Data Center
Data Center
Building a Secure HCI Environment
Security is a key aspect of the new converged environment, but it cannot simply be carried over from legacy systems. HCI is a unique form of infrastructure, and it needs a unique form of protection. More >
Weighing the Various Options for HCI
HCI may be seen as the next cutting-edge technology, but in fact it is already approaching its second decade on the market. More >
When Is HCI the Right Choice? Always, Says Nutanix
In enterprise circles, much of the talk regarding converged infrastructure (CI) and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) centers on which approach is appropriate for a given use case. More >
Making CI Work for the Enterprise
Converged infrastructure providers are striving to craft the right infrastructure for the business model, which itself is under the gun to deliver speed, availability, and other metrics for increasingly diverse workloads. More >
CI or HCI? How Much Convergence Is Enough?
The ongoing question when it comes to converging data center hardware is whether to adopt simple convergence or gravitate toward full hyperconvergence. More >
The Sweet Spot for Converged Infrastructure
Converged Infrastructure (CI) is one of those things that is easy to understand but rather difficult to define. Unlike traditional data center environments, convergence breaks down the hard lines between compute, storage and networking to create a more flexible, federated data environment. More >
‘Public Cloud Doesn’t Fix Stupid,’ Datalink’s Chief Architect Warns
While public cloud can be less expensive for some workloads, it can be more expensive for others; without a thoughtful, strategic approach, it can destroy value rather than create it.
More >SMBs’ Cloud Goal: Simplicity
The growth of cloud services is, in essence, the great leveler between small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).
More >What’s Driving the Deep and Growing Cloud/SMB Relationship
Techaisle Founder and CEO Anurag Agrawal discusses findings from research on how and why SMBs are using cloud: As an essential part of infrastructure, it addresses a need for certainty and control over operations and costs.
More >The Secrets of HP’s Success: A New Standard Emerges
HP success is tied to an executive staff that works as a team and has priorities that are in line with its customers, employees and investors.
How to Create a Digital Transformation Strategy
A digital transformation strategy can be created in one of two ways: in a bottom-up approach that relies on initiative of business units or in a top-down approach involving the CEO and board of directors.
Productivity Suites Are Getting Smarter
The newest wave of productivity suite solutions appears poised to launch another generational shift in the business world in the form of intelligent processes and smart digital assistants.
More >Apple Adds Mandatory Privacy Policy to the App Store
Univa Survey Finds Wide Chasm for AI to Cross
GDPR Compliance Is Lagging. What Can American Legislation Learn?
The Best New-Collar Job: A Mainframe Technician?
Colocation Checklist
This checklist will help make sure you ask the important questions that will affect your colocation services and your even...
BIOS Protection Guidelines for Servers
The guidelines in this document include requirements on servers to mitigate the execution of malicious or corrupt BIOS cod...
Buying, Supporting, Maintaining Software and Equipment
This excerpt from chapter 2 deals with contracting for maintenance for both hardware and software purposes in the initial ...
Protection Options for Virtualized Infrastructures in IaaS Cloud
The purpose of this paper is to analyze IaaS protection options from the viewpoint of security functionality and the archi...