Eric D. Brown

OCTOBER 13, 2014

“This post is brought to you by End-to-End Solutions for IT Pros and Dell.”. Challenges within the data center seem to exist in just about every client discussion. There are many reasons for organizations to be worried about the data center and the challenges found within.

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Data Center Dell Storage Survey 191

Cloud Musings

APRIL 8, 2018

Digital storage requirements are growing exponentially. Budgets simply can’t keep up and existing Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative (FDCCI), “Cloud First” Policy, Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) and Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act challenges aren’t going away. Here’s how. Here’s how.

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Storage Cloud Hotels Conference 87

Storage IO Blog

MAY 2, 2016

Today’s EMCworld theme is modernize the data center which means a mix of hardware, software and services announcements spanning physical, virtual, cloud among others (e.g. how do you want your servers, storage and data infrastructure wrapped).

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Dell Data Center Storage Virtualization 40

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. An overview of recent storage market history is needed to understand why this transition is important.

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Storage Cloud Media Operating Systems 79

Storage IO Blog

MAY 8, 2017

What this means is an expanded focus because of the new Dell EMC that has added servers among other items to the event focus. Granted, EMC had been doing servers via its VCE and converged divisions, however with the Dell EMC integration completed as of last fall, the Dell Server group is now part of the Dell EMC organization.

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Dell Groups Data Center Storage 65

Storage IO Blog

MAY 4, 2017

Dell EMC have announced their Microsoft Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform solutions. This announcement builds upon previous statements of support and intention by Dell EMC to be part of the Microsoft Azure Stack community. The post Dell EMC Announce Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud Solution appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Dell Cloud Microsoft Data Center 66

Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 27, 2013

Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) and Software Defined Networks (SDN) […].

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Vmware Storage Network HP 64

Storage IO Blog

JULY 29, 2014

Here in the Stillwater MN area […] The post July 2014 Server and StorageIO Update newsletter appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage Dell Backup Data Center 55

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. ITs Blind Spots in the data center. I called these the " big blind spots ". I called these the " big blind spots ". But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. Big Data. (6).

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Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Storage IO Blog

JULY 2, 2018

Dell Technologies Announces Class V VMware Tracking Stock exchange for stock or cash Dell Technologies Announces Class V VMware Tracking Stock exchange for stock or cash. Image via Dell Technologies Summary of Dell transaction announcement includes: VMware declares an $11 Billion USD cash dividend pro rata to all VMware stock holders.

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Dell Vmware SMB Data Center 40

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A data center trifecta? It allows IT operations to define I/O, storage connectivity and networking entirely in software, resulting in stateless and re-configurable CPUs. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

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Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

September was a busy month including VMworld in Las Vegas that featured many Dell EMC VMware (among other) software defined data infrastructure updates and announcements. The post Dell EMC VMware September 2017 Software Defined Data Infrastructure Updates appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Vmware Dell Software Software 41

Fountainhead

MAY 13, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. and only 20% of data centers scoring better than 2.0 according to a Digital Realty Trust survey reported by the Data Center Journal. Traditional data centers take a "diffusive" approach to cooling equipment.

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Data Center Cloud Data Energy 272

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. Data is permeating everything we do.

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Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Fountainhead

MARCH 16, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Infrastructure Orchestration and Unified Computing are both terms referring to a technology whereby server CPU, I/O, storage connectivity, and network, are all able to be defined and configured in software. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Data Center Storage Dell Virtualization 113

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, discusses the company’s vision for the data center at an event Monday. Photo: Intel).

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Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Fountainhead

MARCH 11, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. A "unified fabric" is part of what we term " infrastructure orchestration " and "unified computing" - it is the abstraction of compute, I/O, storage and network infrastructure into a dynamically-configurable "fabric". Big Data. (6).

