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VMware has edge, AI, blockchain ambitions
VMware's Project Dimension (edge computing), Project Magna (artificial intelligence) and Project Concord (enterprise blockchain) were all previewed at VMworld
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Migrating Email and Archives to Microsoft Platforms
A wide array of capabilities for enabling communication, collaboration, and compliance are offered as part of Office 365 and SharePoint Online. However, the migration planning for either platform must include understanding how the
Microsoft lures Win Server 2008 users toward Azure
With the end of support for Windows Server 2008 coming in January 2020 and SQL Server 2008 in July 2019, Microsoft is offering customers three years of extended support for the platforms if they migrate the workloads to its Azure...
Nutanix expands on-premises desktop offerings with Frame buy
The purchase of Frame will help Nutanix expand its virtual desktop infrastructure and allow it to cover both ends of the network.
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What is virtualization?
In the IT world, virtualization has revolutionized the way we think about data and where it lives, moving us closer to a completely on-demand data world.
What's the future of server virtualization?
Server virtualization can help fight server sprawl, make better use of compute power, curb energy bills, and improve data-center agility and flexibility.
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Discover the 6 Benefits of a Modern, Secure Digital Workspace
Interested in speed, agility, scalability, security, and cost certainty for your end user workspaces? In this white paper from Citrix-Nutanix, learn how combining cloud services with hyper-converged infrastructure can simplify and
Rackspace, HPE expand on-premises cloud with pay-as-you-go Kubernetes
With Rackspace’s Kubernetes-as-a-Service, customers can scale their Kubernetes environments at their own pace in nearly any data center in the world, including their own.
SDNs and NFV are complementary and core components of modernized networks
Software-defined networking and network functions virtualization both untie tasks and functions from hardware and provide agility, one for the network itself, the other for network services.
Windows Server 2019 embraces SDN
Software-defined networking in Windows Server 2019 includes virtual network peering and encryption, auditing, and IPv6 support.
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What is network virtualization? Pioneer Martin Casado explains
Network virtualization pioneer Martin Casado explains the concept behind network virtualization, how the technology works and why it was created.
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The Network Virtualization Checklist
Research has found that an incredible 95% of organizations expect to virtualize their network services sometime in the future. Despite this skyrocketing demand, IT leaders often run into a few sticking points when it comes to network
Survey: Mainstream adoption of SDN, SD-WAN finally arrives
The top IT initiatives of enterprise network managers are cloud and software-defined data centers, overcoming server virtualization’s dominance for the past 10 years, according to Enterprise Management Associates.
VMware: Cloud-centric businesses need a cloud-centric network
VMware’s Virtual Cloud Network provides an agile network and security overlay that acts as a “fabric” to connect apps, data, and users to each other.
Hyperconvergence breathes new life into desktop virtualization
Virtual desktop infrastructure (or VDI) has been an intriguing idea for a long time. We look at the pros and cons of VDI and whether the emergence of hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) will finally make implementing virtual desktops...
What is the Open Compute Project?
Hardware designed to Open Compute Project specification accounts for well over $1 billion in hardware sales.
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How to Implement Network Segmentation: Virtualization is a Must
To say that today’s networks face unprecedented challenges is an understatement. Every year, networks become larger and more dynamic, with potential threats coming from outside as well as within networks. From devices to data, hackers
Hyperconverged infrastructure gets its own Gartner magic quadrant
Hyperconvergence is winning over enterprises that are drawn to its potential to ease management, streamline the deployment of new workloads, and optimize costs. As much as 20% of business-critical apps will transition to...
VMware tackles complexity of multi-cloud environments
VMware has expanded its portfolio of cloud tools to help enterprises improve the manageability of their public cloud and on-premises environments. At the same time, VMware announced the first global expansion of VMware Cloud on AWS,...
Why a bare-metal cloud provider might be just what you need
Cloud services that provide nothing but server hardware can help solve application-migration, performance, customization and hardware-access problems.
What is NFV and what are its cost, performance and scaling benefits?
Network functions virtualization (NFV) uses commodity servers to replace specialized network appliances for more flexible, efficient and scalable services.
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