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Accelerated processing units advance data center performance

As you come across more complex data center workflows, you can begin exploring options for accelerated processing, such as GPUs or TPUs. Continue Reading
Software-defined memory trends yield speed, high performance

A new class of memory technologies is coming to the data center landscape. Educate yourself on the emerging tech, including tools you'll want to consider. Continue Reading
Four options to optimize SSD performance in the data center

As more organizations adopt SSDs, practices for storage optimization need to evolve. Learn how tactics, such as disabling defragmentation and using the write cache, can play a role. Continue Reading
Data center storage architecture moves toward software-defined memory

New IT developments converge storage and memory into a hybrid approach. Consequently, the idea of software-defined memory starts to become more of a reality. Continue Reading
Update your data backup policy with new options

The server backup market first evolved to protect VMs, but now it's undergoing another transformation. Find out how it's evolved and what you need to know for the future. Continue Reading

Top data center market news stories of 2016

Outages, acquisitions and server innovations piqued the interest of enterprise IT shops in 2016. Here's a look back at five of the biggest data center news stories from this year. Continue Reading
Advisory Board Q&A: Three edge data center predictions

With the rise of IoT, more organizations are considering an edge data center. The SearchDataCenter Advisory Board predicts the biggest benefits and challenges IT teams will face. Continue Reading
A big data, IoT project brings unique storage demands

With the proliferation of IoT and big data, the amount of data in the enterprise increases every day. Find out how to meet storage demands for these new IT initiatives. Continue Reading
Server SSDs open up storage possibilities in data centers

We've reached a point where it's easy to justify equipping servers with SSDs: the performance gains they offer enable new workloads, and improve end-user satisfaction with response time and run time. In many cases, SSDs pay for themselves by ... Continue Reading
The 10 biggest data center news stories of 2015

Data center teams modernized and adapted throughout 2015, with help -- and hindrance -- from major changes in the IT industry, which ranged from new job demands to transitions among providers. Continue Reading
The best server hardware to maximize IT performance

Get the latest tips on compute, networking and storage to choose the best server hardware to tackle IT workloads. Continue Reading

Simpler management motivates Ethernet SAN investments

Blending LAN and SAN networks cuts a lot of management headaches -- and miles of cable -- out of the data center. Continue Reading
IT pros react to Dell's EMC acquisition plan

The Twitterverse chimes in on the mega Dell-EMC deal, as three major traditional IT vendors -- Dell, EMC and VMware -- plan their futures. Continue Reading
Data storage companies add intelligence to on-site arrays

Data-aware storage yields new insights and management capabilities. But challenges include meeting IT organization's needs, tying in with existing systems and the cloud alternative. Continue Reading
Data awareness gives storage pros new insights

Early adopters of data-aware storage arrays see better management and analytics, as well as compliance assurance from the technology. Continue Reading
Five ways to beef up your Internet of Things infrastructure

How are IoT trends affecting data centers? From security and storage to data management and even physical location, Internet of Things infrastructure is changing data centers for good. Continue Reading
Virtualization's random I/O rewrites the data center storage script

Should data center managers pine for the good old days of direct-attached storage? Or is adding a little flash the way to counter-act the fundamental storage changes wrought by virtualization? Continue Reading
Hyperconverged storage challenges the SAN paradigm

HCI makes local storage cool again -- and it keeps pace with how VMs access and store data better than some traditional storage architectures. Continue Reading
Data aware storage yields insights into business info

Storage isn't just a bunch of dumb disks anymore. In fact, storage infrastructure is smarter than ever. Continue Reading
The data center SSD takeover is well underway

The future of hard disks grows bleaker by the day, with giant SSD storage densities, outdated RAID algorithms and faster interconnects ushering in flash domination. Continue Reading
Vendors race to provide big data infrastructure

Enterprise big data workloads demand a lot from storage and network bandwidth. Storage, cloud and as-a-service vendors are developing the infrastructure to support them. Continue Reading
Data center dunces cause operations, security failures

Data center security is paramount to ensuring the safety of your employees and data. But what happens when you let a fool into your facility? Continue Reading
Are all software-defined storage vendors the same?

What does software-defined storage mean? How is it implemented? And why does it matter for data center managers? Continue Reading
New approaches to scalable storage

With all these scalable storage approaches, IT organizations must evaluate the options against their data storage and analytics needs, as well as future architectures. Continue Reading
Why Facebook and the NSA love graph databases

Graph databases play six degrees of separation to find real connections. See how IT teams can use the database approach for businesses. Continue Reading
Tenets of modern server uptime and data center availability

Server uptime and downtime can't be pinned to just automation, just application modularity or just redundancy. In a modern data center, availability relies on comprehensive uptime awareness. Continue Reading