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Data Center
The Great Slack to Teams Migration: 1 Year Later
On a fateful day in August 2018, we made the decision to extricate ourselves from Slack and jump headfirst into Microsoft Teams. I’ve previously written about our early experiences here and here. It was September of 2018 when we officially cut over from Slack to Teams, but we’d been doing a… Read More
By Scott D. Lowe -
Data Center
Tape-based Backup vs. Cloud-based Backup: Which Is Better?
Linear Tape-Open-based storage, or LTO, has long been the economic favorite for data backup and archiving. Much of the world’s backup data resides in portable, remotely stored tape drives, at the ready in case disaster should strike. So it’s highly likely that you have existing investments to pr… Read More
By Brien Posey -
Data Center
Making the Right Choice for Hybrid Storage
The cloud is fundamentally transforming information technology. Businesses in every industry are looking to cloud-based services to augment or replace traditional on-premises IT systems, and facilitate digital transformation. And most of those companies are pursuing hybrid cloud approaches—63%… Read More
By Brien Posey -
Data Center
Overcoming 'Alert Fatigue' With AIOps
"Alert fatigue" is a real thing for IT admins. You need to monitor your environment at all times, watching for current—as well as potential—issues. But too many alerts can quickly turn into a “boy who cried wolf” scenario: so many alerts come in that you start to tune them out. At that po… Read More
By Keith Ward -
Data Center
Without a Clear Recovery Plan, Backup and Replication Is Not Enough
The mainstream adoption of the public cloud has made it possible for organizations of almost any size to acquire true disaster recovery (DR) capabilities for critical workloads. There are currently any number of solutions available for failing workloads over to the cloud. Even so, the failover proce… Read More
By Brien Posey -
Data Center
HPE Wants to SaaSify All the Clouds
Will you be satisfied if everything is SaaSified? You’ll eventually be able to find out thanks to HPE’s GreenLake. HPE GreenLake is a service from HPE that enables a consumption-based model for the services offered under the program. As time goes on HPE is adding more products and services… Read More
By Scott D. Lowe -
Data Center
Not Your Father’s Data Protection
Creating backups has been a key component in IT operations since the very beginning. Early on, backups were introduced as a way of preventing data loss stemming from hardware failure. Today, regulatory requirements and threats such as ransomware make backups more important than ever. However, as cri… Read More
By Brien Posey -
Data Center
360in180: Scale Computing Goes Small to Get Big with Hyperconverged Infrastructure
There’s an interesting strategy at play in the world of hyperconverged infrastructure from Scale Computing. Whereas a lot of its competitors are looking to go big in all things, Scale's looking to go big by going small. I had the opportunity to talk to Scale about a recent announcement. This w… Read More
By Scott D. Lowe -
Data Center
For Disaster Recovery, Look Beyond the Hyperscalers
Choosing a Disaster-recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) provider can be a daunting task, especially if your organization is using DRaaS as a first step into cloud services. There are many choices, from large providers such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, to much smaller or more focused providers.… Read More
By Greg Stuart -
Data Center
Serverless is Where Savings are in the Cloud
Many of us to expect, or at least hope, to save on infrastructure spending by moving to the cloud. Sticker shock from monthly cloud bills has dispelled that myth for many. Or is the problem not that cloud savings are a myth, but that we haven’t figured out how to realize those savings? Consider… Read More
By Dan Sullivan -
Data Center
Is Data Protection a Responsibility That’s Worth Your Team’s Time?
Is data protection a responsibility that’s worth your team’s time? Or could that be handled by someone else, so your team can innovate? When it comes to information technology, there are currently two competing factions that are completely at odds with one another. One side is fully invested… Read More
By Brien Posey -
Data Center
Hyperconverge Your Business Back Into The Driver’s Seat
Infrastructure management, especially for businesses with limited IT staff, can often seem overwhelming. As technology solutions have evolved that make management easier, a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has allowed businesses of all sizes to reduce the cost and simplify maintenance of their in… Read More
By Kevin Meany -
Data Center
Google Anthos: a Few Steps Closer to the Virtual Data Center
Google’s cloud services management platform, Anthos, is not just an incremental feature improvement—it will change how organizations utilize compute resources. Virtual machines let us stop thinking about the details of physical servers. Containers gave us the framework to efficiently implement m… Read More
By Dan Sullivan -
Data Center
Hybrid Cloud and Cloud-Native Apps On-Premises with Stratoscale
In today's world, fast and agile are two of the biggest differentiators that separate a successful company and their failing competition. Software, cloud-native applications, and hybrid cloud are enablers of that agility and competitiveness. Stratoscale's software is what enables cloud-native applic… Read More
By David M. Davis -
Data Center
Predictability: The King of Infrastructure Outcomes
Workload performance predictability is a critical consideration but does it run contrary to the current trend toward infrastructure simplification? I'll start by highlighting the two topics I'm discussing in this article: Simplicity: As organizations seek to redeploy IT talent to more busines… Read More
By Scott D. Lowe -
Data Center
Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day: A Live View
9:35 AM: We're getting a bit of a late start. Bob Swan, Intel CEO, is giving us an introduction before the main event starts. He's discussing the transformation of Intel from a PC-centric company to a Data-centric one, which explains the name of today's event. Data-centric computing represe… Read More
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Data Center
Pros and Cons of Cloud Backup and Disaster Recovery
A solid backup and disaster recovery (DR) plan is critical to the health and business continuity of your organization. In the event of a catastrophic disaster or data compromise, having a solid DR plan can do wonders to calm the nerves of stakeholders and management at the highest level. Most org… Read More
By Greg Stuart -
Data Center
How 5G Will Change Data Centers
The anticipation of 5G wireless technology has increased every year since the release of 4G. The demand for streaming services, artificial intelligence and other bandwidth-heavy applications has gone up significantly, which is driving demand for faster speeds and less latency. 5G technology could… Read More
By Greg Stuart -
Data Center
PanelCast Recap: The Enterprise IT Landscape in 2019
Those working in the world of enterprise IT maintain a delicate balance between what is and what will be. Most CIOs have one foot in the data center and one in the future, and that can be tricky when it comes to anticipating not only new services and new technologies to implement, but also the clima… Read More
By Scott D. Lowe -
Data Center
PanelCast 2019 Predictions: Accelerating Pace of Change in IT
The speed at which innovation is expected is driving the need for containers, serverless, etc. What does this mean for how organizations view the role of IT? [su_note note_color="#e1f2ed"]This blog post was created following ActualTech Media's inaugural PanelCast event, held in December of 2018. … Read More
By Scott D. Lowe -
Data Center
PanelCast 2019 Predictions: The Rise of Edge Computing
Edge computing appears to be the next big area for growth. How do you think it will play a role in enterprise architecture in 2019? [su_note note_color="#e1f2ed"]This blog post was created following ActualTech Media's inaugural PanelCast event, held in December of 2018. This event addressed 2019… Read More
By Scott D. Lowe