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…

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…

VMware recently released vSphere 6.7 and with it a number of great new features and enhancements to an already very successful product line. This post will briefly go over some of my favorite enhancements in this latest release. vSphere Client Enhancements (HTML5) Finally! Every administrator, architect and support technician has been waiting for an upgrade…

The capability is on the horizon: One day, IT teams will be able to leverage a software-defined data center (SDDC) to cut and paste live virtual machines from on-premises infrastructure to the cloud and back again. And, they’ll be able to do so on a Tuesday afternoon when customers and departments are using those applications…

At VMworld 2017 in Las Vegas, VMware named CDW its HCI Partner of the Year for 2017. Here is what the VMware National Partner Management team had to say about CDW’s success in the commercial, enterprise, government, education and healthcare sectors: “CDW’s robust commitment to VMware HCI is evident across all regions, segments and verticals. Their…

I’ve talked to thousands of IT leaders about the software-defined data center (SDDC) and what it can deliver: cost savings, efficiency gains, consolidation, management improvements and automation. To get to the point where they can reap these rewards, though, IT leaders need a forward-looking mindset, focused on infrastructure and business alignment. The first glimpse into…