Arthur Cole

It’s no secret that storage has long been the slowpoke in the enterprise. While processors and network devices are flying through data, storage has to

As a metaphor for the new form of enterprise infrastructure, the term “cloud” is ideal in one important aspect: It is often quite difficult to see through

The enterprise flash juggernaut is gathering steam in 2013, leading many analysts to question not whether it will be implemented on core systems but how

Are reports of the PC’s imminent demise greatly exaggerated? Well, it depends on what you mean by “greatly.”On the one hand, it is clear that the PC as a

Is it really happening? Are we on the verge of a truly open cloud?It’s getting harder to remain cynical about such a possibility given some of the more

The cloud is the future of IT, but will it be an all-encompassing future or is there still room for traditional infrastructure?To hear it from some

A single business unit spins up a cloud environment and starts using it for non-critical storage or batch processing. No big deal.The enterprise as a

In case you haven’t noticed lately, there’s a war on among cloud providers, and the winner gets the enterprise.The worldwide market for enterprise-class

It seems like a no-brainer that wide area network (WAN) technologies would be an easy fix for application and data performance problems in the cloud.This

The data center is caught in what can only be described as the perfect storm of expectations: Process more data, but use less power in the bargain.Many

For the most part, IT has treated cloud computing as an extension of traditional enterprise infrastructure. After all, it performs the same function,

The rule of thumb at most enterprises is to keep mission-critical data and applications on safe, secure, internal, even non-virtual infrastructure.