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Dashboard Defined VMware Alternatives - Evaluating VMware alternatives? Learn why dashboard-defined VMware Alternatives mask complexity while architecturally unified systems reduce it. Compare approaches.
Create Private AI With Existing Servers - Artificial intelligence is now central to IT strategy, yet many organizations assume that meaningful progress requires new infrastructure. The assumption comes from the demands of AI workloads. They require substantial CPU and GPU power, high-throughput storage, and fast data movement.…
VMware Exit: Why DR Readiness Matters More Than the Hypervisor - Most organizations planning their VMware Exit view it as a hypervisor replacement project. That narrow goal hides a larger opportunity: the chance to modernize data protection and recovery. The migration process highlights the failure of legacy disaster recovery strategies to…
Why Cloud Repatriation is Critical Post-VMware Exit - 83% of enterprise CIOs are now planning to bring workloads back on-premises—nearly doubling from 43% in late 2020. This dramatic shift toward cloud repatriation intersects perfectly with the current VMware migration crisis, creating an unprecedented opportunity for comprehensive infrastructure consolidation. The timing isn't coincidental, and the economic case is compelling.
AFA Deduplication vs vSAN - The transition from VMware requires careful consideration of deduplication and storage options. All-Flash Arrays (AFAs) excel in performance but are costly, while vSAN faces latency issues due to its complex architecture. Integrated ultraconverged systems like VergeOS eliminate trade-offs, improving efficiency and reducing costs by unifying deduplication with core hypervisor functions.
Understanding the AFA Tax - Understanding the AFA tax requires factoring in inflated hardware costs, complex licensing, and layered infrastructure. This article breaks down the economics behind all-flash arrays and shows how integrated platforms eliminate the tax without sacrificing performance or availability.
Reducing the Cost of Networking - Many IT teams searching for a VMware alternative overlook networking costs. Proprietary switches, firewalls, and VPN appliances add unnecessary expenses. By integrating SDN into the hypervisor, organizations can eliminate licensing fees, reduce hardware costs, and simplify management—without sacrificing performance or security. Now is the time to rethink networking.
Key Management – The Dirty Secret of HCI Encryption - Edge data centers can be remote retail locations or offices, oil rigs, temporary command centers and even mobile data centers in the back of a van. Finding a solution that provides the performance edge data centers need at a price…
Is it Time for Application-Focused Storage? - Service level agreements (SLAs) for application availability for business continuity, and for performance, are more demanding than ever before. Each application often has specific SLA requirements, which results in multi-vendor, heterogeneous IT infrastructures that are challenging to manage. As a…
Data Protection Versus Hyperconverged Data Protection - As applications’ data protection requirements become more unique, many enterprises are considering a hyperconverged data protection solution so they can “just drop in” a node to meet expansion needs. While at the surface this sounds like an agile and simple…
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