CTOvision

JUNE 7, 2014

Your running shoe tracks your workouts, sending the data to a mobile app. You can opt-in to smart metering so that a utility can load balance energy distribution. That data is integrated with the building control system and room schedules to optimize energy consumption. Your smartphone controls your television.

Internet 283

Internet Security HP Operating Systems 283

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

And I mean I/O components like NICs and HBAs, not to mention switches, load balancers and cables. Consolidating I/O also implies converged transport, meaning fewer cables (typically only 1 per server, 2 if teamed/redundant). And a converged transport also allows for fewer switches needed on the network. Big Data. (6).

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Virtualizing I/O and converging the transport. Virtualizing I/O means no more stateful NICs and HBAs on the server; rather, the I/O presents itself to the OS as any number of configurable devices/ports, and I/O + data flow over a single physical wire. Transport can be Ethernet, FCoE, Infiniband, or others. Big Data. (6).

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Converged Infrastructure and Unified Computing are both terms referring to technology where the complete server profile, including I/O (NICs, HBAs, KVM), networking (VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.), Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). Syndications. Marketing.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100