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Resiliency is no longer optional
We’ve reached a critical juncture where resiliency is more critical than ever In today’s world of 24x7x365 global operations and competition, downtime results not only in immediate lost revenue and...
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When IT Becomes A One Man Show
Investment firm Hearthstone laid off its IT team during the economic downturn. CTO Rob Meltz turned to cloud services and virtualization to keep the business running and growing. Like plenty of people...
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8 Ways Storage Impacts Virtualized Environments
Storage Performance A Big Impact On Virtualization. Three Areas Where Virtualization Stalls Because Of Storage. The variety of storage devices attached to virtualized environments and to virtual...
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Why More SMBs Are Reaching the Virtualization Tipping Point
Corporate leaders share reasons for migrating to virtualized infrastructure. XP Power had a problem. The power supply manufacturer for the industrial, healthcare and technology industries was running...
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Things to consider while maintaining or upgrading a Storage Area Network (SAN)
It is a known fact that data storage adds business value to an enterprise and so storage arrays play a vital role in offering success to a business. The performance of the storage system and its...
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The unpleasant truths about database-as-a-service
Real issues and problems will slow migration to this useful cloud technology, but less so if you’re prepared. The recent announcement of cloud-delivered databases — makes it clear we’re moving to a...
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What Storage Is Best For Server Virtualization?
One of the biggest challenges to expanding a virtual server infrastructure is dealing with the storage challenges that often come with the deployment. The way storage is used in the virtual...
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Storage Area Network File System (SAN File System)
Definition – What does Storage Area Network File System (SAN File System) mean? A storage area network file system (SAN File System) is a scalable, SAN-based and highly available file system and...
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What Is Software-Defined Storage?
With increasing frequency, I’m asked for my thoughts on the emerging software-defined storage category. Whenever I’m presented with a new tech term, I ask whether it truly defines a new product...
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Don’t Get Catfished: Bridge the Physical and Virtual
I recently caught an episode of a documentary series my kids were watching on MTV, called “Catfish.” In the show, people who were in online-only relationships tried to find out if the person they’d...
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Challenges in Virtualization
Companies looking at virtualization solutions need storage solutions that are flexible Virtualization has been a boon to enterprise as it makes IT operations more efficient. Some like its green...
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Shifting Attitudes Towards Cloud Computing and Cloud Storage
2013 will be an important year for the adoption and acceptance of cloud computing within corporate IT strategies. In the past, there was much debate over as security, reliability governance, compliance...
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Disaster Recovery In The Cloud, Or DRaaS: Revisited
Disaster Recovery In The Cloud, Or DRaaS: Revisited The idea of offering Disaster Recovery services has been around as long as SunGard or IBM BCRS (Business Continuity & Resiliency Services)....
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Is Cloud Computing Really Right for Your Business?
In many cases, virtualization is a better fit for a company’s needs than a private cloud is. Private clouds, hosted or on-premise, are rapidly becoming commonplace. More and more businesses are...
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Virtualization improved server efficiency, but did it meet the hype?
Several years ago, server virtualization rolled into the data center with all of the outrageous promises and unbelievable claims of a sideshow barker. Experts and vendors claimed it was going to...
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The growing importance and network impact of VDI
If virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) was a racehorse, it would be one to back. Gartner predicts that hosted virtual desktop (HVD) deployments will reach 15% of professional desktop users by 2014 and...
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Cloud Computing And Thin Clients
When I began looking at thin client applications, I was pretty darned sure that the weight loss industry had come up with yet another way to separate overweight people from their money. Introducing...
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Cloud Computing And Thin Clients
Cloud computing technologies are on the rise in the healthcare industry. Although their adoption is held back by regulatory initiatives and security concerns, the cloud computing market in healthcare...
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Building a Private Cloud: A Strategic Guide
With the advent of cloud computing, companies are trapped with their desire to adopt the flexible and scalable model without relinquishing control over their data. As a result, private cloud is the...
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Ask These 6 Important Questions of Your Cloud Providers
If you are considering workloads for the cloud or an entire cloud strategy or moving your entire datacenter into the cloud, I think you are already on the right path for success within your IT...
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