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RoadCast
Cohesity Unveils Its Data Center On Wheels - Sneak Peek!
Mobility is an industry buzzword now -- mobility of apps, of data, of users, of... well, you name it. And it's something that Cohesity is taking more seriously than most. So seriously that they've built a complete data center inside a tractor-trailer. Cohesity, a platform for consolidating and pr… Read More
By Keith Ward -
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How Elysium Analytics Helps Secure Your Data Center
Fewer issues are more important these days than security. The growth of both data and cloud computing mean that there are more vulnerabilities than ever before in the typical data center. Elysium Analytics was formed to address this crucial and growing concern. In this introductory RoadCast video… Read More
By Keith Ward -
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Citus Data Takes PostgreSQL Databases to the Next Level
Citus Data says it provides “worry-free Postgres for SaaS.” But what exactly does that mean? ActualTech Media’s David Davis asks Co-founder/CTO Ozgun Erdogan that question in the first video of this RoadCast episode. Ozgun explains that Citus solves a big problem: that PostgreSQL scales up… Read More
By Keith Ward -
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Scaling Performance Up, Keeping Headcount Down With Quobyte Storage
The data tsunami is real, and it’s hitting the shores of IT right now. One of the biggest downsides of the astonishing rise in data is that it’s getting harder to manage the storage side. How do you do that without a lot of manpower? Quobyte thinks they have the answer. CEO Bjorn Kolbeck, a f… Read More
By Keith Ward -
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The Evolution from MySQL to MariaDB
Being a database vendor means being in a very crowded marketplace. There are so many out there, doing a plethora of different things. How do you stand out in the midst of that crowd? MariaDB, a relational, transactional and open source database created by the original developers of MySQL, does it b… Read More
By Keith Ward -
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Couchbase: Purpose-Built NoSQL for the Cloud
In the cloud era, it’s all about scale. In that regard, databases have had their issues, as they’re often not built for the massive scale necessary. But Couchbase, a NoSQL database for mission-critical applications, was built with scale in mind. In this RoadCast video, Couchbase CTO Ravi Mayu… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Programmability and Performance Without Compromise with Barefoot Networks
Barefoot Networks is a 5-year-old company that’s trying to fundamentally change the way that networks are built by bringing the power of software to the data plane. Their open source, domain-specific programming language called P4 (P4.org) is built expressly for the purpose of bossing around their… Read More
By James D. Green -
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Speeding Cloud-Native App Development with Rockset
Building cloud-native applications is much different than using traditional software development methods. Cloud-native apps by nature are distributed, and need fast access to data to function well. The founders of the startup Rockset, which just came out of stealth, understand that, and built a s… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
What Do You Get When You Cross a Drobo with a Nexsan?
You may not know StorCentric, but it's likely you know the two companies it recently acquired, Drobo and Nexsan. In this RoadCast video, ActualTech Media Partner David Davis discusses the decisions to buy those storage companies with StorCentric CEO Mihir Shah. Shah explains how the consumer-focused… Read More
By James D. Green -
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Get Ahead of the Bad Guys with DataVisor
The bad guys are getting smarter. When it comes to online attacks, malicious actors are getting more sophisticated at evading detection and pretending to be real users. This is a serious, growing problem that DataVisor is aiming to combat. In this RoadCast video, DataVisor CEO/Co-founder Yinglian… Read More
By James D. Green -
RoadCast
How Does Backblaze Do It for $5 a Month?
Backblaze is all about backing up your most important personal or business asset: your data. This means it’s crucial that they have your trust. And one unique way they do that is by being completely honest about their hard drives. In this RoadCast video, ActualTech Media Partner David Davis tal… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Taking the Fear Out of Virtual Machine Migrations
Moving your workloads from one infrastructure to a new one can be scary; if something breaks, it can have devastating consequences for your organization. Making that migration less of a nightmare is what Sureline Systems is all about. In this RoadCast video, ActualTech Media Partner David Davis t… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Apstra Says It Offers the 'Next Evolution' in Software-Defined Networking
“Intent-based networking.” It’s a new way of thinking about networking, according to Apstra, which provides data center networking automation. Michael Wood, CMO & VP of Apstra, discussed the concept with ActualTech Media CEO Scott Lowe in this RoadCast video shot at VMworld 2018. Wood says… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Barefoot Networks and Fully Programmable Switches
Imagine changing your data center networking on the fly: altering the way the data plane processes packets, or introducing new protocols, for example. Or scaling up your network and introducing new efficiencies. This is the promise that Silicon Valley startup Barefoot Networks wants to fulfill. I… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Kingston Technology Is More Than Just Desktop RAM
If you’re like most admins, when you think of Kingston Technology, you think RAM for your desktop or server. But if that’s your thought, then you haven’t taken a close look lately. In this RoadCast video from VMworld 2018, ActualTech Media Partner David Davis talks with Cameron Crandall, se… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Pavilion Data Provides the Benefits of NVMe Storage End-to-End
NVMe is a type of incredibly fast storage that promises to revolutionize the IT industry. The problem is that unless the NVMe SSDs are locally attached, they're not fast enough for the most demanding applications. Until now. In this RoadCast video, ActualTech Media CEO Scott D. Lowe interviews Jeff… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Imanis Data Applies Machine Learning to Data Management
What can Machine Learning, applied to data management, do for you? That’s the question posed by ActualTech Media CEO Scott D. Lowe to Imanis Data in this RoadCast video. Scott talks to Imanis Data CEO John Mracek about the growing problem of data that’s growing, especially unstructured data. Ima… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Big Switch Networks and Nutanix: Like Peanut Butter and Jelly
Hyperconvergence is great, but scaling up can be a problem. As your number of nodes grows, especially beyond eight, the network can become so saturated that it bogs down significantly. In this video, ActualTech Media Partner David Davis interviews Gregg Holzrichter, Chief Marketing Officer at Big Sw… Read More
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RoadCast
From Static To Dynamic Infrastructure With HashiCorp
HashiCorp has a simple-sounding goal that isn’t so simple to pull off. It’s to help companies migrate from the static world of on-premises data centers to the dynamic world of multi-cloud usage and constantly-evolving workloads. ActualTech Media Partner David Davis interviewed Chris Kent, Sr. Pr… Read More
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LightStep Offers Application Monitoring for Today’s Distributed Applications
Application monitoring has been around forever. But today’s applications can be incredibly complex, utilizing microservices and being distributed over hundreds or thousands of nodes. This is why LightStep was invented. In this RoadCast video, ActualTech Media CEO Scott D. Lowe talks with LightStep… Read More
By Keith Ward -
RoadCast
Cloudtenna Brings Order to Enterprise Search Chaos
ActualTech Media CEO Scott Lowe has a problem: he can’t find the stuff he needs. His files are scattered everywhere – email, Slack, Dropbox, etc. He wants a simple solution, so he asks Aaron Ganek, co-founder of Cloudtenna, if he can help. Cloudtenna offers what Ganek calls in this RoadCast vide… Read More
By Keith Ward