Dell Technologies World 2019 Primary Storage Updates The storage strategy for the modern enterprise, at its core, centers on getting the right data to the right user at the right time. However, this is a difficult task that requires the…
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Optimizing Efficiency for the Multi-Cloud World
Tagged with: Cloud, Compression, Deduplication, Dell, Dell World 2019, EMC, Encryption, Flash, Hybrid, MSP, NAS, NVMe, Virtualization, VMware
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The Business of Being an MSP
The business side of being a managed service provider is at least as important as the technology. MSPs need to be careful in who they do business with. They need to take a long term view of their relationships and…
Tagged with: Asigra, Cloud, Container, Disaster recovery, MSP, Ransomware, SaaS, Virtual machine
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The Next Generation of HCI: Intelligent Management and Multi-Cloud Support
Dell Technologies World Hyperconverged Infrastructure Briefing Note Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is quickly spreading across core and edge data center environments. As it moves beyond the point use cases like virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) hosting, greater solution flexibility is needed because…
Tagged with: Cloud, Dell, Dell World, Dell World 2019, HCI, Hybrid Cloud, Hypervisor, Hypervisors, ML, SDS, Virtualization, VMware, VSAN
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Webinar: Simplifying the Enterprise Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack HCI
Many organizations need to continue to run virtualized applications on-premises but are also looking to replace and consolidate aging server infrastructure. At the same time, these organizations want to leverage cloud services for data protection, high availability and disaster recovery…
Tagged with: Axellio, Azure, Cloud, Consolidation, HCI, Hybrid, Hyperconverged, Virtualization
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Cutting Through Multi-Cloud Complexity – Dell Technologies World Cloud Briefing Note
Multi-cloud is a necessity. To meet varying cost and privacy requirements, data and workloads must exist and be able to traverse across on-premises private clouds that exist in core and edge data centers, as well as externally hosted off-premises infrastructure-as-a-service…
Tagged with: as-a-Service, Cloud, Containers, Data Privacy, Dell, Dell World, Dell World 2019, HCI, SLA, Virtualization, VMware
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The Requirements of a SmartStore Storage Infrastructure
Splunk SmartStore enables organizations to achieve a high degree of compute/storage elasticity and makes it possible to achieve longer data retention without compromising performance or breaking the budget. A critical component of SmartStore is the storage system that it uses…
Tagged with: AI, All-Flash, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Flash, HDD, Hybrid, Machine Learning, Metadata, ML, NoSQL, Splunk, SwiftStack
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More Efficient Enterprise File Data Storage and Collaboration – CTERA Briefing Note
The modern enterprise is highly distributed geographically, employs a range of in-office and remote workers, and is generating and using file data at an unprecedented pace. Legacy network-attached storage (NAS), or “filer” arrays were not designed to provide the levels…
Tagged with: Cloud, Consolidation, CTERA, NAS, Replication, VDI, Virtualization, VM, VMware
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How Splunk SmartStore Enables Scalable Business Intelligence
Previously, Storage Switzerland wrote about the need to be able to scale compute and storage independently, when it comes to serving distributed Splunk data sets for business intelligence. In this blog, we investigate Splunk’s recently launched SmartStore capability, and how…
Tagged with: AI, All-Flash, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Flash, HDD, Hybrid, Machine Learning, Metadata, ML, NoSQL, Splunk, SwiftStack
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Challenges with Traditional NAS Solutions
Traditional network-attached storage (NAS) arrays have long been a strong match for scalable, file-driven use cases such as enterprise file sync and share. In the world of unstructured data, however, problems emerge. Molly Presley, Global Product Marketing Director for Qumulo,…
Tagged with: Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Big data, Cloud, Hybrid, IoT, NAS, Object Storage, Qumulo
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Validating the Developing Standards of NVMe – University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory Briefing Note
The non-volatile memory express (NVMe) storage controller interface continues extending into the data center, on the back of growing requirements for new levels of application performance acceleration. NVMe is typically deployed as direct-attach storage via a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express…
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