Six Common Pre-Conceived Notions of Hyperconverged Infrastructure Historically, when we heard “Hyperconverged Infrastructure,” it would bring to mind a few (and rightfully so) pre-conceived ideas of what Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) is about, and where it fits. Those notions included, but were not limited to: “HCI only addresses the VDI space” “HCI has to run on […]
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Edge Solutions, a leading services and solutions provider in the southeast, announced today that Brent Holt has been named Technical Sales Executive. Holt joins the organization with 18+ years of technology experience in both sales and technical roles. “We are pleased to welcome Brent to the Edge Solutions team,” said David Able, COO and managing
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Conquering Risk-Aversion in the Age of Digital Transformation In technology, change is a constant. True to form, we’re currently traveling at warp speed on the Starship Enterprise, with the explosion of breakthroughs in Cloud Computing, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. These advances, empowered by substantial advances in software, will buttress
On the other hand, virtualized and cloud environments can be exceedingly complex to understand at a fundamental level. But at the end of the day, all the senior executives want to know is whether it works. As the result of a failed audit, a company could face a complex list of items that will be
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Profile: Major full-service hospital, Tampa FL. Need: Older system for backup falling out of HIPAA-compliance; data volume growth outpacing processing capability. Solution: Hitachi Protection Platform (HPP) S-Series; Hitachi Content Platform (HCP) S-Series Outcomes: Regulatory compliance, smaller footprint, faster and more secure backup and restore, simpler administration, quick installation, improved data mobility, and future expansion potential
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Profile: Financial-services firm with $2.5B in revenue, Greater Atlanta Need: Computing, storage, and networking resource for new office space. Solution: Next-generation, hyperconverged infrastructure running on Dell/VMware vSAN platform. Outcomes: Low cost, right-sized, simple administration, rapid deployment, expansion potential. Every office buildout involves infrastructure decisions. After outgrowing its previous space and leasing several floors in a
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Companies of all sizes are using virtual and cloud environments for computing. Both provide a high degree of flexibility to grow and shrink depending on demand loads, allowing companies to right-size their IT infrastructure. On the other hand, virtualized and cloud environments can be exceedingly complex to understand at a fundamental level. But at the
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Exciting news! Edge Solutions is announcing an updated brand identity, including a new logo, colors, font, and website. You’ll begin to see the new Edge logo on our website, building signs, social media, and more – everything has been updated to reflect the new look and feel of Edge Solutions. While the look is new,
Infrastructure complexity is a business killer. It destroys productivity and puts the brakes on innovation by creating bottlenecks to mission-critical resources. Adding to the mix, companies attempting to modernize have shifted into a bimodal IT architecture, which in some cases adds to the problem instead of fixing it. Pre-integrated hyperconverged appliances provide a welcome solution
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Cloud Computing Cost of Capital The weighted average cost of capital not only helps us understand what it costs to raise money from investors, but it also provides the minimum required internal rate of return for any investment made by a company. A semester’s worth of graduate school finance will help you memorize the formula
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