IBM Turns IT into Storage Service Provider
February 25, 2013 14:01 PM
IBM's SmartCloud Storage Access turns premises storage into a service that IT can offer to internal users via a service catalog.
EMC Merges High Availability, Disaster Recovery into One
February 15, 2013 12:52 PM
EMC is combining products and services to turn high availability and disaster recovery into a single concept it calls Continuous Availability.
Gamification Goes To College
February 07, 2013 17:13 PM
EdX, the online learning platform, uses gamification to facilitate learning. Gamification may transform how this emerging market attracts and motivates students, and could have lessons for IT as well.
EMC's Storage Strategy
December 27, 2012 13:06 PM
The rise of non-structured data and the demand for flash-based storage have rattled the storage market. I’ll look at how EMC has responded to these trends.
A Holiday Wish: Smart Books
December 19, 2012 17:04 PM
We've only scratched the potential of e-books when it comes to reader engagement. Here's a wish list for developers and publishers on how to expand the capabilities of e-books to improve learning.
Predictive Analytics and the Fiscal Cliff
December 06, 2012 09:00 AM
The threat of the fiscal cliff has immense implications for the U.S. economy. Can predictive analytics play a helpful role in keeping us from going over?
The Rise of Data-Driven Intelligence
December 05, 2012 16:57 PM
An emerging concept called data-driven intelligence is a model for a new perspective on gathering insight from a vast pool of data. I’ll contrast data-driven intelligence with more familiar application-driven intelligence models.
Earthquakes and the Limits of Predictive Analysis
November 28, 2012 15:26 PM
Criminal charges for Italian scientists who failed to foresee a deadly earthquake are an extreme example of the limitations of predictive analysis.
Storage Hypervisors Vs. Software Defined Storage
November 07, 2012 12:09 PM
New technologies are emerging to streamline storage environments. Whether you call those technologies storage virtualization, storage hypervisors or software defined storage, IT still has to be persuaded to embrace them.
DataCore's Storage Hypervisor: An Overview
November 06, 2012 13:15 PM
DataCore's SANsymphony-V software provides a host of storage features, including auto-tiering, replication, and the ability to remove physical disks without disruption, that can be run on a variety of storage hardware.
Gamification Engages the Enterprise
October 16, 2012 17:57 PM
Gamification isn't just for luring consumers to click a "like" button. Enterprises may find surprising uses to boost productivity.
Shall We Play a Game?
October 09, 2012 11:03 AM
Gamification is moving from the consumer Web into the enterprise as employers seek to influence employee behavior. Startups such as Badgeville are ready to play.
Remote Backup Replication Continues to Gain Momentum
October 05, 2012 10:59 AM
A recent survey shows increasing adoption of network-based replication of backup data, which is key to a robust data protection and disaster recovery strategy.
Amazon's Glacier Cloud Service Puts Data in the Storage Deep Freeze
September 14, 2012 09:00 AM
The new cloud storage-as-a-service option from Amazon should bring attention to the too-often neglected area of "cold" storage. Learn why it's a good option for data you won't need right away.
Big Data's Evolving Role in E-discovery: What Is Predictive Coding?
August 17, 2012 10:07 AM
Predictive coding is helping to speed up the often laborious and intense e-discovery process. Learn more about the technology, and why organizations are still taking a measured approach.
EMC's Data Science Summit 2012: Envisioning the Future of Data
July 13, 2012 13:51 PM
Data scientists provide useful analysis and visualization of big data, but David Hill thinks they need to reach a wider audience.
IBM Keeps a Sharp Edge with Smarter Storage
June 25, 2012 15:27 PM
IBM rolls out its Smarter Storage concept, which joins Smarter Computing, SmartCloud and Smarter Analytics. Discover its three key principles and more about Smarter Storage.
The Enterprise Cloud: Are We There Yet?
June 14, 2012 14:13 PM
Our blogger suggests that companies working their way toward the enterprise cloud take a look at EMC's IT organization and its approach to IT as a service.
The Role of Storage in IBM’s New PureSystems
April 27, 2012 09:00 AM
In the PureSystems launch, we saw the opening salvo in IBM’s use of expert integrated systems to reduce IT complexity and reduce costs. PureSystems strengthens an already strong bond between the company’s system "horse," which does the CPU pulling, and the storage "carriage," which carries the information payload.
Virsto’s Storage Hypervisor Enables Storage to Play Nicely with Server Virtualization
April 05, 2012 09:00 AM
On the whole, server virtualization has been a blessing due to physical machine to logical machine consolidation that leads to better system and CPU utilization and attendant improved IT cost economics. But servers are only part of broader interlocked “systems” of hardware components (including networks and storage) and software (including operating systems and applications) that must work in harmony together. And any change in one component (in this case, servers) may cause complications or problems (such as performance and capacity utilization) with another component (in this case, storage). This is yet another instance of the law of unintended consequences. However, Virsto’s chosen role is to repeal that instance of the law through the use of its storage hypervisor.
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Practical Introduction to Applied OpenFlow
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On Resilience of Spit-Architecture Networks
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