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• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  IBM quantum computers' usefulness in sight -- using binoculars

  IBM's Bob Sutor discusses Big Blue's new quantum systems and computation center, the realities of quantum computing today and how IT pros will code for these systems in the future.

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  New Dell EPYC servers embrace AMD Rome chips

  Dell EMC goes from Naples to Rome with a new line of EPYC servers, including Ready Solutions for high-performance computing and Ready Nodes for vSAN hyper-converged infrastructure.

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  IBM z15 mainframe secures data across multi-cloud environments

  IBM unveiled the latest in its line of mainframes capable of processing 1 trillion web transactions a day. The IBM z15 mainframe's software can manage data across multiple clouds.

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  VMware vSAN HCI: Complete stack or 'vaporware'?

  VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says vSAN is crushing Nutanix, while Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey says VMware sells 'vaporware' -- but users say they like the integrated stack for HCI.

• August 28, 2019 28 Aug'19

  VMware vSAN HCI users share cloud strategies, battle scars

  Hyper-converged infrastructure has meant change to IT organizations, and VMware vSAN customers consider evolving their cloud plans in an age of hybrid and multi-cloud options.

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• August 23, 2019 23 Aug'19

  Iran says it's building an AI supercomputer, despite sanctions

  In a tweet, Iran said it is building a new supercomputer. Other nations are doing the same because high performance computing platforms lend themselves to AI development.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  IBM Power chip instruction set now open source

  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.

• August 21, 2019 21 Aug'19

  Big Switch updates its Cloud-First Networking portfolio

  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.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Scale Computing HC3 gaining an enterprise foothold, CEO says

  Scale Computing founder and CEO Jeff Ready claims demand for HC3 is pulling the vendor into more enterprise use cases as edge-created data prompts companies to consolidate IT.

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Cray exascale computer to modernize aging nuclear weapon stockpile

  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.

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Composable architecture extends the reach of disaggregation

  In composable architecture, IT components are broken apart and reassembled for specific applications. They can provide more flexibility than converged or hyper-converged systems.

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 tailored for hybrid, multi-clouds

  Red Hat released RHEL version 7.7 with features that make it easier to marry its legacy systems with the latest cloud-native applications, while urging users to move to RHEL 8.

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  AI hardware demands drive biggest server, chip deals in 2019

  Many top-tier server hardware suppliers redoubled their efforts to deliver products such as supercomputers to capture a piece of the AI and machine learning hardware market.

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Beer maker brews up cloud alternative with Dell EMC VxRail

  With breweries in Colorado and North Carolina, New Belgium Brewing Co. moved shared production apps from cloud to local cluster of Dell EMC hyper-converged infrastructure.

• July 17, 2019 17 Jul'19

  VMware vSAN HCI multi-cloud setup keeps ambulance airbound

  Angel MedFlight runs a multi-cloud setup, using a customer-built app and hyper-converged infrastructure built on VMware vSAN software and HPE ProLiant servers.

• July 10, 2019 10 Jul'19

  IBM mainframes face competitive pressures inside and out

  IBM's mainframe business continues to be under pressure from cloud-based competitors, and perhaps even its own Power server. But analyst opinions vary about its long-term fate.

• June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19

  HPE SimpliVity gets new features, competition

  HPE exec says vendor's HCI strategy is 'SimpliVity, SimpliVity, SimpliVity' -- but don't forget HPE's competitive Nutanix and Nimble Storage dHCI products.

• June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19

  HPE unveils Nimble dHCI, InfoSight on SimpliVity HCI

  Is disaggregated HCI a thing? Hewlett Packard Enterprise says yes, with its new Nimble Storage-ProLiant server combo that looks more like converged infrastructure than hyper-converged.

• June 17, 2019 17 Jun'19

  Scale Computing HC3 hyper-converged hardware gets edgy

  Scale Computing 1U edge nodes allow easy deployment by retailers in multiple sites that lack on-site IT. The Scale Computing storage layer removes the need for RAID-based data protection in the box.

• June 07, 2019 07 Jun'19

  Data center managers avoid cloud migration risks

  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.

