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Outages occur, but knowing what to do and learning from the problem can make the difference. In Part I of this conversation, I discussed the frustrating experience of dealing with a Sev1 outage on a Friday afternoon—no fun for anyone! Outages will likely never entirely be avoided, but there are a number of things you […]

About to invest in a brand new spine and leaf system? Hold on—there’s a better way. The days of guestimating your growth are over. Plexxi HCN hyper-converged networking allows you to build the data center you need now, and grow your network as you grow your business. Building a network in the traditional spine and leaf

Over the past few years, the cloud has gone from trending innovation to mainstream technology solution. There are dozens of cloud-based technology products on the market, but three go one step further, changing the economics of technology and the ingestion of cloud value. Whether your company has already completed a digital transformation or you’re just

Georgia’s first conference dedicated to innovation and entrepreneurship that is shaping the future of agriculture Imagine cows choosing when they want to be milked by robots, significantly increasing their milk production. Imagine an app that allows a farmer to snap a picture of a blighted leaf, and then be able to obtain a pathogen diagnosis

When Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) announced plans to acquire Nimble Storage last year, there was some head-scratching in the storage array business. The acquisition seemed to fill a hole for customers seeking a dedicated, non-clustered array, but as one tech expert at the time asked, “What were they thinking?” Now we know. Earlier this month,

2018 .NEXT Conference Recap and Product Highlights from Nutanix A week ago, Nutanix held the fourth .NEXT conference in New Orleans. What started as a small gathering of a few hundred people in Miami, has grown to about 5,800 attendees from all corners of the world. The exponential growth of the conference reflects the popularity

Regardless of the root cause, outage bridges are a fact of life in every organization. But they shouldn’t have to be. It’s Friday at 4PM and the call comes in. You’ve just lost production apps—and it’s your customer letting you know. The clock starts ticking, the adrenaline is flowing, and you begin the process of

Why it’s important to have an effective data governance and compliance strategy to support your digital transformation journey. The digital transformation is not only making access to information faster, easier, and more efficient, it’s also creating new challenges for how we manage our most valuable asset—data. Many business and technology leaders are unable to answer even the

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