Arthur Cole

Top Trends Driving the Data Center in 2015 The data center has been the foundation of enterprise IT operations since the dawn of the computer age, so it is understandable that there is a lot of uncertainty now that it is undergoing the most monumental change in its history. Indeed, many executives are still trying […]

Five Reasons to Take Cloud Security More Seriously How does the typical enterprise view the cloud, and will a consensus ever emerge as to how clouds are to be architected and utilized? Believe it or not, we are still very early in the cloud transition, and the truth of the matter is, we could be […]

Five Innovations in the Data Storage Landscape Top server vendors seem to have gotten the message when it comes to stripped-down white box solutions, but whether they can make a go of this strange new world is still very much up in the air. White box is emerging as the go-to hardware platform for cloud-facing, […]

Top Trends Driving the Data Center in 2015 The data industry is naturally buzzing about the new Tesla Powerwall battery. As a relatively low-cost means to capture and store energy, it makes not only an effective back-up solution but also a means to utilize solar, wind and other renewable sources during long periods of inactivity. […]

Five Ways to Prepare for the Enterprise Cloud The cloud is now a common facet of enterprise infrastructure and many IT executives have reached a level of comfort that allows them to entrust it with a greater share of the data load. So it’s only natural that the conversation is starting to shift from “How […]

Top Trends Driving the Data Center in 2015 By any measure, microservers are the right solution at the right time. Just as the enterprise is starting to contemplate scale-out infrastructure for its own Big Data-facing private clouds, the microserver provides a low-cost, compact, highly parallel architecture that can quickly adapt to changing workloads. But if […]

Six Trends Shaping the Data Center in 2015 Containers have captured the imagination of the enterprise in recent months, and no one is more enthusiastic than VMware. The virtualization company, in fact, led some of the initial research into container technology way back when its virtual machine was “the next big thing” to hit the […]

Five Ways to Prepare for the Enterprise Cloud The enterprise has been working out its cloud transition strategies for well over two years now, but it seems that many decisions regarding deployment and usage models are still being made blindly. While it’s true that the lack of real-world production experience makes it difficult to judge […]

Five Hidden Risks with Public Cloud Usage The private cloud is the best way to bring enterprise applications and data to a scalable, flexible infrastructure. The private cloud is a waste of money and will never compare to the public cloud. With such stark differences of opinion throughout the IT industry, it’s no wonder most […]

Five Critical Questions to Ask Before Moving Data to the Cloud When faced with uncertainty, most people will stick close to what they know. The same goes for the enterprise. As the cloud gets ever closer to the tipping point between the data infrastructure of old and the emerging distributed environment of tomorrow, many organizations […]

Top Trends Driving the Data Center in 2015 Big Data and the Internet of Things (IoT) seem all but unstoppable these days, so the only question that remains is how the data center will evolve to handle such a large and diverse load. To many, the cloud will become a crucial resource regardless of any […]

Top Trends Driving the Data Center in 2015 Batteries are a common sight at most data centers, but while they typically form the heart of emergency backup architectures, there are growing signs that they could emerge as primary, or at least co-primary, power sources as well. This trend seems to be part and parcel to […]