Arthur Cole

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 Storage is available at a fraction of the cost of just a few years ago, but the enterprise needs so much of it these days that the overall impact on operating budgets is largely a wash. In fact, it seems that the adage “Build it and they will […]

IT Focus Shifting to New ‘Smart’ Technologies, BPM and Security It’s been said that in the near future the enterprise won’t need to worry about hardware – data productivity will be driven by software-defined architectures sitting atop dumb, commodity boxes. It’s also been said that before too long the enterprise won’t have to worry about […]

The Five Warning Signs Your Cloud Has Been Breached The enterprise is clearly poised for a dramatic increase in the use of cloud infrastructure for its standard workloads, and even some mission-critical functions as well. But concerns still linger, most of them related to the lack of visibility that occurs once data and applications cross […]

5 Big Ways Big Data Is Changing the IT Network On-server memory solutions are emerging as a key element in warehousing, data lakes and other initiatives targeting Big Data and the Internet of Things, and are even making a run at high-speed transactional processing and other more traditional enterprise applications. But is it always the […]

Unikernels: The Next Generation of Cloud Technology For many enterprises, the hybrid cloud seems like the ideal setup: public resources available at scale coupled with private infrastructure for the really important stuff. All the while, data can move back and forth seamlessly in accordance with business requirements. If only it were that simple. Most enterprises […]

5 VM Routing Mistakes Made in Private Clouds When you’re an enterprise looking to move critical, or even marginally important, workloads into the cloud, is it better to go with a cloud vendor looking to expand into the enterprise or an enterprise vendor looking to expand into the cloud? The difference could be crucial. With […]

Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2016 The idea of “composable infrastructure” is gaining steam throughout the IT industry, but is this really a new thing or is it simply another way to market the same modular and software-defined technologies that have already entered the channel? In all likelihood, it’s a little of both. HP […]

Amazing Growth in Data Requires Innovative New Solutions You can reduce power in the data center in several ways, from more efficient hardware designs to advanced load balancing and infrastructure management software. But sometimes the direct approach is the most effective: If you want to lessen the power draw, employ low-power hardware. On the data […]

Key Reasons for Businesses to Upgrade to Windows 10 The enterprise is doing its best to build the infrastructure needed to support Big Data, but not surprisingly most organizations are already starting to feel the strain. Data, after all, has a way of accumulating faster than either hardware or software can handle it, even in […]

Unikernels: The Next Generation of Cloud Technology One of the great things about cloud storage is its collaborative capabilities. With some relatively simple software, enterprises can make data available to a wide range of users via multiple devices across large geographic areas. The problem is, not all data is appropriate for the public cloud, which […]

How to Assess Your Critical Cloud Service Providers The enterprise is deep into the cloud revolution but there is still no consensus as to whether things are working out for the better or if organizations are simply shifting old problems onto a new infrastructure. In theory, the cloud is supposed to usher in an entirely […]

Unikernels: The Next Generation of Cloud Technology Now that the enterprise has gained some experience with the cloud and is, in fact, becoming more comfortable in its ability to support increasingly valuable workloads, companies are taking greater care to select the right cloud for the right workload. As expected, the list of criteria to achieve […]