4 essential edge-computing use cases
Placing processing power and storage at the edge of enterprise networks takes many forms, but delivers faster response times and can reduce the need for WAN bandwidth.
Stories by Ann Bednarz
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Guide to virtual tech conferences, including Cisco Live, IBM Think and VMworld
Red Hat Summit, Cisco Live, and VMware's VMworld are just a few of the upcoming network industry events that will now be held virtually.
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Zoom, Netflix, Equinix and Dropbox address capacity, supply chain challenges brought on by Covid-19
Learn how network teams at cloud services Zoom, Netflix and Dropbox, along with data centre provider Equinix, are keeping operations running.
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Covid-19 best practices for data centre operators
Uptime Institute has created a Covid-19 response guide based on tips and recommendations from its network of data centre operators and partners.
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Evolution of the internet: Celebrating 50 years since Arpanet
50 years after the birth of the internet's precursor, Arpanet, there are more internet-connected devices than people in the world, and traffic is measured in exabytes.
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VMware sharpens security focus with vSphere Platinum, ‘adaptive micro-segmentation’
VMware is expanding its security range with vSphere Platinum - a new version of its virtualization software that has security integrated into the hypervisor and combines vSphere’s native security capabilities with AppDefense, VMware’s data center endpoint security product.
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Why NVMe? Users weigh benefits of NVMe-accelerated flash storage
IBM customers using its non-volitile memory express storage gear say they benefit from FlashSystem 9100's predictive analytics, resource management software and smaller form factor.
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What is NVMe, and how is it changing enterprise storage?
Non-Volatile Memory Express, or NVMe, is a protocol for accessing high-speed storage media that’s designed to reduce latency and increase system and application performance. NVMe is optimized for all-flash storage systems, and it’s aimed at enterprise workloads that require low latency and top performance, such as real-time data analytics and high-performance relational databases.
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Cost-savings theme pervades IBM storage news
IBM Storage Insights is a new AI and cloud-based storage management platform that’s designed to give users a fast view of storage capacity and performance.
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AI, analytics drive Dell EMC storage, server upgrades
Dell EMC is kicking off its Dell Technologies World conference with storage, servers and hyperconvergence upgrades aimed at enterprises that are grappling with new application types such as artificial intelligence and machine learning; ongoing digital transformation efforts; and the pressure to deliver higher performance and greater automation in the data center.
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VMware tackles complexity of multi-cloud environments
VMware expands portfolio of cloud tools to help enterprises improve the manageability of their public cloud and on-premises environments.
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What is a SAN and how does it differ from NAS?
A storage area network (SAN) provides a pool of storage resources that can be centrally managed and allocated as needed, but how is a SAN different than NAS and how does how it segregate storage traffic?
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What is NAS and how do NAS servers excel at corralling unstructured data?
Improvements in network-attached storage density and performance target unstructured data workloads. Here's how a NAS server works, how it is different than a SAN and what IT buyers want in file-level storage.
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Vexata all-flash systems aim to reduce storage latency
Startup Vexata tackles how to eliminate input-output bottlenecks in storage fabrics without requiring customers to retool their IT infrastructure or rewrite applications.
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Hyperconvergence gathers speed in 2018
Hyperconverged systems combine storage, compute and network functionality in a single, highly virtualized solution. Hyperconvergence gained traction in 2017 as enterprises shifted storage spending to software. As the new year rolls in, the momentum will continue.
