When it comes to high-performance workloads, Flash lives up to its name. The industry loves to talk about how Flash-based memory is perfect for applications that need low latency and lots of data processing power under pressure, such as the 8:00 AM storm that hits a data center when everyone boots their virtual desktop at the same time.
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Elevate Your Game with vCloud Air
In the world of sports, speed is an absolute good. In the world of IT, speed can be good or bad. Speeding up your time to market is definitely good, but not if it also means rushing through compliance testing.
You Don’t Need to Be a NASA Engineer to Launch a Big Data Project (But It Doesn’t Hurt to Think Like One)
Launching a big data project can be a little like launching a rocket: in both cases, getting them off the ground is the hard part. Most enterprises simply don’t know where to start when it comes to big data.
What is Cloudbursting and Why Should You Embrace It?
CIOs have heard a lot of cloud talk lately: private clouds, public clouds, even hybrid clouds. At the risk of clouding the topic even more, I thought it would be timely to introduce the topic of cloudbursting.
With Bigger Appetites for Technology, Businesses Look to All-You-Can-IT Appliances
In businesses everywhere, the conversation around IT is changing. CIOs are no longer engaged in deep discussions about the merits of network attached storage versus storage area networks.
New Survey Shows that IaaS Is Gaining Steam
In the beginning, there was Software as a Service (SaaS), which evolved into the first-generation Cloud applications (Salesforce, etc.).
Is the Fastest Path to the Cloud Behind Your Back?
In a recent report by Frost & Sullivan, 81% of Line of Business (LoB) managers said they bypass IT to purchase cloud applications. At a time when CIOs are trying to get funding for private cloud initiatives, LoB buy-in can be a significant barrier.
Three Paths to the Cloud, Part Three: Converged Infrastructure
So far in our blog series, we’ve talked about building out our Cloud infrastructure using a best-of-breed approach and a single-vendor reference architecture. But what if you wanted a manufacturer to design, build, integrate, and support a reference architecture? Then you’d be talking about a converged infrastructure solution.
How to Increase your Virtualization Savings
You probably already know that you can cut IT costs through virtualization. But did you realize that if you extend your virtualization plan to include operations management it is possible to double your IT savings, while also attaining greater IT performance, availability and agility?
Using Information Technology to Improve Healthcare
Healthcare is the major topic among businesses across the United States. With the upcoming enrollment period for “Obamacare” (or officially the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) days away discussions about the change ahead seems to have reached a frenzied pace.