Nick Giammarrusco

Nick Giammarrusco is an inside solution architect for CDW's server, storage and virtualization practice. He has been with the company for more than 10 years, overseeing OEM and distribution relationships, working directly with customers on backup and recovery, data center, virtualization and accounting management opportunities. He has IBM and Oracle certifications.

Inside Solution Architect

Why the Software-Defined Data Center Makes Sense

The next generation of data center technology is increasingly more software-defined. Here’s why that’s exciting — and valuable.

By Nick Giammarrusco

January 8, 2019

Services, Cloud, Data Center, Networking

Virtualizing at the compute and the storage layer is old hat. Organizations have gotten incredibly comfortable with the idea of abstracting their servers. But when it comes to other parts of the data center, there’s still a sense of uncertainty and apprehension about moving toward a full-on software-defined data center (SDDC). Here’s some advice when…

Break the silos, open the lines of communication, facilitate collaboration and watch how quickly technology innovation can be unleashed.

By Nick Giammarrusco

December 27, 2018

Services, Software

While it’s true that software developers and network administrators both work in technology, the reality is that they work on different ends of the technology spectrum. We often talk about the gap that exists between IT and its line-of-business counterparts, but the difference actually lies between agile, iterative, experimental app developers and their more defense-minded,…