Arthur Cole

Of all the changes coming to the data center, perhaps none is as futuristic as autonomy. The idea that users, whether they be humans or machines, can simply request the resources they need in order to complete a given task and the data center automatically provisions them cuts to the very heart of IT’s core […]

Modern analytics applications are only as good as the data they are given. Data resides in storage pools, so in order to make the most of it, the enterprise will need to convert legacy storage systems to meet the particular needs of analytics-driven workflows. But this is likely to be a tall order. For one […]

The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is leading to an entirely new form of data infrastructure on the enterprise edge. This new layer will exist beyond the cloud in legions of micro centers designed to enable high-speed data services to an ever-expanding universe of connected devices. As such, this new edge will require […]

Blockchain is steadily gaining buzzworthy status in the enterprise, but not just as a financial tool. As a means to implement trusted digital ledgers, the technology has the potential to remake the way we exchange information of all types, even if we don’t know exactly who or where it comes from. Naturally, this may seem […]

The enterprise industry is on the cusp of yet another data center building boom, but it is not the hyperscale cloud facilities that have drawn the top headlines to date. Instead, the next big wave is likely to be the legions of micro centers set to populate the IoT edge. While the micro center isn’t […]

The software-defined data center (SDDC) is still an abstract concept, both literally and figuratively. While most of us can grasp the idea of defining end-to-end data architectures entirely in software, things become a little murkier when it comes to actually using them. As with most technology developments, the initial view surrounding the SDDC is how […]

The enterprise has come to accept the fact that it cannot exert direct control over cloud infrastructure, but it does have a lot of influence when it comes to governing its resource consumption and data management. All the more surprising, then, that more organizations are not building the necessary mechanisms to ensure that what happens […]

A few years ago, it appeared that the public cloud was going to take over the enterprise. That didn’t happen, but neither did the enterprise fall completely to the private cloud or the hybrid cloud. In fact, it seems that the data center industry is still feeling its way through the conversion from hardware-centric to […]

Containers are changing the way the enterprise develops and deploys applications, but this is affecting more than just the operational side of IT. Some leading experts are saying that the technology is so revolutionary that it threatens to supplant the operating system as the linchpin of the data stack. This would upend literally decades of […]

The purpose behind IT technology development is to make work processes simpler and the knowledge worker more efficient. But if that is the case, why is so much of today’s workforce so frustrated with the tools it uses to meet its objectives? According to systems developer Unit4, more than a third of business professionals feel […]

It’s a given that artificial intelligence (AI) requires a high level of computing power in order to produce a worthwhile return on the investment. But the question remains whether this calls for specialized hardware and integrated software, or is the enterprise better off with a commodity systems approach. Top vendors, of course, are pulling for […]

Enterprise executives are rightly intrigued by the operational advantages that artificial intelligence (AI) brings to the modern data environment, but questions remain as to how this technology will be deployed into legacy infrastructure and the ways it can best be applied to existing and future workflows. AI will most certainly make its way into the […]