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Energy Data Center Dell Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

APRIL 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. PAN Manager is the "secret sauce" Egenera has been using to manage its own hardware for years, and recently OEMd to Dell as part of their Dell PAN System. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Fountainhead.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

IBM boosts its System z portfolio by acquiring CSL International, Actian leverages previous acquisitions to launch new cloud and big data platforms and EastWest Bank selects HP to build a private cloud for updating its infrastructure. ” Actian Launches DataCloud and big data analytics platforms. Add Your Comments.

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Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The two big recent entrants/announcements were Ciscos Unified Computing System (made this past March) and then HPs BladeSystem Matrix (made in June). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Fountainhead. Contrarian. (14).

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Fountainhead

APRIL 13, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The project, dubbed the Health Associated Infection and Influenza Surveillance System, was built on six standard blade servers with converged network and storage I/O. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Green IT. (43).

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Cloud Data Center Virtualization Storage 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter.

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Data Center Microsoft Cloud Data 178

Cloud Musings

MAY 30, 2016

(This post originally appeared on Direct2Dell, The Official Dell Corporate Blog) Enterprise storage is trending away from traditional, enterprise managed network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area networks (SAN) towards a more complex environment that includes software-defined and cloud-based solutions.

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Storage Data Dell Architecture 70

Storage IO Blog

MAY 4, 2017

This is part one of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack providing an overview, preview and review. Read part two here that looks at my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3). For those who are not aware, Azure Stack is a private on-premise extension of the Azure public cloud environment.

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Microsoft Cloud Data Center Dell 70

Storage IO Blog

MAY 4, 2017

This is part two of a two-part series looking at Microsoft Azure Stack with a focus on my experiences installing Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 3 (TP3) including into a nested VMware vSphere ESXi environment. Read part one here that provides a general overview of Azure Stack.

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Vmware Microsoft Data Center Dell 58

Storage IO Blog

JULY 11, 2017

Overall this is a good set of announcements by Intel and what we can also expect to be a flood of enhancements from their partners who will use the new family of Intel Xeon Scalable Processors in their products to enable software-defined data infrastructures (SDDI) and SDDC.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The post September 2017 Server StorageIO Data Infrastructure Update Newsletter appeared first on StorageIOblog. With September being generally known as back to school month, the two September event bookends were VMware VMworld and Microsoft Ignite with many other things in between.

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Vmware Data Microsoft Data Center 48

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Todays announcement marks a modest but meaningful step in Egeneras relationship with Dell, and in overall Simplification of IT. If you dont believe Dell hardware is ready for the Data Center, then think again. Fountainhead.

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Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 138

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

The line-up today includes talks from Diane Bryant (data center), Kirk Skaugen (clients), Doug Fisher (software and services), and a live Q&A by Krzanich. At this point Krzanich hands it off to Diane Bryant, SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel. billion x86-based devices today. There are 1.9

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Intel Dell Data Center Fashion 60

Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Chock-full of great presentations, networking and predictions, topped-off with a closing keynote from Nick Carr on The Big Switch. It was all about unifying and consolidating the data center network, they said. Big Data. (6).

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Virtualization Software Software Data Center 124

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.

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Hardware Data Center Storage Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Last week I posted a Blog outlining Dell & Egeneras latest Datacenter-in-a-Box offering. The 13 different functions are mapped onto the data center "stack" at right. The 13th function if provided via the Dell Management Console.)

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Disaster Recovery Load Balancer Dell Data Center 100

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. These connections also give the blades very fast Ethernet access to both the network and storage devices and eliminate the need for a storage-area network (SAN). Instead, the blades would talk directly to the storage servers. Big Data.

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Data Center Dell Virtualization Storage 100

Fountainhead

APRIL 27, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The beauty of infrastructure orchestration is that it abstracts-away all of the "plumbing" of the Server such as I/O, networking and storage connectivity -- which makes it an absolutely *ideal* complement to virtualization. Big Data. (6).

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Healthcare Data Center Systems Administration Virtualization 100