The trend of pushing WAN functionality into the cloud -- software-defined WAN -- is gaining steam as enterprises look to reduce WAN complexity and lower costs.By Scott Raynovich Chief Analyst and Publisher, The Rayno Report, 4 comments | Read | Post a Comment
The arrival of VVOLs with vSphere 6 will allow us to provide data services at the VM-level and put an end to impractical LUN management.By Howard Marks Network Computing Blogger, 2 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Just in time for Valentine's Day, IT professionals share their stories of end users' expressions of gratitude. As it turns out, IT pros get a lot of love.By SolarWinds Thwack Community , 5 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Dubbed "6-pack," Facebook's new switch platform is designed to allow the social networking giant to build any size switch using common building blocks.By Marcia Savage Managing Editor, Network Computing, 3 comments | Read | Post a Comment
In order to get more women in STEM, schools need to step up with curriculum opportunities and IT companies need to build workforce diversity.By Liesha Lobo Delivery Lead at Thomsons Online Benefits, 2 comments | Read | Post a Comment
The third part of this series on moving workloads to the cloud provides guidance for executing the migration, including load testing and security reviews.By Ryan Pelerin Founding partner and COO, WSM International, 2 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Software-defined storage is poised to take a leap forward with vSphere 6, VSAN and VVOLs. Storage administrators will need to expand their skills in order to keep up.By Scott Sinclair Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, 4 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Copper cables can provide better performance, reliability and efficiency than fiber cables for organizations under pressure to improve their data center deployments.By Gilad Shainer Vice President of Marketing, Mellanox, 9 comments | Read | Post a Comment
IT organizations are using multiple hypervisors, so understanding the specifics of the big players like Hyper-V and vSphere ESXi will help your virtual environment perform at its best.By Network Computing Editors , 12 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Brocade will add the application delivery controller line to its NFV portfolio as Riverbed continues to scale down its business.By Marcia Savage Managing Editor, Network Computing, 4 comments | Read | Post a Comment
The latest version of WiFi, 802.11ac, is still making its way into the enterprise, in the lull before Wave 2 products arrive. Follow these tips to make the upgrade process less painful.By Dirk Gates Executive Chairman & Founder, Xirrus, 6 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Joint converged infrastructure venture, which had solely supported Cisco ACI, now offers factory-integrated NSX network virtualization.By Marcia Savage Managing Editor, Network Computing, 4 comments | Read | Post a Comment
What's the best IT infrastructure for big data? Here are some of the fundamental choices to consider.By Nik Rouda Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group, 1 Comment | Read | Post a Comment
Wheeler's proposed rules would classify broadband providers as common carriers, meaning they would be subject to the same open access rules that currently regulate telecommunications companies.By Thomas Claburn Editor-at-Large, 1 Comment | Read | Post a Comment
Cloud storage services that use a decentralized model for storing data offer a viable alternative, especially for SMBs.By Pablo Valerio International Business & IT Consultant, 6 comments | Read | Post a Comment
CompTIA survey shows IT executives want to hire more workers this year, but will face challenges in meeting their technical hiring goals.By Marcia Savage Managing Editor, Network Computing, 9 comments | Read | Post a Comment
The arrival of EMC's VSPEX Blue hyper-converged appliance highlights the differences between products jockeying for attention in the growing collection of those based on VMware's EVO:RAIL.By Howard Marks Network Computing Blogger, 2 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Test networks can be tricky, and IPv6 adds another dimension of complexity. Learn the most common issues associated with IPv6 testing and how to fix them.By UNH IOL UNH-IOL, 12 comments | Read | Post a Comment
VMware's vSphere 6 lets companies shift running virtual workloads up to 3,000 miles away. By Charles Babcock Editor At Large, InformationWeek , 1 Comment | Read | Post a Comment
The Marriott wireless debacle underscores the difficulty of managing WLANs, which are often neglected in the enterprise.By Michele Chubirka Security Professional; Host, "Healthy Paranoia" Podcast, 9 comments | Read | Post a Comment
Research: 2014 State of the Data CenterOur latest survey shows growing demand, fixed budgets, and good reason why resellers and vendors must fight to remain relevant. One thing's for sure: The data center is poised for a wild ride, and no one wants to be left behind.
6 UC Trends to WatchInformationWeek’s 2014 Unified Communications Survey shows a revitalized market; 77% of 488 respondents have deployed UC or plan to within 24 months. Among those deploying or with plans, internal IT owns this tech: 40% will keep UC completely on premises vs. 3% going all cloud. For hybrid setups, 24% are primarily on premises vs. 17% mostly cloud.
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