Regional ASX-listed reseller, Anittel, has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status and certification for its virtualised cloud infrastructure service.

Cloud service provider, ZettaGrid, has become the first VMware partner in Australia to be awarded the VMware vCloud Powered status.

Disaster recovery and data protection solutions provider, Acronis, has initiated a channel partner campaign to enable its resellers to penetrate the small business virtualisation market.

Virtualisation vendor, VMware, is spruiking a new strategy and a new line of virtualisation management product.

When VMware launched its latest virtualization platform, vSphere, it introduced the phrase "cloud operating system" to the IT industry.

After eight months of hype VMware has finally delivered the update to its core virtualization platform, announcing Thursday that vSphere 4 is generally available worldwide.

Six months after launching its Azure cloud OS, Microsoft is using the same cloud terminology to describe its stack of data center infrastructure software.

Among the consequences of VMware's battery of vSphere 4 announcements Tuesday about its new virtualization infrastructure and add-on components, third-party software vendors specializing in fault-tolerance and high-availability are feeling new pressure now that VMware has added basic versions of those functions to its core product.

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.

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.