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• 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?

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• 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.

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Massive tax bill increases uncertainty in Dell-EMC deal

  Dell's deal to buy EMC and VMware for $67 billion is in doubt after revelations that the company could face a $9 billion tax bill, forcing some uncertain IT buyers to look elsewhere.

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Greenfield vs. brownfield data center development strategies

  Don't count out that old, empty department store that hasn't seen customers in a decade -- data center brownfield developments bring new life to these types of abandoned buildings.

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  HP Enterprise to cut up to 30,000 jobs ahead of split

  A leaner, more nimble HP Enterprise will have as many as 30,000 fewer employees after the company splits in November.

• September 14, 2015 14 Sep'15

  IT jobs surge in upper Midwest, Rockies, led by Java

  IT jobs are being filled at the highest rate away from some of the traditional technology hotspots -- including many Midwestern states.

• August 25, 2014 25 Aug'14

  With EVO: RAIL, VMware turns VSAN into a franchise

  VMware's EVO: RAIL allows hardware vendors to build hyper-converged appliances running VSAN and other VMware software.

• August 19, 2014 19 Aug'14

  There's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on in converged infrastructure

  With sales sagging, legacy hardware suppliers are scurrying to form partnerships with a new generation of converged infrastructure vendors. But will these newly minted converged systems convince IT to open up the purse strings?

• July 21, 2014 21 Jul'14

  Seven data center blogs you should be reading right now

  Stay connected on trending IT topics on Twitter and Tumblr. Follow these seven experts who express news, opinions in data center blogs.

• September 07, 2012 07 Sep'12

  Choice Hotel rethinks IT architecture, employs middleware, SOA, BPM

  User story describes application modernization employing Oracle Fusion middleware, SOA and BPM. A hotel chain gains flexibility going the SOA route.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  CA Spectrum replaced by AccelOps: News in brief

  Texas radiology clinic replaced CA Technologies’ Spectrum monitoring suite with AccelOps to save on maintenance.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  Dell Viking micro server recast as PowerEdge C5000

  The Dell Viking started out as a custom box for low-end dedicated hosting and has graduated to a full-fledged micro server platform.

• March 03, 2011 03 Mar'11

  1U servers: Features and capabilities introduction

  1U servers are well suited to many everyday business tasks. This overview considers the key features -- from processor and memory support to network ports-- of various 1U server offerings.

• November 16, 2010 16 Nov'10

  Move over SMPs: Distributed shared memory systems step in

  Researchers are building ersatz SMP machines out of commodity x86 boxes, plus specialized hardware and software.

• November 11, 2010 11 Nov'10

  Have data center careers hit the skids?

  Has virtualized infrastructure derailed data center careers? IT managers say they now spend too much time troubleshooting environments and not enough time on strategic projects.

• November 05, 2010 05 Nov'10

  Data center EPO vulnerability fixed in 2011 National Electrical Code

  Data centers are no longer required to put the big red kill-switch on exit doors, thanks to a committee that convinced the NFPA to revisit its data center EPO regulation.

• October 21, 2010 21 Oct'10

  Cisco et al. push memory-dense servers; but at what cost?

  Today’s x86 servers offer impressive memory densities, but some IT shops want even more.

• October 01, 2010 01 Oct'10

  The new mainframes: BladeSystem Matrix, Vblock, Exadata and Exalogic

  Converged infrastructure platforms like Oracle‘s Exadata offer companies increased performance, but at the cost of vendor lock-in, causing some to dub these the new mainframes.