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Container and virtualization technology services

FAQ: Virtual machine migration to vSphere

Use this FAQ to get advice for performing a virtual machine migration from Hyper-V or XenServer to vSphere and learn about incompatibilities among hypervisors. Continue Reading
Where does virtualization fit within a small to midsized company?

Learn about disaster recovery and the other benefits of virtualization for small to midsized companies. Continue Reading
Are we going to see VMware become spun off from EMC?

Learn whether VMware and VMware channel partners would benefit if EMC spun it off. Continue Reading

BETT: HP hits the road to support educational partners

Vendor aims to get its education offerings out in front of customers and support resellers across the country

Intel boss ‘maniacal’ about eliminating supply constraints

CEO updated analysts on the progress the vendor is making in eradicating the CPU supply issues that have been a problem ...

BETT: Lenovo calls for more tech investment

The hardware vendor has worked on a report that indicates that money needs to be spent on tech to keep education in touch with ...

SearchSecurity

Citrix patches vulnerability as ransomware attacks emerge

Citrix rolls out more patches ahead of schedule for CVE-2019-19781, a directory traversal vulnerability that affects Citrix ADC, ...

Proofpoint: Ransomware payments made in half of U.S. attacks

According to Proofpoint's 2020 'State of the Phish' report, 51% of U.S. organizations surveyed opted to pay threat actors after ...

AWS leak exposes passwords, private keys on GitHub

UpGuard discovered a public GitHub repository that contained sensitive AWS customer data, including passwords, authentication ...

SearchStorage

Investments in data storage vendors topped $2B in 2019

Six data storage vendors closed six-figure funding rounds in 2019. Backup, data protection and newer flash technologies generated...

Q&A: SwiftStack object storage zones in on AI, ML, analytics

Q&A: SwiftStack's founder and president Joe Arnold says disk-based object storage can deliver the concurrency and throughput that...

HDD vs. SSD storage in the age of flash

HDDs continue to play a key role in the data center, even as SSD capacities increase and prices fall. See how HDDs and SSDs stack...

SearchNetworking

Build a source of truth into your network automation strategy

Many network automation approaches rely on a source of truth repository to provide data on network behavior. But building this ...

SD-WAN explained: The ultimate guide to SD-WAN architecture

Evaluating SD-WAN architecture can be confusing, especially as the market grows. This guide helps IT pros learn SD-WAN basics, ...

VMware acquisition of Nyansa combines LAN, WAN analytics

The VMware acquisition of Nyansa is expected to provide network traffic analytics that cover the SD-WAN and the wired and ...

SearchCloudComputing

5 cloud database comparison tips to guide your data strategy

Catch up on these tips that compare the strengths, weakness and available integrations of popular public cloud database and ...

Reduce cloud latency for remote employees and offices

Latency remains an issue for cloud users with remote facilities. See how SD-WAN and satellites can improve network performance ...

AWS multi-account management best practices with Control Tower

With the help of AWS Control Tower, organizations who own and operate multiple cloud accounts can manage them all under one roof ...

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Hitachi Vantara acquires data catalog vendor Waterline Data

With the acquisition of Waterline Data, Hitachi Vantara is bringing new data catalog capabilities that will expand the Lumada ...

New Confluent Platform release boosts event streaming quality

Based on the open-source Kafka event streaming platform, the Confluent Platform 5.4 update adds new capabilities to help meet ...

Where InfluxDB time series database is going

Users need more than SQL for querying databases, according to Paul Dix, co-founder and CTO of InfluxData. That's why the vendor ...

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How to compare and choose augmented analytics tools

Choosing an augmented BI and analytics vendor can be difficult when their offerings are so similar. Analysts at Gartner and ...

ThoughtSpot IPO could be coming after vendor adds first CFO

Hiring of a CFO for the first time signals that ThoughtSpot may be positioning itself for an IPO and comes six months after what ...

5 ways enterprises adapt to the data scientist shortage

Where are all the data scientists? Coping with the data scientist shortage is a struggle for many enterprises. Here are five ways...