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Data lives on the cheap with these key storage tips
Many companies are aware that the data they own could return dividends if they’d learn to churn insights from it. But many aren’t used to thinking of data as a commodity that requires economical storing, handling, slicing and dicing. Choosing smart technology for storing and backing up data can save a lot of space and ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE FUTURE OF THE DATA CENTER
Andy Bechtolsheim: The network may end up deciding who wins in the multicloud era
Loads of vendors see the enterprise train chugging toward multicloud in all its mismatched glory. Naturally, they want to sell customers the panacea that fits all those clouds onto a single pane of glass. It’s a lot harder then it sounds. In the end, their efforts may be hopelessly superficial. To compete in multicloud, they ...
VMware slingshots hybrid cloud to IoT edge
What’s the state of technology around internet of things-connected devices? Some say the jumble of piece parts, complexity, and lack of end-to-end solutions can best be defined as an “absolute disaster.” Maybe a company that has put in some work lately smoothing hybrid cloud complexity can spread some of that grease to the edge. Maybe that company ...
SiliconANGLE’s content, coinage and collaboration revolution
Another VMworld has come and gone, with almost 100 exclusive interviews on theCUBE for viewers and readers to nosh through. Each year, VMware serves as a powwow for SiliconANGLE to take stock of itself and float new ideas about where its media organization will go next. This year, theCUBE introduced some especially groundbreaking new content and ...
Businesses demand cross-cloud talents from storage arrays
Staying afloat as a storage provider these days requires a creative, out-of-the box (literally) approach. A storage array needs the ability to stretch out of its confines into the public cloud, as well as provide high value-add data-management and analytics capabilities. Storage legacy NetApp Inc. is pivoting its entire business model in this direction, and Dell ...
How Philly School District tested its way to FortiGate-VMX with NSX
Changes in cloud-connected computing infrastructure are presenting hackers with new inroads to attack organizations. Staying informed about new vulnerabilities is challenging, as is implementing strong, cost-effective defenses. How does an information technology organization choose among new security postures and vendor products and services? “It”s going to sound weird coming from a security guy, but I ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE FUTURE OF THE DATA CENTER
How far can Dell ride VMware gravy train before crashing into the cloud?
VMware Inc. is making Dell Technologies Inc. fat and happy. The acquisition is paying off generously, generating 10 percent of Dell’s revenue and more than 50 percent of its free cash flow. But how long can Dell ride the gravy train, especially with some question marks remaining in VMware’s cloud journey? Without a doubt, founder and Chief ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE FUTURE OF THE DATA CENTER
Michael Dell’s rebel yell from the edge: It’s a great time for infrastructure
Five years as a private company allowed Dell Technologies Inc. to scuba dive deep into questions about its future direction. It spent the time and considerable funds on research and development in hybrid computing infrastructure. Now, coming up for air and going public, it’s advocating for the edge-everywhere over the center-of-the-universe-cloud school of thought. “I think ...
Between worlds: VMware shows off hybrid networking stunts at VMworld
VMware Inc. is doing a lot of cloud-on-premises cross-pollination these days. Its research and development toils in NSX virtualized networking and an software-defined wide area network acquisition are giving the company steam to iron out the kinks of running workloads across hybrid environments. “People just want that cloud experience, whether they do it at the edge ...
VMware’s back on cloud bronco with NSX and partner AWS
Dell Technologies Inc. brought a big, fat cash cow back to the farm when it acquired VMware Inc. Despite VMware’s health in sheer revenue, some have muttered that it’s 2018, and the virtualization legacy needs to up its cloud-first game already. In response, the company is bringing new networking research and development out of hibernation and ...