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Podcast
079 – Joe’s Cat Pictures Shouldn’t Be on Primary Storage
If you’re like most companies, you’re leaving the wrong data on the wrong storage. Data that isn’t touched often—like Joe’s cat pictures—don’t need to be stored on expensive primary storage. But moving that data to much less costly secondary storage is a huge challenge: for both admins… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Cloud
5 Big Challenges of Multi-Cloud Management
Cloud computing is ubiquitous. Enterprises are continuing to move to the cloud in record numbers. According to the RightScale 2019 State of the Cloud report, 91% use some form of cloud, and 84% of enterprises have a multi-cloud strategy. It's easy to see why: a multi-cloud architecture, comprised of… Read More
By Laurie Weber -
Podcast
078 – Ditching AWS for Render
You may think of the public cloud as an “easy” button, something that takes the pain out of application development, for example. The reality is that it can make things harder—much harder. That was the experience of Anurag Goel, Founder/CEO of Render, a unified cloud platform for building a… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Podcast
077 – Enterprise Storage-as-a-Service
Enterprise-level, fully-managed Storage-as-a-Service (STaaS): Is it a thing? Should it be a thing? And why would you outsource something as important as storage? Zadara says there are good reasons to do just that, leveraging the power of cloud computing without losing the speed and latency benefits… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Video
Virtual Summit Wrapup: Architecting and Supporting the Pillars of IT in 2020
The next decade is around the corner: 2020 beckons, and with it come a host of challenges and opportunities in the IT space. To help get a handle on what we can expect, ActualTech Media held its largest-ever Virtual Summit on Nov. 8, 2019. In all, 12 vendors presented their vision of the future, and… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Cloud
Untangled: The ActualTech Cloud Solutions Megacast
Although the cloud is rapidly maturing, it’s fair to say that most companies are still trying to figure out their cloud strategy: what workloads to put there, the proper mix of public and private clouds, determining the risks vs. benefits, costs, CapEx vs. OpEx… the list goes on. To add to th… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Podcast
076 – Multi-Cloud Management Fundamentals
The public cloud, contrary to perception, doesn’t make management easier; in most cases, it’s just the opposite, according to Wally McDermid, VP Cloud Business Development for Scality. And when it comes to multi-cloud scenarios, things just get hairier. Wally discusses these difficulties with… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Podcast
075 – The Business of Public Cloud
Perception and use of the major public clouds has undergone a shift as it has become more of a baseline technology for companies. As Kelly Goolsby says, businesses have come to understand that it’s no longer about the “cool” stuff cloud can do for you, but meeting business requirements. Goo… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Data Center
Ripcord Unleashes Robots to Transform Your Paper Documents
In recent years, enterprise-class organizations have been increasingly finding that big data analytics is allowing them to capitalize on business insight that’s hidden within their seldom-used data. One factor preventing such processes from being as effective as they could be, however, is the over… Read More
By Brien Posey -
Opinion
How to Defend Against IoT-Based DDoS Attacks
A new variant of Mirai—the botnet that took down the Internet on most of the U.S. east coast in 2016—has now emerged, and it’s growing fast. Termed Echobot, the malware behind the botnet targets more than 26 vulnerabilities to propagate. Most agree that it has the potential to pose an even gre… Read More
By Max Emelianov -
Cloud
SADA Goes All-In on Google Cloud Platform
When it comes to public cloud, there are three leaders, and then all the rest. Those leaders are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). And they’re in that order, as well—AWS at the top, followed by Azure, with GCP in third. If that’s the case, does it… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Podcast
074 – Qumulo and the Problem of ‘Data Blindness’
Most companies are great at creating data—it’s why the industry’s drowning in data lakes. But for most, they’re not nearly as good at knowing important details about that data. Without that information—being “blind” to your data’s characteristics—you’re put at a competitive disad… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Podcast
073 – It's Midnight: Do You Know Where Your Data Is?
So, you’ve got lots of data, and it’s stored here, there, and everywhere. How do you manage it all? And beyond that, how do you put it to use in your environment, to do business-enhancing things like artificial intelligence and machine learning? That’s what this episode of “10 on Tech”… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Cloud
5 Things To Know About Office 365 and Microsoft Azure
Let’s get the obvious out of the way: when you start SaaS-ifying and cloud-ifying your IT operations, things change. Lots of things. This isn’t your father’s data center anymore—network traffic patterns change, security requirements get a lot more complex, and your data suddenly expands beyo… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Podcast
072 – It’s Like AWS S3 Storage, Only 75% Cheaper
Many know the storage company Backblaze from their groundbreaking and justifiably famous “hard drive stats,” in which they publish data on hard drive failures within their data centers. Others know them from their consumer backup offerings. But did you know that Backblaze also offers enterpri… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Opinion
Beef Up Your Perimeter Security With SD-WAN
The business perimeter of today’s financial organizations continues to expand and blur due to big data, mobility, cloud, internet of things (IoT) and other technology advancements. While these innovations and the associated perimeter expansion has enabled tremendous leaps forward in IT and busines… Read More
By Michelle Arney -
CIO
How to Make Enterprise Software Training More Efficient
Whether its for the IT department or for HR, employee training is essential in the modern workplace. At one time, flying employees to expensive, instructor-led training was the norm. In recent years, however, budgetary concerns have driven many organizations either to adopt video-based training as a… Read More
By Brien Posey -
Podcast
071 – Even SMBs Can Have a Data Warehouse
The reality is that every business knows it needs to do more with its data. The problem is that this reality bumps into another reality, especially for smaller companies—the lack of resources to implement full data infrastructure. Automation to the rescue! Offloading this chore can enable organ… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Data Center
HPE Nimble dHCI Combines Benefits of Both CI and HCI
As I was wandering around the floor at VMworld 2019, one product in particular caught my eye—mainly because it seemed like an oxymoron. Intrigued, I had to find out more. That product was in the HPE booth, and is branded “Nimble Storage dHCI.” I asked the booth worker what the “d” stood… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Podcast
070 – AIOps: the Future Is Now
By Keith Ward -
Cloud
The Importance of Achieving and Maintaining GDPR Compliance
In 2016, the European Union (EU) passed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This set of regulatory requirements, which went into effect in May 2018, is designed to help citizens of the EU to regain control over how their personal data is used. At the same time, though, the regulation impo… Read More
By Brien Posey