OpenShift Virtualization gives KubeVirt enterprise foothold
A Kubernetes sandbox project has begun to find a niche in enterprise IT organizations via OpenShift Virtualization, despite criticisms from analysts. KubeVirt is an extension of the Kubernetes container orchestration platform that Red Hat created and donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, where it’s maintained as a sandbox, or early stage, project. It allows […]
Want to try out Windows 11? Here’s how to do it
Before Microsoft’s recent Windows 11 announcement, a number of people were able to install a leaked Windows 11 build. Recently, however, Microsoft released a sanctioned Windows 11 preview to Windows insiders. In this article, I want to show you how to acquire, deploy, and try out the Windows 11 preview. Before you will be able […]
Explore SCVMM features for VM deployment and management
System Center Virtual Machine Manager enables IT administrators to better manage and deploy their VMs with features and native capabilities such as rapid VM provisioning, VM cloning and shielded VMs. But there are some requirements that admins must meet before they can take advantage of these features. For example, admins who want to provision VMs […]
What is the Comcast SD-WAN Product?
The Comcast SD-WAN offering, from Comcast Business, pulls heavily on the cable providers’ gigabit-speed broadband and fiber-based connections. These two connections are software-controlled links between enterprise locations in the SD-WAN. The broadband uses the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) 3.1, which can reach download speeds of up to 10 Gb/s. However, Comcast only […]
How to use VMware Horizon Performance Tracker
A successful VDI deployment must have good UX. VMware administrators can take the pulse of their end users’ experience with a built-in VMware Horizon Performance Tracker, but they must know how to use it. It’s often a challenge for IT to measure UX because it takes into consideration a variety of factors. IT must understand […]
Adopt an SDDC architecture with caution and proper planning
A software-defined data center delivers virtualized networking, storage, CPU and security as a service, and implements tasks such as deployment, operation, provisioning and configuration through software. But software-defined data center architecture has its own challenges that organizations should be aware of before implementation. Software-defined data center (SDDC) architecture has three building blocks: network virtualization, storage […]
How IT Supports the Data Science Operation
The data science world in its most puristic state is populated by parallel processing servers that primarily run Hadoop and execute in batch mode, large troves of data that these processors operate on, and statistically and scientifically trained data scientists who know nothing about IT, or about the requirements of maintaining an IT operation. While […]
Cisco, Microsoft expand networking partnership
Cisco and Microsoft announced Tuesday plans to extend their existing partnership around network connectivity to cloud-based applications. Specifically, the companies will integrate Cisco’s software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) with Microsoft’s Azure Virtual WAN and Office365 — a move that they say will improve connectivity from branch offices to Microsoft’s cloud and optimize Office 365 experiences. […]
Avoid big data disaster: The secret of turning data into useful information
Businesses might be collecting more data than ever before but many firms still don’t know what to do with it. As consulting firm McKinsey suggests, the process of actually deriving meaningful insight from that information – and converting that knowledge into action – is easier said than done. Two in three companies (65%) are unable […]
Google to Partner With Telecom Italia on Data Centers
Google will share its data center expertise with Telecom Italia SpA to help the phone company sell new cloud and edge computing services to corporate clients. The partnership with the U.S. tech giant will allow Telecom Italia to secure new revenue for its information technology division, the Milan-based carrier said in a statement. Telecom Italia […]
