CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Thus, these services will begin to commoditize, and with the popularity of multicloud, core services such as storage and computing will be pretty much the same from cloud to cloud.” Of course, the benefit of using cloud services is that customers can select whatever infrastructure configuration suits their needs.

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Trends Cloud Oracle Enterprise 144

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

As leaders in the HPC industry, we are worried about how to cool these data centers. Many are looking at innovative data center designs including modular centers and colocation. Deployed successfully around the globe, liquid cooling is becoming essential to future proofing data centers.

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Dell Data Center Intel Artificial Intelligence 59

Cloud Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Jackson and Scott Goessling was selected for use by the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement, Applied Computing Systems & Technology Program as the textbook for their mandatory Enterprise Architecture - Hardware course starting Spring Semester 2019. This content is being syndicated through multiple channels.

Cloud 70

Cloud Course Programming Open Source 70

Fountainhead

JANUARY 24, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Since about 2006 I’ve been involved with data center IT automation. Back then I started with Cassatt, one of the first companies trying to automate infrastructure components in the data center. Fountainhead.

Cloud 216

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Data 216

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. In case you’re interested, here’s a collection of storage trends and predictions for 2016.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 13, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 13th. The exterior of 365 Main’s newest data center facility in Emeryville, Calif. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week.

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Data Center Data IBM Storage 210

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

From a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) standpoint, there were a lot of observations I picked up on that are worth sharing. For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. Data Centers are increasingly complex. And of course costs of service go up with complexity.

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Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

This leads to a talk about VMware’s 10 years of innovation, with products and features like ESX, vMotion, DRS, Storage vMotion, and more. This is a software-defined data center discussion—compute virtualization, storage virtualization, network virtualization, and management. and vCloud Suite 5.5.

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Vmware Virtualization Data Center Storage 63

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. In case you’re interested, here’s a collection of storage trends and predictions for 2016.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Director of Field Marketing at Virident , a performance leader in flash-based storage-class memory (SCM) solutions. Storage Causes the Bottleneck. We must dispel a myth about storage costs, particularly for flash.

Storage 211

Storage Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise 211

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. Servers/Hardware. Welcome to Technology Short Take #119! Now, on to the content! Unfortunately, this appears to be GKE-specific. Nothing this time around. Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

The Accidental Successful CIO

JANUARY 4, 2012

When you are using cloud computing, instead of having to physically touch hardware and software in order use an application, now all you have to do is to subscribe to it and you can access it over the Internet. You would access your applications and data via your Internet connection. No disks, no servers. Oh, and one more item.

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Cloud Strategy Applications Internet 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). Ultimately, all of this complexity gradually resulted from incremental server hardware evolution… the motherboards to be exact.

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Industry Data Center Virtualization Network 100

Galido

APRIL 27, 2020

For a start, it provides easy optimization of infrastructural resources since it uses hardware more effectively. Of course, this is just one part of why Kubernetes is useful and widely praised. Therefore, this allows users to save on hardware and data center costs. Is deploying Kubernetes a good idea for you?

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Load Balancer Tools Applications Open Source 94

Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

Now that I’m starting to get settled into my new role at Heptio, I’ve managed to find some time to pull together another collection of links and articles pertaining to various data center technologies. Servers/Hardware. Your mileage may vary, of course. Feedback is always welcome! Networking. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Until then, here’s some data center-related articles and links for your enjoyment. Servers/Hardware. Customers don’t care about data centers, or DevOps pipelines, or toolkits…they just care about being able to do whatever it is you offer (buy stuff, consume a service, whatever). Networking. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Tower of Babel Invades the Data Center & NOC. Tower of Babel Invades the Data Center & NOC. Jeff Klaus is general manager, Data Center Manager (DCM) Solutions , at Intel Corporation. Jeff leads a global team that is pioneering data center infrastructure management (DCIM) technologies.

Data Center 187

Data Center Data Hardware Virtualization 187

Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Rob Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch, recently published a reasonably in-depth look at “modern OpenFlow” implementations and how they can leverage multiple tables in hardware. Servers/Hardware. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Vmware Storage HP Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #31, my irregularly published series that takes a look at links, posts, articles, and thoughts from around the web related to core data center technologies. Of course, Big Switch recently moved to “diversify,” if you will, away from just Floodlight with the introduction of Switch Light.

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Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Virtualized Greek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

There is no question, we are on the edge of the transformation of data center network technology. VMware has looked to both storage and networking as areas of growth. Cisco for its part has held on strong to its lead on the enterprise network hardware front. However, the market for network hardware is extremely mature.

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Vmware Virtualization Hardware Network 91

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

I try to keep things related to the key technology areas you’ll see in today’s data centers, though I do stray from time to time. Servers/Hardware. That’s assuming your laptop is beefy enough, of course.). In any case, enough with the introduction—bring on the content! Networking.

