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• May 22, 2018 22 May'18

  Plexxi buy bolsters HPE composable infrastructure strategy

  HPE strengthened its composable infrastructure strategy with the acquisition of Plexxi, a startup that adds a networking element crucial to the company's success in that market.

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Dell HCI, server upgrades flex hardware muscle for software plans

  Upgrades to Dell's high-end PowerEdge servers, along with HCI servers to run machine learning workloads, illustrate the company's balancing act to address corporate users' needs for server hardware and hybrid cloud.

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  How IBM's data science team quickens users' AI projects

  In this Q&A, IBM's Seth Dobrin discusses the rising user interest in machine learning and AI projects and the help inexperienced users need to launch those projects.

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  IBM trots out 'skinny mainframe' to widen big iron appeal

  IBM hopes to attract born-in-the-cloud startups that never considered buying a full-blown z14 mainframe, with its little brother, the 'skinny mainframe.'

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  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 ...

• March 30, 2018 30 Mar'18

  Ireland's data centers are strategic connection hubs for Interxion

  Interxion's Dublin-based data center business continues to grow as an increasing number of American and European companies see Ireland as a strategic connection hub.

• March 27, 2018 27 Mar'18

  SD-WAN benefits emerge as public cloud adoption climbs

  Public cloud computing is driving more interest in the SD-WAN market as IT departments look to streamline management of network traffic leaving the data center.

• March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18

  IBM Cloud services to secure mainframes out to the edge

  Big Blue will introduce IBM Cloud services that use blockchain, containers and its z14 mainframes to deliver improved security across cloud and on-premises environments.

• February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18

  IBM Power9 servers seek market inroads to AI, cloud

  IBM follows up its first Power9 server with a raft of systems designed to appeal to a wider array of markets -- most notably, AI and cloud deployments.

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Dell hyper-converged reorg streamlines products, ups CI odds

  Market pressures and manufacturing synergies drove Dell to integrate its HCI and CI products with its core business units, but opinions differ whether users will benefit.

• December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17

  Hyper-converged infrastructure disperses for edge computing

  The improved price-performance and remote management software capabilities of hyper-converged systems for edge computing could prove fortuitous as edge comes into vogue.

• December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17

  IT navigates software-defined data center market

  The software-defined data center market is growing, but IT pros must first grapple with the high price tag of an SDDC. While some head toward adoption, others hesitate.

• December 18, 2017 18 Dec'17

  Top data center industry news stories of 2017

  It's essential to stay ahead of the data center industry news, as the market moves quickly. See which product launches and acquisitions made headlines in 2017.

• December 11, 2017 11 Dec'17

  Micro data centers garner macro hype and little latency

  As Gartner stresses edge and micro data centers, IT pros explore potential use cases. But a saturated market and other concerns can make the decision to adopt a difficult one.

• December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17

  IBM Power9 bulks up for AI workloads

  IBM's first Power9 servers, fueled by Nvidia technology, aim to establish a foothold in the AI market, as well as loosen Intel's iron grip on the server market.