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  HCI market: Dell and VMware gain, as Nutanix stumbles

  HCI pioneer Nutanix's revenue slid last quarter, as it goes through a business transition and greater competition from Dell appliances and VMware HCI software.

• June 03, 2019 03 Jun'19

  New Toshiba M.2 SSD targets composable infrastructure

  Toshiba takes aim at composable infrastructures, data centers and high-end workstations with new low-power, small-form-factor 2 TB M.2 SSD that uses dense 96-layer 3D NAND flash.

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  HiveIO releases Hive Fabric virtualization framework update

  Hive Fabric 7.3 has four main updates. New features enable admins to install GPUs, control acceleration, add multiple defined networks and manage server memory.

• May 20, 2019 20 May'19

  Exascale computing, now at $2.8B, described as critical to U.S.

  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.

• May 17, 2019 17 May'19

  HPE-Cray deal brings supercomputers to enterprises for AI

  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.

• May 17, 2019 17 May'19

  IBM mainframe pricing overhaul inspired by cloud model

  IBM's new Tailored Fit Pricing model gives enterprises more flexibility in the types of workloads they run on the z/OS platform.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Solarflare Cloud Onload aims to improve server efficiency

  Solarflare Cloud Onload, a new application acceleration platform, was designed to improve data center efficiency and remove waste from today's cloud infrastructure investments.

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Nutanix fights VMware with AHV hypervisor, cloud support

  In the battle for HCI supremacy, Nutanix has hyper-converged history and now AHV, while VMware has virtualization dominance and a boost from its parent Dell's server hardware.

• May 08, 2019 08 May'19

  With Nutanix Mine, HCI vet adds converged secondary storage

  Nutanix prepares to launch its Mine converged secondary storage appliances as it expands beyond primary storage with an architecture that Cohesity and Rubrik have adopted.

• May 07, 2019 07 May'19

  RHEL 8 launches with AI, container and hybrid cloud focus

  Red Hat rolled out its long-awaited Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, designed to work across corporate data centers and multiple clouds and anchor its container and AI strategies.

• April 30, 2019 30 Apr'19

  New NEC hyper-converged infrastructure appliance targets SMBs

  NEC partners with Scale Computing to launch its first hyper-converged infrastructure appliance tailored to SMBs and remote offices in the U.S. and Europe.

• April 09, 2019 09 Apr'19

  HPE-Nutanix deal expands roster of hyper-converged options

  The Hewlett Packard Enterprise-Nutanix partnership sprang up on two fronts, bringing more layers of coopetition to the world of HCI. But where does this leave HPE SimpliVity?

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  IBM-Red Hat merger timing, fairness in question

  Six months after IBM revealed plans to acquire Red Hat, some IT industry experts have reason to believe approvals will take longer than the companies have suggested.

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Dell EMC VxBlock 1000 mixes in Unity hybrid, Data Domain

  Ten years later, VCE is gone, EMC is part of Dell and Vblocks have become VxBlocks. But the early converged infrastructure stack is still going, with new products coming online.

• March 13, 2019 13 Mar'19

  IBM quantum computing may arrive sooner than expected

  If IBM continues doubling the performance of its quantum computers, as recent benchmarks indicate, it could deliver the first commercial system in the next three to five years.

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Startup gives Datrium DVX subscription pricing

  With Datrium Forward, the software-defined storage startup looks to deliver a 'cloudy feel' to pricing for its DVX storage that spans on premises and in Amazon Web Services.

• March 11, 2019 11 Mar'19

  Nvidia acquires Mellanox against growing AI, data competition

  Nvidia acquires Mellanox for $6.9 billion, as competition increases for platforms that can handle AI and other data-intensive platforms.

• March 08, 2019 08 Mar'19

  IBM quantum computer roadmap moves full speed ahead

  With IBM releasing its latest benchmark, the company's quantum computer appears to be consistently, if not slowly marching toward commercial reality.

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Nutanix HCI position under fire due to sales slump

  Nutanix CEO says HCI sales slowdown is temporary because its technology remains strong; in the meantime, Dell-VMware is pushing HCI deeper into the enterprise.

