Manage Windows Server HCI with Windows Admin Center
With Windows Admin Center, you can view and control Windows Server hyper-converged infrastructure clusters, manage virtual compute, storage and network resources, and carry out a variety of other tasks. Windows Admin Center is available as a free, downloadable application that can run on Windows Server or Windows 10. Once installed, you can use Windows Admin […]
Top Server Monitoring Vendors
The internet pretty much runs the world right now, and servers run the internet. That’s how important these powerful enterprise computers are. Businesses rely on servers to store and process data of all kinds, so if one of them isn’t performing as it should, then the data that businesses rely on for mission-critical tasks won’t […]
5G networks: to slice or not to slice?
In many ways, 5G represents more than its definition as the fifth generation of network and mobile communication. When fully utilized, the technology reflects the augmentation of a smart ecosystem – a catalyst for other technologies, the Internet of Things especially. With industries – old and new – at the cusp of constant change, 5G […]
Should You Trust Your Cloud Storage Provider?
In their effort to maximize efficiency, organizations tend to incorporate externally provided and managed services into their infrastructure. One of the most frequently applied services is file sync and sharing. This service allows centralized, convenient and efficient daily work for employees constantly working with files such as word and text files, spreadsheets, presentations and so […]
How AppDefense works to detect app and VM anomalies
Organizations are struggling to keep pace with the ever-increasing number of security threats. For many companies, this means protecting applications in virtualized environments. For users of VMware, there’s a new approach to securing applications running on vSphere. VMware has added a new endpoint security tool to its vSphere Platinum edition, AppDefense. Organizations that are already […]
Why your providers should support IPv6
As enterprises rely more on cloud, colocation and hosting providers, they should check whether their services support IPv6, which can provide better experiences for their customers, partners, suppliers, vendors and employees. Here is a look at how three top infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers – Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform – stack up […]
AWS data lake and data warehouse options for the cloud
Enterprises exploring big data architectures have turned to data lakes and data warehouses for different types of analytic and AI workloads. These are complementary technologies — data warehouses shine when you know what you want to analyze, while data lakes excel at combining data for unforeseen applications. As these architectures migrate to the cloud, their […]
Ericsson, Nokia, Samsung Hype Open Virtualization
Opening and virtualizing the radio access network (RAN) is a pursuit with almost unanimous support — at least on the surface. Operators, software makers, and equipment vendors have coalesced around this effort with varying degrees of force. Motivating factors differ, but the widely expected outcome is generally the same: a disaggregated, software-driven, open framework for […]
Google boosts VMware public cloud support with CloudSimple buy
Google hopes to meet more enterprises where their core demands are today through the acquisition of CloudSimple, which offers technology for VMware public cloud deployments. CloudSimple is the technology behind the VMware-Azure integration made available earlier this year. The company was founded in 2016 and its managed VMware service runs on bare-metal, single-tenant hardware inside […]
Design your systems with virtualization architecture in mind
Good virtualization architecture is essential to creating a working virtualized system, and understanding virtualization’s base components enables IT administrators to successfully deploy critical applications and virtualized instances. An admin can deploy virtual OSes, servers, storage devices and network resources — all of which enable successful operation of a virtualized system and can help lower virtual […]
