Lifecycle management for converged and hyperconverged infrastructure is a thorny problem for a variety of reasons. Products that attempt to simplify the process have arrived. The process of keeping firmware and software components updated and compatible has always been part...
Read More »After several years of less-than-stellar success in the crowded HCI space, Microsoft Azure Stack HCI is being transitioned to a subscription offering with its own operating system, Azure Stack HCI 20H2. Microsoft has changed the way Azure Stack HCI is sold and...
Read More »COVID-19 is causing widespread changes within businesses and accelerating digital transformation. VDI, HCI and hybrid multicloud are well-positioned to help. Virtual desktop infrastructure has always been a killer app for hyperconverged infrastructure, and we’re seeing it in this new world of COVID-19 as well....
Read More »With vSphere 7 with Kubernetes, VMware addresses the need for self-service access to Kubernetes in a VM environment without creating separate silos for VMs and containers. In the last article we talked about container-native storage systems, platforms that incorporate software-defined storage...
Read More »IT organizations are recognizing the need to support containers for their software development groups but also to accommodate container-based applications as they move into production. Containers offer a number of benefits, as well as some challenges, particularly around storage. In...
Read More »This is the third in a series of articles on making hybrid cloud a reality. The first two looked at Google Anthos and AWS Outposts. In this article we’ll examine Microsoft’s Azure Stack hybrid cloud family (which includes Azure Stack...
Read More »This second in a series of articles, on making hybrid cloud a reality, looks at Google Anthos, how it works, the deployment options, how it compares with AWS Outposts and who should consider it. Read the first installment here. The...
Read More »In the first of a series of articles on methods for making hybrid cloud a reality, we examine AWS Outposts, explaining how it works, how it compares cost-wise with non-hybrid AWS cloud services and who should consider it. On paper,...
Read More »From AI and advanced analytics to edge computing, containers and more – today's top technology trends are bringing new life to converged and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions. There are several big technology trends whose impact is being felt throughout the data...
Read More »Evaluator Group looks back at 2019 storage briefings, highlighting four products in three technology areas (computational storage, software-defined servers and micro edge computing). As an analyst with Evaluator Group, I receive storage industry briefings several times a week. While many are...
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