Prolifics Technology Journal

NEW YORK, NY -- (Marketwire) -- 02/08/10 -- Prolifics, the largest end-to-end systems integrator specializing in IBM technologies, announced that 2009 continued to be a healthy year of growth with several notable accomplishments and awards. In addition, they kicked off 2010 with a successful philanthropic "ProlificsDare" campaign during IBM's Lotusphere event in Las Vegas, NV. Growth: -- 2009 Revenue hit 55MM -- a continuous year over year increase in spite of the difficult economic climate. -- IBM software sales increase of 17% over 2008. -- 100% authorized as an IBM Software Reseller for WebSphere, Lotus, Tivoli, Rational and Information Management as part of IBM's new Software Value Plus initiative. -- Recipient of the "IBM 2H Software Leadership Award For Outstandi... (more)

SYS-CON Media Distributes Collectible "Virtualization Journal Mugs" at JavaOne

Founded in 2006, SYS-CON Media's 'Virtualization Journal (virtualization.sys-con.com) is the world's first magazine devoted exclusively to what Gartner has earmarked as the single highest-impact IT trend through 2012: virtualization. And now it will be available in print, on newsstands worldwide, as the first and only print publication serving Virtualization markets. Premium Advertising... (more)

From Enterprise to Cloud, Virtualization Today on SYS-CON.TV

Virtualization has become a critical part of Enterprise IT strategy. Why and how has it become one of the most important change agents in our industry? To answer these questions I had the good fortune recently to be able to speak to a select group of top IT industry executives who joined me in the 4th Floor Reuters TV Studio overlooking Times Square in New York City for a special SYS-CON.... (more)

Deploying into the Clouds: Concepts, Benefits, and Experiences

Cloud Computing offers significant benefits over traditional solutions for deploying production systems as well as for conducting development and testing activities. This session will distill the unique characteristics of clouds and describe how to best think about deployments in the clouds. Case studies and real experiences from Thorsten von Eicken’s two years of cloud computing experie... (more)

Cloud Computing Is for Capitalist Pigs - Raul Castro

After reading an interview with Richard Stallman published by The Guardian, Cuba's Raul Castro said "Cloud Computing is for capitalist pigs." Castro continued: "In Cuba we provide free health care, free food coupons, free housing and if we had any computers on the island, we would provide free laptops and Internet too. So, I agree with Richard Stallman that Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, and all... (more)