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Storage virtualization technology and services

Hyper-converged technology evolves into compelling sales pitch

Advocates for hyper-convergence envision an important place for the technology in future data centers. Learn about the expanding uses for HCI and emerging markets. Continue Reading
Hyper-converged technologies: A viable alternative to the cloud

Advocates for hyper-convergence envision an important place for the technology in future data centers. Learn about the expanding uses for HCI and emerging markets. Continue Reading
How to sell storage into virtualized infrastructure environments

Knowing today's best storage options and how they best match to your customers' virtualized infrastructure is critical when crafting storage offerings. Continue Reading
Channel Expert Podcast, Part 2: Management benefits of storage virtualization

In this Channel Expert Podcast with consultant Tory Skyers and Irwin Teodoro from Laurus Technologies, find out about the management benefits of storage virtualization, including a single-pane-of-glass view into storage assets, simplified data ... Continue Reading
Storage virtualization for data migration, consolidation

Learn how to use storage virtualization for data migration at customer sites, and find out about emerging uses of the technology in appliances and disk arrays. Continue Reading
VMware, HP team on virtualization management software

Three new integrated software offerings are designed to help users manage virtual and physical environments, but there's some doubt over whether they'll attract non-HP customers.Continue Reading
Spotting the next wave of managed services

Managed Services trends are presenting new opportunities for channel professionals. This tip outlines five areas of potential business for you.Continue Reading
Data management systems vendors add thin provisioning, resellers capitalize

As data management systems vendors add thin-provisioning software to their feature sets, resellers are capitalizing on the value-add storage management tool.Continue Reading
File area network (FAN) podcast -- trends in content management and delivery

Online content is proliferating at unprecedented rates. Get advice from industry analyst Brad O'Neil in this podcast, brought to you by Gear 6.Continue Reading
Storage virtualization for remote storage management

A global storage virtualization solution was employed by Carlson Companies to meet remote storage management needs, as described in this excerpt from Storage Virtualization: Technologies for Simplifying Data Storage and Management.Continue Reading

Lenovo talks of turning corners and intelligent transformation

The vendor has shared a set of Q1 numbers that are much healthier than the ones it issued this time last year

Vendors under pressure to generate better channel data

The information that a lot of vendors have around rebate, MDF and marketing programmes is nowhere near as good as it should be

Privacy concerns driving security spending

Forecasts of what will happen with worldwide spending on security over the next couple of years means those developing a MSSP ...

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Azure licensing eliminates pillar of public cloud from its platform

Changes to Azure licensing mean customers who want pay-as-you-go pricing will have to make upfront commitments to get it, as ...

HPE Helion cloud brokerage supplants its defunct public cloud

With its public cloud soon a thing of the past, the HPE cloud strategy around hybrid management continues to take shape with ...

Docker containers slide into production with Tutum deal

Docker has acquired container management provider Tutum to help transition its much talked about technology from an intriguing, ...

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OneLogin security chief delivers new security model

How did cloud identity and access management vendor OneLogin rebuild its security after a breach? We ask OneLogin security chief ...

Finalized TLS 1.3 update has been published at last

The finalized TLS 1.3 update has been published after a four-year process. The new protocol promises to be faster and more secure...

How to mitigate the Efail flaws in OpenPGP and S/MIME

Efail exploits vulnerabilities in the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards to reveal the plaintext in encrypted emails. Learn more about ...

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Scale-out Qumulo NAS qualifies latest Dell EMC PowerEdge servers

Qumulo scale-out NAS software can now run on Dell EMC's PowerEdge servers. That means Dell EMC server customers can choose ...

IBM DS8882F converges array and mainframe in one rack

IBM skinny mainframes add a few pounds with the DS8882F all-flash array screwed into the IBM Z ZR1 and LinuxOne Rockhopper II 19-...

New Seagate Nytro SSD line uses Toshiba 3D NAND chips

Seagate shows off its first triple-level cell, 64-layer 3D NAND Nytro SSDs since investing in Toshiba NAND. Analysts wonder if ...

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Cisco revenues up, customers warming to new products

Cisco revenues in the last quarter rose 6% as businesses took advantage of a strong economy to refresh networks and deploy new ...

New Dell EMC 100 GbE switch tailored for east-west traffic

The latest Dell EMC 100 GbE switch is an open system aimed at service providers and large enterprises. The Z9264F is a 2RU system...

Active-active data centers key to high-availability application resilience

Enterprises dependent upon a high-availability application should investigate active-active data center designs to ensure ...

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Establish a data classification model for cloud encryption

Not all data requires the same level of encryption. Use data classification to gauge your security needs, including for workloads...

Legacy roots still hinder Oracle and IBM cloud strategies

As IBM and Oracle look to shift away from legacy systems and hone in on IaaS, it won't be a clean cut. Still, each vendor has its...

Map application dependencies to prepare for cloud migration

The practices a development team puts in place to manage dependencies before a move to the cloud will determine how smoothly apps...

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Chief data officer skills tested by AI ad blitz

A reporter's notebook from a recent MIT symposium provides insights on chief data officer needs, as the AI wave starts to hit ...

Open source database software finally gets down to business

Once used primarily in web applications, open source databases are finding a place in more mission-critical business systems -- a...

Open source RDBMS uses spurred by lower costs, cloud options

Open source technologies have become more capable alternatives to mainstream relational databases for cost-conscious users -- and...

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Reddit and the aspiring data scientist

For amateur data scientists, Reddit provides the opportunity to post about personal projects, chat with like-minded people and ...

Talking Data: AI advances and the MIT Startup Exchange

The Talking Data podcast team discusses some of the MIT startups that are making advances in AI and natural language processing.

Tableau BI gets Extensions API in version 2018.2 update

Tableau's BI software sees general release of a 2018.2 update with an API for dashboard extensions, while a 2018.3 beta adds more...