Marc Ferranti
Executive Editor, News
Marc Ferranti is the editor in chief of the IDG News Service, and is based in New York.
HPE aims superfast Memory-Driven Flash storage at real-time workloads
HPE is targeting a new class of storage it calls Memory-Driven Flash at enterprise data centers that are increasingly being called on to handle real-time analytics, high-speed transactions, big data and AI workloads demanding more...
HPE edge offerings merge analytics, applications and IoT systems control
HPE is uniting information and operational technology in edge-network hardware and software systems.
Bell Labs: Nokia's Future X 5G networking can help boost business productivity
Cloud-assisted driving, remote surgery, touch-sensitive VR, along with a jump in industrial productivity, are coming. But they depend on the evolution of network infrastructure toward 5G.
Lenovo, NetApp team up vs. Dell EMC, HPE on storage
Lenovo and NetApp have jointly developed flash storage, plan sales cooperation worldwide and created a joint venture to capture storage and data management business in China.
Nvidia revs up AI with GPU-powered data-center platform
Nvidi's T4 GPU will appear in Google products, gains support from Cisco, Dell EMC, Fujitsu, HPE, IBM, Oracle and SuperMicro.
Dell EMC puts big data as a service on premises
Dell EMC teams with BlueData, provider of the EPIC self-service, container-based software platform, to offer Ready Solutions for Big Data, a big data as a service (BDaaS) package for on-premises data centers.
HPE puts enterprise software applications at the edge network
HPE moves to certify complete enterprise software stacks, allowing enterprises to run the exact same applications in the data center, in the cloud or at the network edge.
HPE places a $4B bet on its edge-network portfolio
HPE a $4B plan to build out a computing architecture that spans the data center, the edge network and the cloud over the next 4 years.
HPE adds GreenLake Hybrid Cloud to enterprise service offerings
With its new GreenLake Hybrid Cloud offering, HPE's message to the enterprise is simple: Your cloud, your way.
IBM launches new availability zones worldwide for hybrid enterprise clouds
IBM is targeting businesses with complex workload requirements, adding 18 availability zones globally to its public cloud.
BMC retools its service management offerings for AI, cloud era
Many if not most large enterprises run hybrid computing environments and are looking for management software flexible enough to run in, and manage assets, across private and public clouds.