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Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Given that I am originally from the Netherlands I have, of course, a special interest in how Dutch companies are using our cloud services. . It makes use of the Eagle Genomics platform running on AWS, resulting in that Unilever’s digital data program now processes genetic sequences twenty times faster—without incurring higher compute costs.

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Enterprise Enterprise Cloud Banking 130

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

And there could be ancillary costs, such as the need for additional server hardware or data storage capacity. Here are some costs that will need to be included in your analysis: Hardware: Do I need to buy new hardware, or do I have capacity to run the software on existing servers and storage?

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Software Software Enterprise Enterprise 129

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

.” In 2012 the company made an upgrade to its system, which resides in a containerized data center from IBM, located outdoors next to offices at Fox Studios in Australia. It also has an EMC Isilon clustered storage system with around 500TB of primary data storage. Modular Data Centers.

Cloud 188

Cloud Data Center Data Storage 188

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

He starts with the data center, and briefly discusses Intel’s leadership in CPUs (from the low-end with Atom and Avoton to the high-end with Xeon E5), server rack-scale architecture, and software-defined networking. Of course, all of these devices are transmitting data, and this leads James to a discussion of big data.

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Intel Internet Architecture Healthcare 63

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

He starts with the data center, and briefly discusses Intel’s leadership in CPUs (from the low-end with Atom and Avoton to the high-end with Xeon E5), server rack-scale architecture, and software-defined networking. Of course, all of these devices are transmitting data, and this leads James to a discussion of big data.

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Intel Internet Architecture Healthcare 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

Digital infrastructure, of course, includes communications network infrastructure — including 5G, Fifth-Generation Fixed Network (F5G), Internet Protocol version 6+ (IPv6+), the Internet of Things (IoT), and the Industrial Internet — alongside computing infrastructure, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), storage, computing, and data centers.

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Network Transportation Storage Industry 100

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

To that end, AWS has been increasing efforts to educate large enterprise customers on how to adopt intelligent tiering storage options to reduce costs of hosting dormant data — while paying premium for the data in most active use in applications running on AWS. So we’re no closer.” “All

Cloud 105

Cloud Data Center Data Web Services 105

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

You may have heard of Intel Rack-Scale Architecture (RSA), a new approach to designing data center hardware. Of course, IDF 2014 wasn’t the first time I’d heard of Intel RSA; it was also discussed last year. Establishing hardware-level APIs. Enabling greater software intelligence and flexibility.

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Intel Architecture Hardware Data Center 105

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #33, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles discussing various data center technology-related links, articles, rants, thoughts, and questions. Servers/Hardware. I’m kidding, of course—the content is well worth reading.). Networking. I was wrong. App Firewall?

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Fundamentally, the concept abstracts-away a servers I/O, disk, storage connectivity, and out-of-band controls, making it a stateless entity. and the Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) for connection to storage. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

Hardware 100

Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

This is another installation in my irregularly-published series of links, thoughts, rants, and raves across various data center-related fields of technology. Servers/Hardware. Cisco UCS is pretty cool in that it makes automation of compute hardware easier through such abstractions as server profiles. Networking.

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Vmware Storage Virtualization Network 115

The Verge

AUGUST 17, 2021

And, of course, I had to ask about 5G. I feel like maybe the frame of our conversation is a little different — Argo makes self-driving hardware and software for cars. You make hardware and software that allows cars to drive themselves. Do you have any hardware demands? You don’t make cars. What is the Argo product?

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Meeting Company Industry Data 119

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #33, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles discussing various data center technology-related links, articles, rants, thoughts, and questions. Servers/Hardware. I’m kidding, of course—the content is well worth reading.). Networking. I was wrong. App Firewall?

HP 61

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 61

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

That’s how they ended up at the historic Virginia Inn restaurant and bar at Seattle’s Pike Place Market 10 years ago, in the fall of 2013, engaged in a conversation that would ultimately change the course of Amazon’s cloud business. “I get this bill just before the meeting — it was $7.23.

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Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Meeting 121

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

As always, I have a list of links related to various data center technologies found below; hopefully something here proves useful. Dmitri Kalintsev is back with another article in a series of articles on using hardware VXLAN tunnel endpoints (VTEPs) with VMware NSX. Servers/Hardware. Your mileage may vary, of course.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Colbert starts the first demo of the day by framing the demo around the concept of a doctor moving through various devices and applications over the course of a day. beta announced yesterday), storage (via VSAN), networking (via NSX—go VCDX-NV!), EVO:RACK, of course, is still in technical preview.

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Vmware Architecture Applications Storage 65