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No matter how enterprise infrastructure shakes out over the next couple of years, Ethernet will still be king. So it's no wonder that organizations are looking to build up their Ethernet LANs as much... More >
Now that virtualization is making its way deeper into enterprise infrastructure, the issue of reliability has gathered in importance. No one expects virtual systems to provide 100 percent reliability... More >
Are hard-disk drives really on the way out? That question keeps rearing its head as solid-state technology continues to show rapid improvements in speed and capacity even while costs come down. It's ... More >
One thing that never stops in the storage industry is the drive for greater density. Higher concentration of resources on a smaller physical footprint will always be in demand even if IT infrastructu... More >
Ask around and you're likely to get any number of IT experts to say that desktop virtualization will come on strong in 2010. But if you were to pose the question: "What form will it take?" the opinio... More >
It doesn't matter if your goal is IP storage, converged networking or cloud infrastructure, all trends hitting the data center these days are based on one common thread: upgrading LAN throughput. And... More >
It looks like the march of the bigger, badder server is hitting full stride, as the drive to consolidate as much computing power on as little hardware as possible picks up steam. A number of key new ... More >
A few weeks ago when I blogged about the end of IT as we know it , I predicted that virtualization and cloud computing would bring an end to IT infrastructure at small and mid-sized organizations, w... More >
It goes without saying that while the cloud is coming on strong as the next major advance in IT infrastructure, not everyone will embrace wholesale conversion any time soon. Particularly among large ... More >
Virtualization is supposed to provide the underlying structure for cloud computing, but the where's and how's of going virtual are only the first steps in building a 21st Century enterprise. I've blo... More >
For much of enterprise history, successful innovation emerged from very small organizations and quickly worked its way up the chain to effect major changes at the very large. It's the classic tale of... More >
The cloud represents the future of IT, one in which all manner of resource configurations can be provisioned and decommissioned practically at a moment's notice to suit whatever data needs are knocki... More >
Development news surrounding solid-state disks for the enterprise generally follows the big guys. Will EMC or won't it? (It finally did.) What will Seagate come up with next? But with SSD revenues ab... More >
Last week, I touched on the subject of storage sprawl in virtual environments , noting a number of new management approaches hitting the channel designed to more closely match available resources wi... More >
One of the perennial question in IT circles is whether Apple still has the desire to mount a truly competitive data center platform, or should it just give up the pretense of being remotely interes... More >
Considering all the benefits that virtualization has brought to servers, storage and networking so far, it's a wonder that more organizations are not looking to share some of that wealth with their m... More >
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