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  IBM adds Power to Watson Machine Learning

  While they debuted few whiz-bang offerings, IBM did roll out a handful of products that allow users to run AI technologies across more platforms, including Power Systems servers and competitor clouds.

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Carbon Relay debuts AI-based software for data center cooling

  Newcomer Carbon Relay has introduced two products that use artificial intelligence to help IT pros manage data center efficiency.

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  HCI software maker Maxta shuts down after funding failure

  Maxta tried to carve a niche in hyper-converged infrastructure with MxSP software for industry-standard x86 servers -- the business model HCI pioneer Nutanix shifted to in 2018.

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  France, HPE are building Europe's most powerful AI supercomputer

  France is building a supercomputer that can perform both traditional high-performance computing workloads and AI-specific workloads. The converged design is becoming increasingly common.

• January 25, 2019 25 Jan'19

  Broadcom execs: Here's how the CA acquisition works

  Broadcom explains why its surprising acquisition of CA Technologies can work, citing complementary portfolios and the long-term viability of mainframe software.

• January 16, 2019 16 Jan'19

  Datera storage software trains for long run on HPE servers

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise and startup Datera combine on block-storage appliances and expect to compete against Dell EMC's ScaleIO-based VxRack Flex hyper-converged systems.

• January 10, 2019 10 Jan'19

  IBM quantum computing system, apps lab seek commercial users

  IBM finally introduced its first integrated quantum computer that is designed for commercial accounts. But the emergence of commercial apps may take some time.

• January 03, 2019 03 Jan'19

  Detroit Symphony tunes up performance on Scale Computing HC3

  The nonprofit Detroit Symphony Orchestra refreshed its data infrastructure with a three-node Scale Computing HC3 hyper-converged storage cluster to manage 10 TB of data.

• December 12, 2018 12 Dec'18

  Amarillo hyper-converges IT with Dell EMC VxRail appliances

  Hyper-convergence cut costs, streamlined operations and set up Amarillo to use the cloud for storage tiers, while shifting resources away from managing infrastructure.

• November 16, 2018 16 Nov'18

  RHEL 8 beta looks to speed development of cloud-based apps

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 updates the software's DevOps capabilities with Application Streams, and boosts its appeal to both developers and line-of-business managers.

• November 08, 2018 08 Nov'18

  Dell EMC VxRail HCI builds on VMware Cloud Foundation

  Dell EMC builds on VMware Cloud Foundation and plans to offer a new two-node VxRail entry point, with a flexible VMware vSAN license. Dell EMC also adds VMware integration to VxBlock.

• November 02, 2018 02 Nov'18

  In IBM deal's wake, Red Hat RHEL 7.6 targets hybrid cloud

  After its acquisition by IBM, Red Hat wasted little time unveiling the next version of its flagship product, RHEL 7.6, which supports hybrid clouds and updated security.

• October 29, 2018 29 Oct'18

  NetApp HCI aimed at hybrid clouds

  Late to HCI, NetApp tries to play catch up against Dell EMC, VMware and Nutanix by pushing its SolidFire flash-based product into hybrid cloud deployments.

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  X-IO Axellio hitches HCI star to Microsoft, NVMe

  X-IO side steps VMware, enters hyper-competitive hyper-converged market with dense NVMe blades packed with Microsoft virtualization and storage software.

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  Hitachi Vantara storage takes turn to NVMe, cloud

  Hitachi Vantara updates its products and prepares to lay out a strategy for using its storage for IoT and distributed data management amid the multi-cloud movement.

• September 25, 2018 25 Sep'18

  Dell EMC VxRail powers Mercy Ships' floating hospital DCs

  Dell EMC hyper-converged appliances float the Mercy Ships IT team's boat. VxRail helps the medical charity consolidate IT technology in its floating hospitals and headquarters.

• September 14, 2018 14 Sep'18

  GPU-buffed servers advance Cisco's AI agenda

  Cisco's latest UCS servers with Nvidia's GPUs aim to help larger IT shops more quickly run AI and machine learning workloads -- and help Cisco keep pace with Dell and HPE.

