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Big Switch Networks' new products and features aim to help solve issues such as lack of operational consistency, visibility and management in hybrid environments, and shadow IT.
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What to do with unacceptable colocation services
Renegotiation, legal action and cancellation are all options if your colocation service agreement isn't up to par. But each option requires research to avoid big fees or downtime.
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Training, testing and automation are all essential components to software updates. Implementing these concepts makes version maintenance a less herculean task.
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Cray wins contract to build 3rd exascale system
The U.S. is buying an exascale system from Cray Inc., its third from the company which is now being acquired by HPE. The $600 million system will be used in nuclear weapons development.
Free Guide: 5 Ways IT Infrastructure Automation Can Ease Your Day-to-Day
For IT admins, the maintenance of networking, storage and compute is an overwhelming task -- especially as data center technology becomes more complex. Fortunately, automation can help ease the burden of tedious tasks, but how exactly? Our expert explains 5 ways IT infrastructure automation lessens the load for data center teams.
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HCI isn't just a software product; market vendors such as Nutanix, HPE and Pivot3 also have specific appliances for admins that want features for network and storage management.
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IBM hands Power chip instructions to open source groups
IBM opened up its Power server Instruction Set Architecture allowing the open source community to develop more innovative hardware components for IBM's Power servers.
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Cloud management, AI top necessary admin skills for 2019
As data centers become more software-based, admins should prepare themselves by learning about the cloud, containers, DevOps and artificial intelligence.
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Basic Linux command prompts for IT admins
Enterprise administrators and managers who use this guide of essential Linux commands, utilities and tools will find ways to manage files, get process status updates and more.
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What to do with unacceptable colocation services
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Flexible consumption lets you track infrastructure usage and decrease tech investment overhead. It may seem similar to the as-a-service model, but there are differences between the two.
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Data, devices and distributed computing are all important parts of edge setups. Learn about edge computing components and how you might see them in your organization.
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OLTP (online transaction processing) is a class of software programs capable of supporting transaction-oriented applications on the Internet.
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Pivotal’s IPO highlights concerns about Dell’s debt resolution
Pivotal Software’s intention to go public once again draws attention to Dell Technologies’ ongoing efforts to pay down the mountain of debt incurred with its whopping $67 billion acquisition of EMC in October 2015. Dell has attacked this problem from a number of angles, mainly the ...Continue Reading
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IBM hands Power chip instructions to open source groups
IBM opened up its Power server Instruction Set Architecture allowing the open source community to develop more innovative hardware components for IBM's Power servers.
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Big Switch adds new hybrid cloud networking products
Big Switch Networks' new products and features aim to help solve issues such as lack of operational consistency, visibility and management in hybrid environments, and shadow IT.
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IT infrastructure management and planning
Cray wins contract to build 3rd exascale system
The U.S. is buying an exascale system from Cray Inc., its third from the company which is now being acquired by HPE. The $600 million system will be used in nuclear weapons development.
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- OLTP (online transaction processing)
- free cooling
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- data center as a service (DCaaS)
- Uptime Institute’s data center tier standards
- National Electrical Code (NEC)
- high availability (HA)
- information technology (IT)