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Moving workloads to the public cloud: A matter of trust
Many corporate IT users are flocking to the cloud, but a majority surprisingly remain reluctant to migrate their on-premises mission-critical workloads to a public cloud.
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How much do you know about cloud tech and colocation?
Colocation or cloud? Data centers have plenty of expansion options beyond building a new facility. Learn about each option -- and test your knowledge -- with this quiz.
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Pick the ideal infrastructure as a service provider
Adding a cloud infrastructure service requires proper evaluation procedures and research. For a smooth transition, assess VM shapes, developer skill sets, licensing and security.
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How do I figure size requirements for a new UPS unit?
Your data center UPS sizing needs are dependent on a variety of factors. Develop configurations and determine the estimated UPS capacity that will meet your current and future needs.
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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A guide to effective HCI selection
IT execs must evaluate an organization's current on-prem and cloud setup before selecting a hyper-converged offering to avoid security holes, disjointed workflows and poor user experience.
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Open19 project expands open source use cases
Open19 is working with vendors to make hardware for its open source infrastructure. The goal is to support a growing number of off-premises use cases, such as edge computing.
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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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Linux servers Manage
Settings to keep your FTP servers safe
If you still use FTP servers in your organization, use IP address whitelists, login restrictions and data encryption -- and just a few command prompts -- to keep them secure.
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How much do you know about cloud tech and colocation?
Colocation or cloud? Data centers have plenty of expansion options beyond building a new facility. Learn about each option -- and test your knowledge -- with this quiz.
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Evaluate these costs in the data center budgeting process
Including all necessary data center expenses during budget planning can be daunting. IT managers can start with costs for software licenses, hardware upgrades and cloud migration.
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4 KPIs to use for edge computing dashboards
If you want to track edge deployment activity, look at storage, network and processing resources to guide workload configuration and maintenance needs.
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3 ways to secure your SDDC
If you want to build a foundation for secure operations in your SDDC, software patches, account privileges and encryption should all be part of your security framework.
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Open source, AIOps top list of 2019 data center tech
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Settings to keep your FTP servers safe
If you still use FTP servers in your organization, use IP address whitelists, login restrictions and data encryption -- and just a few command prompts -- to keep them secure.
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How much do you know about cloud tech and colocation?
Colocation or cloud? Data centers have plenty of expansion options beyond building a new facility. Learn about each option -- and test your knowledge -- with this quiz.
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UPS
An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) is a device that allows a computer to keep running for at least a short time when the primary power source is lost.
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Manage workloads with cloud bursting
With different cloud bursting techniques and tools from Amazon, Zerto, VMware and Oracle, admins can bolster cloud connections and efficiently move data in and out of on-prem facilities.
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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 ...Continue Reading
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Hungry data center vendors may be good for buyers
Data center hardware spending remain soft, but that could empower enterprise buyers who see the benefits of better performance and control of their own gear. The overall server market remains ...Continue Reading
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Moving workloads to the public cloud: A matter of trust
Many corporate IT users are flocking to the cloud, but a majority surprisingly remain reluctant to migrate their on-premises mission-critical workloads to a public cloud.
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IT infrastructure management and planning
U.S. to hit exascale in 2021, possibly after China
The race to build exascale supercomputers is a project of big governments -- China, Japan, the European Union and the U.S. Initial systems are planned in the 2020 to 2021 time frame.
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HPE seeks HPC revival with Cray acquisition
HPE's $1.3 billion deal to acquire supercomputing pioneer Cray Inc. should better position the company in the HPC market among IT shops looking for added muscle to run AI workloads.
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