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  VMworld pushes vSAN HCI to cloud, edge

  Private beta for next vSAN version includes built-in snapshots, NFS file services and cloud-native storage, as well as improved cluster management for the HCI software.

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Pivot3 storage moves toward composable capabilities

  CEO Ron Nash said Pivot3 and NexGen Storage are integrated as a single code base. NexGen gives Pivot3 automated QoS and dynamic provisioning for multi-cloud enterprises.

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  VSAN hyper-converged users offer buying, implementing advice

  Users provide tips on going from three tiers to tears-free hyper-convergence using VMware vSAN software or other HCI architectures proliferating in the data center and beyond.

• August 27, 2018 27 Aug'18

  Dell EMC HCI gear pushes multi-cloud strategy

  Dell EMC will use its HCI systems when it bundles software to encourage multi-cloud environments and push adoption of the company's own multi-cloud strategy.

• August 27, 2018 27 Aug'18

  Dell EMC HCI and storage cloud plans on display at VMworld

  Dell EMC promises to synchronize releases of VMware's vSAN on VxRail HCI appliances, although it may take 30 days to do it; fleshes out cloud support for storage, data protection.

• August 23, 2018 23 Aug'18

  HiveIO seeks to create buzz in HCI market

  HiveIO says artificial intelligence makes its Hive Fabric's Message Bus management unique; now, the HCI startup must prove it's really AI and not just an AI-wash.

• August 21, 2018 21 Aug'18

  Dell EMC PowerEdge MX teases 'kinetic' compute and storage

  Dell EMC composes its MX composable infrastructure story around SAS storage sleds that slide into in a single 14th generation 7U PowerEdge chassis, with OpenManage software.

• August 10, 2018 10 Aug'18

  IBM Power9 servers add reliability, reduce maintenance costs

  IBM looks to grab high-end hardware market share from archrival Intel with the introduction of two Power9 servers that offer greater uptime and reduced maintenance costs.

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Western Digital OpenFlex composes storage infrastructure

  Western Digital delivers OpenFlex architecture, an ambitious attempt to foster open standards for composable compute, network and storage as an alternative to hyper-convergence.

• August 03, 2018 03 Aug'18

  IBM boosts security, reliability in Power Systems server additions

  IBM's upcoming Power Systems servers add more security and reliability for cloud environments and promise to lower maintenance costs over the systems' life span.

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Rackspace colocation program hosts users' legacy servers

  Rackspace now has a managed colocation program that it hopes to upsell its customers with additional services, once their servers are in-house.

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Broadcom acquisition of CA seeks broader portfolio

  Broadcom has acquired CA Technologies in a move some believe is largely financially motivated, while others see an opportunity for the companies to integrate core offerings.

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Datrium DVX switches focus to converged markets, enterprise

  Datrium approaches HCI in a nontraditional way, but its DVX architecture combines compute and storage while pumping up its data protection capabilities.

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Managed private cloud gives IT a cost-effective option

  Cloud evaluation requires planning and cost analysis. With available technology and managed service providers, IT can reduce long-term expenditures and management headaches.

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  HPE's HCI system takes aim at space-constrained data centers

  HPE has complemented its recent high-end hyper-converged system with another HCI system to fit the space-constrained environments of branch offices or SMBs.

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  Dell's return to public markets sidesteps VMware query

  In a complex stock deal Dell once again becomes a public company to flex its muscles against major legacy IT rivals, but sidesteps questions about VMware's autonomy.

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  Cisco hyper-converged HyperFlex adds NVMe-enabled model

  Cisco HyperFlex 3.5 software adds native DR and cloud-based Intersight Storage Analytics. The all-flash hyper-converged systems integrate Nvidia GPUs and Intel Optane NVMe SSDs.

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  Hitachi UCP update includes NVMe cache, GPU server

  Hitachi updates Unified Compute Platform (UCP) portfolio with new NVMe-based Intel Optane caching option and technology from partners VMware and Cisco.

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  IBM's Cloud Private for Data brings on-prem data closer to the cloud

  IBM rolled out its Cloud Private for Data platform designed to make it easier for users' on-premises data to interact with not just IBM's public cloud, but those of AWS and Google.

