Tag: Data Center

November 22, 2021

Can you trust the public cloud? The answer, of course, is yes. The public cloud is, in many ways, safer than your own data center. But doesn’t the fact that multiple customers share the same physical hardware create a safety […]

October 26, 2021

Today’s data center has very little in common with that of a few years ago. The old model of on-prem servers surrounded by a tough, secure perimeter is out. Today, data centers are not just on-prem but in the cloud […]

October 12, 2021

A new survey on data center staffing sponsored by the Uptime Institute indicates the skills shortages continue, and survey participants do not expect artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce skills requirements anytime soon. About 50% of the enterprise data center managers […]

October 5, 2021

AWS connectivity services allow customers to create and run different network architectures in their accounts. VPCs have been instrumental in allowing organizations to scale application deployments and allow for secure design patterns when it comes to migration of their on-premises […]

September 27, 2021

From its growing traction in the early 2000s, the concept of cloud computing has been a dream come true for IT managers. Rather than owning and managing computing infrastructure outright on-premises, for the first time, they were able to rent […]

September 14, 2021

You’re a new CIO. It’s 9:00 a.m. on a Wednesday and you’re in an emergency Zoom meeting with IT operations leaders. The faces on the screen are somber, and it’s clear why when they explain the purpose of the meeting. […]

September 8, 2021

Remember when there was a distinct difference between public clouds and systems you could see and touch in your data center? This is no longer the case. The lines are blurring between traditional systems, meaning hardware and software purchased or […]

September 7, 2021

The rush to the cloud during the start of the pandemic motivated companies sitting on the sidelines of digital transformation to get into the game. But moving to the cloud is a continuous process, not just a one-time, necessary, cost-saving […]

September 2, 2021

The pivot of many enterprises toward hybrid cloud architectures has upended all corners of the colocation market. In an era when workloads routinely span public cloud environments and colocation facilities, colocation providers large and small face ever-increasing pressure to deliver […]

August 12, 2021

Enterprise networks are focused on buying full-stack offerings that include key software components such as management, automation and AI but also routing, switching and security rather than a piecemeal approach. That trend is being driven by a post-COVID rethinking of […]

April 14, 2021

In enterprise IT, it is difficult to find a larger or more pervasive subject than the continuing rise of cloud computing. Most of those narratives focus on the prevalence of hybrid cloud as the solution that many, if not most, […]

February 12, 2021

Microsoft is opening a new cloud-computing data center region in Georgia in the US, as part of a wider move to expand its presence in Atlanta that will effectively make the area the company’s third largest hub in the country […]

December 1, 2020

AWS has become the latest enterprise player in the Mac space, offering up Mac minis in the cloud to developers seeking cloud-based infrastructure. The times, they are a-changing Amazon’s “Mac mini as a service” is available now, reflecting Apple’s continued […]

November 12, 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, migration to the cloud is expected to accelerate as enterprises choose to let someone else worry about their server gear. In its global IT outlook for 2021 and beyond, IDC predicts […]

September 22, 2020

A few things have changed since the start of the COVID-19 lockdowns. The Global 2000, as well as governments, now understand that traditional data centers are more vulnerable to natural disasters (such as pandemics) than once thought. Indeed, the use […]

August 14, 2020

Today’s definition of multicloud depends on who you ask. This is not a new trend. Whenever a new technology gets some hype, suddenly there is semantic confusion. My definition is a bit more holistic than most: Multicloud is a collection […]

July 28, 2020

Seagate’s fiscal fourth quarter had a bevy of moving parts that crimped results, but cloud and data center demand was strong. Nevertheless, Seagate’s outlook disappointed. The storage company reported fourth quarter earnings of 64 cents a share ($1.20 non-GAAP) on […]

July 15, 2020

Mainframe users looking to bring legacy applications into the public or private cloud world have a new option: LzLabs, a mainframe software migration vendor. Founded in 2011 and based in Switzerland, LzLabs this week said it’s setting up shop in […]

July 8, 2020

Oracle on Wednesday officially announced the expansion of its Cloud@Customer hybrid cloud offering with the debut of Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer. The new, fully-managed service brings all of Oracle’s public cloud services, including its Autonomous Database and SaaS applications, directly to […]

April 22, 2020

A Database Management System, or DBMS, allows its users to create, read, delete and update data within a database. The management system works as an interface between users and/or application programs and the database to make sure that all data […]