Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIntel and AMD server processors are used in a variety of systems, including converged and hyper-converged infrastructure. Explore the improvements in their technologies. By Kurt Marko Research and development at competitors Intel and AMD ensures that x86 users will have products to counter burgeoning competition from Arm licensees like AWS. In the last year, Intel and AMD have released product
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesExplore IT infrastructure and storage-related software, hardware and services that will likely be embraced in the coming year, and how the pandemic has influenced their use. By Alan R. Earls We approached experts, analysts and industry insiders and asked them to share their observations on enterprise technology trends for 2021 as well as COVID-19’s effect on the overall technology spectrum.
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAs employees return on site, ensure your HCI can handle the changes. Follow these steps for checking system hardware and storage, as well as securing software and firmware. By Brien Posey Employees are gradually returning to the office to work, even if it is only on a limited basis. As organizations prepare for the day when life will eventually go back to
Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesA hyper-converged infrastructure can support cloud deployments, but they are not one in the same; the variances in infrastructure should be noted before potential adoption. By Robert Sheldon Cloud computing has become a mainstay of enterprise operations. Not only do organizations turn to public cloud services for their application and data requirements, but many are now deploying private clouds in
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesYou might be aware of basic HCI use cases, such as server consolidation and virtual desktop infrastructure, but there are other areas where HCI can come in handy. By Alastair Cooke We stand close to a decade after the introduction of hyper-converged infrastructure and have a more definitive answer about where it fits into the enterprise IT landscape. Like many
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesWhat’s next for hyper-converged infrastructure? We’ve asked industry analysts and consultants to shed some light on the technology’s medium-term prospects. By John Moore Hyper-converged infrastructure technology has taken big strides since emerging a decade ago, finding a home in data centers looking to ease procurement headaches and management chores. Vendors originally positioned the technology as a simple-to-deploy, all-in-one offering that
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesA hyper-converged appliance is a hardware device that provides multiple data center management technologies within a single box. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Contributor(s): Brien Posey; Matthew Haughn Hyper-converged systems are characterized by a software-centric architecture that tightly integrates compute, storage, networking and virtualization resources and other technologies. At one time, these systems were based on the use of commodity hardware, but premium
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesGreenLake allows users to pay only for the IT resources they use. Find out how it works for HCI, composable infrastructure and other purposes, its benefits and potential drawbacks. By Robert Sheldon IT teams have had two primary options for implementing workloads over the past few years: maintain infrastructure on premises — incurring the costs and overhead that comes with
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThe reasons for going hyper-converged vary. Often, however, organizations deploy HCI technology to effectively address one or more of the five issues outlined in this article. By Brien Posey There are a number of different use cases for hyper-converged infrastructure systems, but it is sometimes difficult to separate the marketing hype from real-world best practices. While there may not be
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesBest practices, tips for designing a hyper-converged infrastructure to support virtual desktops for remote workers in today’s coronavirus-accentuated, work-from-home environment. By Kurt Marko HCI and VDI have historically gotten along well together. In fact, one of the first and still popular use cases for hyper-converged technology is as a work-from-home infrastructure platform for serving virtual desktops to remote users, the
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