In the past decade, organizations across all industries have come to realize that new technologies and methodologies can eliminate many of the management challenges that have traditionally been a part of supporting email and other applications. Today, the same thing is happening with storage, computing and networking. While cloud software has streamlined software support, technologies…

It’s been about three years since NetApp bought SolidFire, a maker of all-flash storage systems for data center applications. The acquisition was part of NetApp’s new Data Fabric strategy, which promised to simplify management across on-premises and cloud resources. Today, that work is paying off for organizations looking to transform their data environments with hyperconverged…

There’s a lot for organizations to like about hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). To start with, it creates an environment where IT staff can easily automate and manage deployments, upgrades and updates. These types of capabilities, delivered with scale and flexibility, provide the kind of agility and responsiveness that the lines of business within companies expect from…

Last week, Nutanix held its annual conference Nutanix .NEXT. As always with Nutanix, there was a tremendous amount of buzz and energy around the company and announcements at the event. For those who were unable to attend, I wanted to write a little bit about my thoughts and reactions to some of the major items…

Over the last few years, hyperconverged infrastructure has grown from a niche product to a solution that should be seriously considered by any enterprise seeking to deploy a private or hybrid cloud. But what is HCI, and how can it benefit your organization? Simply put, HCI eliminates traditional storage area networks and uses internal or…

There’s a lot to like about on-premises hyperconverged infrastructure. Compared to traditional data centers, HCI is less expensive to operate, simpler to manage, easier to expand and better able to provide the IT agility and responsiveness that organizations require. As a healthcare data center solution architect, I spend a lot of time with hospitals, physicians…