• May 24, 2018 24 May'18

  Red Hat Hyperconverged Infrastructure for Cloud launches

  Red Hat expands its hyper-converged infrastructure lineup with a cloud offering that combines OpenStack and Ceph. The new option joins Gluster-based HCI for Virtualization.

• 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 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Nutanix .NEXT 2018: CEO Pandey talks Xi, Cisco, multi-cloud

  Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey discusses why Xi Cloud Services are taking so long to deliver, blames Nutanix No. 1 HCI market share loss on 'funky accounting.'

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Nutanix Flow, Beam, Era highlight .NEXT 2018 launches

  Nutanix uses small acquisitions to fuel further expansion of its core HCI into an enterprise cloud OS with Flow, Era and Beam, which were announced at the Nutanix .NEXT 2018.

• 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.

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  'Software-defined' Dell EMC HCI gets hardware boost

  Dell EMC VxRail customers discuss their use of the HCI platform inside and outside the data center; platform moves to faster 14th gen PowerEdge servers powered by NVMe flash.

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  VxRack Flex at the center of Medicity's SaaS cloud

  Hungry for power, healthcare SaaS provider Medicity installed Dell EMC VxRack Flex rack-scale HCI for private cloud to store petabytes of data for its customer network.

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  VMware pulls vSAN 6.7 deeper into vSphere

  By giving the vSAN 6.7 release more of a vSphere look and common management, VMware hopes to lure more of its customers to use its hyper-converged storage software.

• 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 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  Emergencies force Safelite to break glass, add NetApp FlexPod

  An auto glass supplier chooses FlexPod to consolidate and retire aging storage from several vendors. NetApp AFF supports VMware, and SolidFire arrays support growing claims management.

• 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 02, 2018 02 Apr'18

  Nutanix HCI, Nakivo backup go straight into Compton schools

  The Compton, Calif., school district reduces its data center server and storage footprint with Nutanix hyper-convergence and simplifies data backup with Nakivo software.

• 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 21, 2018 21 Mar'18

  Pivot3 vSTAC HCI helps Charleston airport IT fly

  The Charleston airport IT team expanded its Pivot3 implementation from video surveillance to its main infrastructure stack after deciding hyper-convergence was the way to go.

• 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.

• March 14, 2018 14 Mar'18

  Pivot3 Acuity X3 eyes big opportunities in smaller spaces

  Pivot3 expands its Acuity hyper-converged line with X3 Series. The NVMe flash appliances help smaller departments consolidate mixed application workloads on a common system.

• February 22, 2018 22 Feb'18

  Nutanix HCI helps keep NFL's Chicago Bears in the game

  The Chicago Bears' Nutanix hyper-converged clusters provide cloud-like access to coaching staples, like playbooks, schedules and scouting reports across the NFL team's facilities.

• 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 13, 2018 13 Feb'18

  With VxBlock 1000, Dell EMC AMPs up converged platform

  Dell EMC VxBlock 1000 lets customers mix and match VMAX, Unity, XtremIO and Isilon arrays in a block with Cisco servers and networking. Will that reverse market share decline?

• February 08, 2018 08 Feb'18

  Dell HCI portfolio dismantled to improve chances in the CI market

  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.

• February 05, 2018 05 Feb'18

  Software-defined storage leaders talk 2018 trends in SDS, HCI

  Software-defined storage, fueled by hyper-converged infrastructure and scale-out object/file storage, will grow in 2018, but terminology and product architectures may change.

• April 13, 2016 13 Apr'16

  Gauging whether hyper-converged vendors' ages matter

  Deciding between the new guy and the old standby has driven purchasing decisions for decades, but what do users think when it comes to hyper-converged infrastructure?

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  EMC launches VxRail VSAN-based hyper-converged appliance

  EMC replaces Vspex Blue with VxRail, integrating the new version of VMware's Virtual SAN software on four-node hyper-converged appliances.

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  A who's who of white box switch vendors

  White box networking gives IT organizations more freedom of choice for network hardware and OSes. It's a young and changing market, with a mix of vendor involvement.