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• February 10, 2017 10 Feb'17

  Lessons learned from data center outages, but still a long trip ahead

  The hits keep on coming for the airline industry, with several more IT outages that have stranded angry passengers in recent months. Are there any new lessons for IT pros?

• January 27, 2017 27 Jan'17

  Dodge sneaky colocation costs by monitoring your bill

  Colocation fees can pile up if you're not savvy. Negotiate with your provider and predict the scale of your organization to avoid surprises on your next bill.

• January 20, 2017 20 Jan'17

  HPE-SimpliVity deal raises support, price and development questions

  With HPE's buy of No. 2 SimpliVity -- the first big deal in the HCI space -- IT pros see a more robust offering, but also higher prices and weaker support.

• January 19, 2017 19 Jan'17

  Converged infrastructure drop-off doesn't mean data center death

  Traditional converged infrastructure has been supplanted by hyper-converged infrastructure and cloud computing, but it remains a solid and useful platform.

• January 09, 2017 09 Jan'17

  Data rides boomerang in on-premises vs. cloud computing battle

  More technology companies and large enterprises find that cloud computing is not as cost-effective as hoped, and have moved at least one application back on premises.

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• December 23, 2016 23 Dec'16

  OpenStack support lifecycle shines longer for mainstream enterprises

  Lengthened support lifecycles for the latest OpenStack offerings aim to avoid one of the potholes of OpenStack operations with more stability and reassurance for less Agile workloads.

• December 20, 2016 20 Dec'16

  For some, expanded hyper-converged server choices miss the mark

  Growing server choices in hyper-converged appliances give enterprise IT pros all sorts of options, but many are more focused on the software.

• December 07, 2016 07 Dec'16

  Telcos purge colocation data centers, open door to neutral connections

  Enterprise customers in Verizon and CenturyLink's colocation data centers should expect better cloud and network connection options -- but not upheaval -- after being sold in 2017.

• December 06, 2016 06 Dec'16

  IT slowly embraces composable infrastructure

  If there will be a way to make an enterprise data center as efficient and optimized as cloud computing, composable infrastructure seeks to fill that role.

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  OpenStack enterprise adoption still awaits full embrace

  OpenStack in the enterprise is more likely to see continued adoption via vendor distributions and managed services, not the raw code of big-name customers, such as PayPal.

• November 10, 2016 10 Nov'16

  IT organizations give nod to a free hypervisor option

  The lure of free can be the deciding factor for organizations evaluating which hypervisor best fits their needs, and help them escape mounting annual license fees.

• November 08, 2016 08 Nov'16

  Three new colocation market trends for IT pros to tap into

  Competition is surging in the colocation market, and providers are adding new features to differentiate. IT pros should look for new services around cloud connections, green energy and more.

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  New calculator seeks public vs. private cloud cost comparison

  In the quest to calculate public cloud costs versus private cloud costs, IT pros have a new asset to help them apply quantifiable data to find their answer.

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  2017 Impact Awards: Vote for the Best Converged/Hyper-Converged Product

  Vote here for the Best Converged/Hyper-Converged Product in the 2017 Impact Awards.

• October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

  Sage advice: Ten cost-optimization strategies for enterprise IT

  Need to rein in IT costs? These cost-optimization strategies, from centralization to cloud services to BYOD, will turn IT and business leaders into gurus of efficiency.