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information technology (IT)
Information technology (IT) is the use of any computers, storage, networking and other physical devices, infrastructure and processes to create, process, store, secure and exchange all forms of electronic data. Continue Reading
Test yourself on new data center storage architecture
Data center storage architecture is getting faster and more resilient. Before you jump straight into adoption, it's important to know the key technology trends in the space. 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
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Persistent memory trend preps for launch, but no takeoff yet
The interest in persistent memory continues to grow, but a few things -- including support from server vendors -- must happen before widespread adoption. Continue Reading
Before you deploy OpenStack, address cost, hybrid cloud issues
OpenStack deployments are complex and involve power, hybrid cloud, performance, update and cost concerns. Research each carefully to avoid these OpenStack challenges. Continue Reading
Are you prepared for the challenges of IoT in the data center?
IoT will force data center teams to evolve their network, storage and cloud strategies. Take this short quiz to see how much you know about IoT implications in the data center.Continue Reading
How an IoT deployment reshapes network and storage management
Data center admins need to know the unique network and storage requirements that come with an IoT deployment, and evolve their IT management practices accordingly.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
Cutting edge: IT's guide to edge data centers
As organizations look to support a growing workforce, or enable IoT, edge computing is gaining traction in the enterprise -- but it also presents challenges for data center managers.Continue Reading
The evolution of data center storage architecture
At the forefront of how IT infrastructure evolves to tackle new applications and emerging workloads are the changes in data center storage architecture.Continue Reading
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Allocate IT resources for big data and IoT-based projects
Companies embarking on new big data and IoT-based projects would do well to critically examine the necessary processing power, memory, storage and networking resources involved, and how to best make use of the required capacity.Continue Reading
The right infrastructure for fast and big data architectures
Learn the differences between fast and big data architectures before buying new software and hardware for the data center.Continue Reading
software-defined everything (SDE)
Software-defined everything (SDE) is an umbrella term that describes how virtualization and abstracting workloads from the underlying hardware can be used to make information technology (IT) infrastructures more flexible and agile.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
Should I make a storage LUN for each server?
In some scenarios, more than one LUN per server makes sense. In others, it's better to maintain a one-to-one ratio. So which is better?Continue Reading