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Backblaze report shows slight uptick in HDD failure rates

Annualized failure rates of hard-disk drives (HDD) had fallen over the past few years, but Q1 2019 shows a slight increase, a new Backblaze report shows.

May 8, 2019 3 mins

Cloud Storage Enterprise Storage

Server shipments to pick up in the second half of 2019

Server sales slowed in anticipation of the new Intel Xeon processors, but they are expected to start up again before the end of the year.

May 7, 2019 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Servers

Some IT pros say they have too much data

IT professionals have too many data sources to count, and they spend a huge amount of time wrestling that data into usable condition, a survey from Ivanti finds.

May 7, 2019 3 mins

Data Center Enterprise Storage

Cisco boosts SD-WAN with multicloud-to-branch access system

Cisco's SD-WAN Cloud onRamp for CoLocation can tie branch offices to private data centers in regional corporate headquarters via colocation facilities for shorter, faster, possibly more secure connections.

May 6, 2019 4 mins

Data Center Networking

Dell EMC launches GPU-loaded machine learning server

Dell EMC packs up to 10 Nvidia Tesla V100 GPUs into a 4U unit for massive machine learning processing.

May 6, 2019 2 mins

Computers and Peripherals Data Center Dell EMC

How to staff the hybrid cloud

IT leaders share their advice for getting network and infrastructure teams ready for hybrid cloud environments.

May 6, 2019 10 mins

Careers Cloud Computing Data Center

Revolutionary data compression technique could slash compute costs

A new form of data compression, called Zippads, will create faster computer programs that could drastically lower the costs of computing.

May 2, 2019 3 mins

Data Center Enterprise Storage

Cisco issues critical security warning for Nexus data-center switches

Cisco released 40 security advisories around Nexus switches, Firepower firewalls and more

May 1, 2019 3 mins

Data Center Security

Dell enters the on-premises, pay-as-you-go business with VMware’s help

The VMware Cloud on Dell EMC program is similar to HPE’s GreenLake, where you lease the gear and pay for use rather than buy it outright.

May 1, 2019 2 mins

Data Center Dell EMC VMware

Yet another killer cloud quarter puts pressure on data centers

Continued strong growth from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform signals even more enterprises are moving to the cloud.

May 1, 2019 4 mins

Amazon Web Services Google Hybrid Cloud