Cloud Infrastructure NIST, IEEE Team Up to Drive Cloud Interoperability Charles BabcockAugust 01, 2017Two major standards bodies aim to make workloads and services mobile across clouds.
Cloud Infrastructure Unity Rules As OCI Launches 1.0 Container Spec Charles BabcockJuly 19, 2017Open Container Initiative releases image specification and runtime spec for vendors and container users.
Data Centers LinkedIn Leads Standardized Cloud Gear Alliance Charles BabcockMay 25, 2017A group of major backers formed the Project19 Foundation to support standardized gear and networking across cloud data centers.
Data Centers Cisco DevNet Preps IT For Programmable Networks Charles BabcockMay 19, 2017At Interop ITX, Cisco's Susie Wee provided an update on the company's DevNet program.
Data Centers Data Center Efficiency Key to Outsourcing Cost Charles BabcockMarch 02, 2017When shopping for a co-location provider or cloud supplier, evaluate PUE ratings to gauge long-term costs.
Cloud Infrastructure Containers May Work With, Or In Place Of, Private Cloud Charles BabcockFebruary 21, 2017Analyst report sees an the uneasy alliance between OpenStack and container software.
Cloud Infrastructure Private Cloud In Retreat, Public Cloud To Fore Charles BabcockJanuary 19, 2017'2017 State of Cloud' report finds private cloud losing its viability and hybrid cloud too complex; public cloud use advancing.
Cloud Infrastructure 451 Research: Containers A $2.7 Billion Market By 2020 Charles BabcockJanuary 12, 2017Report reveals that containers are the fast-growing part of the cloud technologies market.
Data Centers Killing 'Zombies' For Data Center Efficiency Charles BabcockDecember 30, 2016The Uptime Institute has estimated the gains from eliminating 'zombie' servers versus doing nothing.
Cloud Infrastructure Cisco: Cloud-Native Apps Will Dominate By 2020 Charles BabcockNovember 14, 2016Big data, IoT, and other applications are changing cloud computing, according to Cisco's sixth annual Global Cloud Computing Index.
Data Centers AWS, VMware Pact Eases Hybrid Cloud Adoption Charles BabcockOctober 20, 2016AWS and VMware have struck a deal that improves workload transfers between their environments.
Data Centers Gartner's Integration Magic Quadrant: Atlantis, Pivot3 On The Move Charles BabcockOctober 14, 2016Young startups and seasoned seven-year-olds are moving into Gartner's Magic Quadrant on Integrated Systems
Data Centers Cloud IT Infrastructure Spending Continues To Climb Charles BabcockOctober 12, 2016IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Forecast nudges total IT budget spent on cloud to 36.9% in 2016.
Data Centers Hyperconverged Infrastructure Is Now A Data Center Mainstay Charles BabcockOctober 05, 2016451 Research finds that 40% of enterprises report that hyperconverged infrastructure occupies the core of the data center.
Cloud Infrastructure VMware Customers Weigh In On Cross-Cloud, vCloudAir Charles BabcockAugust 30, 2016As VMworld 2016 opens in Las Vegas, customers have sharp opinions on VMware's commitment to the public cloud.