line in the past 10 years through what it has called ‘Project Pacific'.

• CGW Lawyers ditches PCs for virtual desktop

  Getting rid of aging desktop computers in favour of a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) has led to increased productivity and less IT problems for Brisbane-based Cooper Grace Ward Lawyers.

• VMware backpedals on price changes after customer criticism

  After criticism over new restrictions on the amount of virtual memory customers can deploy before having to buy new licenses, VMware has boosted the limits on virtual RAM so high that most customers should not be negatively affected.

• In pictures: Six cool features in vSphere 4.1

  VMware's new release of its 'cloud operating system' for virtual machines boasts increased scalability and improvements in management functionality

• VMware View 4 to push VDI as a service

  VMware is looking to big name service providers such as Unisys, CSC, EDS and IBM to drive the adoption of virtual desktop infrastructure in Australia.

• Platform Computing tackles tech-agnostic cloud management

  Grid vendor Platform Computing has unveiled new private cloud software that aggregates servers, storage, networking tools and hypervisors to create a shared pool of physical and virtual resources.

• VMware vSphere: Does It Solve IT's Biggest Worries About Cloud?

  For all the hype about cloud computing in the enterprise—hype that Gartner believes is now nearing its peak—IT professionals continue to tell cloud-related vendors that the cloud will not be practical until several serious concerns are addressed. VMware, with its vSphere 4 announcement today, is laying the foundation for what it hopes will be a central role for VMware technology in enterprises making use of both public and private cloud computing systems.

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  Backup and Recovery Best Practices with vSphere Data Protection Advanced

  VDP Advanced is a really efficient and effective backup solution on a Tintri VMstore. The in-line deduplication and compression technology of VDP for backups provides additional storage savings. When backups are stored on a VDP Appliance, VDP Advanced has the built-in intelligence to choose the optimal restore technology (CBT restore/full VM restore) for restoring VMs.