converged systems

At Oracle OpenWorld 2019, held in San Francisco from September 16th till 19th, Oracle unveiled Oracle Exadata X8M, the latest member of the Exadata family. Oracle ExaData X8M is remarkable, as it creates the fastest...

Successful digital transformation requires more than technology: it requires people. New Dell Technologies research REALIZING 2030: A Divided Vision of the Future shows that lack of workforce readiness is one of the top...

When capturing new market opportunities or trying to outperform competitors, the ability to more easily and rapidly deploy OpenStack® cloud infrastructure can mean the difference between success or failure. Tapping the...

This week on the podcast, we brought in our resident converged infrastructure Melissa Palmer to talk about NFLEX, the latest converged infrastructure offering from NetApp and Fujitsu. Tune in to learn more about NFLEX...

Data management is changing. The adoption of public, private, and hybrid clouds requires IT administrators to manage data that is increasingly distributed, dynamic, and diverse. IT resources must be deployed quickly...

As part of the joint NFLEX NetApp and Fujitsu engineering team, I’d like to give you a closer look at the technical details of NFLEX.   NFLEX comes in three customizable flavors: M30, M50, and M70. The big difference...

Providing storage and compute resources in a one-size-fits all unit of scale has several advantages, but it can also present several challenges for customers. The term “no free lunch” is often used, and there...

Providing storage and compute resources in a one-size-fits all unit of scale has several advantages, but it can also present several challenges for customers. The term “no free lunch” is often used, and there...

In this post, I’m going to talk about the evolution of end user computing (EUC), and why for the modern EUC buyer, HCI is a must-explore path. If you’re not familiar with NetApp’s HCI announcement, I encourage you...

In this post, I’m going to talk about the evolution of end user computing (EUC), and why for the modern EUC buyer, HCI is a must-explore path. If you’re not familiar with NetApp’s HCI announcement, I encourage you...

Hobgoblins Movie Poster Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Self Reliance, stated thus:   “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.”   I keep this quote...

Many organizations move to converged systems for strategic reasons. For example, they might be looking to simplify overall IT operations, reduce OPEX, move to private cloud or move to hybrid cloud. These organizations...

Compute, network, and storage in an easy to configure, procure, and deploy model, you say? Today we are accustomed to the notion of grouping compute, network, and storage in a pod or stack. However, as we discussed in...

FlexPod SF at Cisco Live US With the introduction of FlexPod® SF, Cisco and NetApp have jointly developed a new Cisco Validated Design based on VMware vSphere 6.5. What makes this FlexPod solution uniquely capable of...

Before making it to Oracle OpenWorld it is time to sort out some thoughts on where Oracle stands overall, where the event will likely take the vendor and what prospects and customers should look into.So take a peek:If...

Last week Oracle provided an update on its engineered systems – mainly the launch of the new X-5 line. When Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison took the stage – he had a surprise in the bag that few counted on – that...

“This post is brought to you by End-to-End Solutions for IT Pros and Dell.” When I talk to clients about the technology and systems challenges being faced within their organization, I tend to hear a wide variety of...

 This post is brought to you by the Enterprise CIO Forum and HP’s Make It Matter. The business world today is one of constant change and growth. No where is that more visible than within the data center. Today, the...

Not everyone wants to spend the time and energy to develop, test, and validate a data center stack. It takes a non-trivial amount of effort and expertise, and for most data centers a pre-configured stack will do the...