Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIT teams that want an accurate estimate of HPC storage costs must account not only for the technology itself, but for staffing, support and ongoing operational expenses. By Robert Sheldon High-performance computing requires storage systems with the necessary performance and capacity to ensure reliable operations, but these systems come with a hefty price tag. The TCO for high-performance computing (HPC)
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIn this Q&A, Gartner analyst Samantha Searle provides insight into the roles of the CIO and CTO when both exist within an organization. By Mary K. Pratt An increasing number of organizations are creating CTO positions within their executive ranks, with the CIO and CTO expected to work jointly on the organization’s digital agenda, according to Gartner, the technology research and advisory
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesA remote access VPN connects remote users from any location to a corporate network. A site-to-site VPN, meanwhile, connects individual networks to each other. By Paul Kirvan and Lisa Phifer Remote working has become pervasive in business processes. While remote work, or teleworking, has been around for years — and the technology has become largely standardized — its importance to
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVPNs and VLANs are different technologies with some similarities. VPNs connect authorized users to corporate network resources, while VLANs connect geographically separate devices. By Michaela Goss The technology answers to most remote work and education requirements have one word in common: virtual. While many technologies touted virtual capabilities prior to the boom of remote work, these technologies have seen a renaissance
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesTekmart Africa Partner Content We have talked about the complexities of modern hard disk drives (HDDs) and the innovations that go into them to continually increase capacity and performance. However, there is no question that solid state drives (SSDs) have also earned their place in the sun. SSDs bring speed, durability and flexibility to enterprise workloads such as AI, machine learning and
Reading Time-approximately: 14 minutesThis keynote presentation focuses on innovations that allow all-flash arrays with QLC to have the same endurance and performance as TLC-based arrays. By Alistair Symon The full presentation (captured in words below.) 00:05 Alistair Symon: Hello, and welcome to the keynote session that I’m going to give on QLC everywhere. First, let me introduce myself. I’m Alistair Symon. I’m the vice
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesFollow the rebranding and renaming transitions of the multitude of Dell data protection products acquired and cultivated over the past 30 years. By Chris Evans Dell EMC’s portfolio of data protection offerings has grown over the past 30 years. Now, with a greater focus on the public cloud, how can it continue to service existing customers and bring them into
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesA wireless access point (wireless AP) is a network device that transmits and receives data over a wireless local area network (WLAN). The wireless access point serves as the interconnection point between the WLAN and a fixed wire network. Posted by: Margaret Rouse WhatIs.com Conceptually, an AP is like an Ethernet hub, but instead of relaying LAN frames only to other 802.3
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesIs there a difference between a wireless access point vs. a router? Yes — while the two wireless devices are related, they meet different needs in a Wi-Fi network. By Alissa Irei and Lisa Phifer Significant differences exist between a wireless access point vs. a wireless router. While both support Wi-Fi network connectivity and may perform similar roles, the two devices
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesThe four types of wireless networks — wireless LAN, wireless MAN, wireless PAN and wireless WAN — differ when it comes to size, range and connectivity requirements. By David Jacobs There are four types of wireless networks — wireless local area networks, wireless metropolitan area networks, wireless personal area networks and wireless wide area networks — each with its own
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