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    The era of the sustainable data center

    Sustainability in product design is becoming important to organizations. In the age of sustainability in the data center, don't forget about energy efficiency in your messaging.

    Scott Sinclair • April 10, 2023
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    Is observability as code overhyped?

    Is observability as code as transformative as vendors claim or just another IT buzzword? Learn what to keep in mind when evaluating this emerging approach for your organization.

    Brian Kirsch • March 22, 2023
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    App modernization, mainframe, microservices: IBM event recap

    At the recent IBM Infrastructure Analyst Event, IBM announced advances in IBM zSystems for AI, app architecture and other areas to help businesses achieve their goals.

    Paul Nashawaty • March 20, 2023
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    The rise of the non-developer

    Low-code and no-code tools are often touted as solutions to the developer talent shortage -- but they might not be the full answer for companies facing a lack of tech skills.

    Paul Nashawaty • March 20, 2023
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    Is a cloud-first strategy right for you?

    A cloud-first strategy has its fair share of advantages and disadvantages. Learn how to avoid risks and build a strategy that is right for your organization.

    Tom Nolle • March 20, 2023
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    How hybrid access as a service supports hybrid work

    Hybrid access as a service from a startup helped a global company secure optimized connectivity over home broadband connections. Could HAaaS replace VPNs?

    Bob Laliberte • Feb. 10, 2023
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    Why QLC flash changes the hybrid cloud equation

    In the debates of hard drives vs. flash and on vs. off premises, the answer is often not just one over the other. However, surging QLC flash technology offers many benefits.

    Scott Sinclair • Feb. 10, 2023
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    Why Wasm is the future of cloud-native app development

    Just over a month into 2023, the popularity of WebAssembly is already on the rise. An industry expert explains why Wasm will have far-reaching effects on cloud-native development.

    Paul Nashawaty • Feb. 8, 2023
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    CIOs must support multi-cloud training for network engineers

    Many enterprises are shifting to multi-cloud environments, but they must enable proper training. Here's how they can be proactive and support multi-cloud network training.

    Shamus McGillicuddy • Feb. 7, 2023
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    3 key steps when creating a DevOps implementation plan

    Shifting to the DevOps model can be complicated and challenging. Set your team up for success by learning which areas to prioritize at the early stages of DevOps adoption.

    Tom Nolle • Jan. 30, 2023
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    Where IT operations management is headed in 2023

    Between an economic downturn and increasing technical complexity, IT ops management faces a challenging year. An expert analyst shares his predictions for areas of focus in 2023.

    Jon Brown • Jan. 27, 2023
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    Understand SSD overheating and what to do about it

    It's easy for an SSD to overheat, but there are several methods to cool it down. Keep cool, and avoid damage to the SSD's data retention and integrity.

    Rick Wang • Jan. 26, 2023
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    Will developers become archaic? Analyst predictions for 2023

    Organizations must continue innovating and optimizing to keep up -- but these advances could set developers up for extinction. Explore an industry analyst's predictions for 2023.

    Paul Nashawaty • Jan. 19, 2023
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    2023 predictions for cloud, as a service and cost optimization

    Given the highly uncertain state of the economy, this should be the year that brings an end to dinosaur thinking about enterprise IT and costs.

    Scott Sinclair • Jan. 17, 2023
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    Five networking trends teams should focus on in 2023

    Distributed IT and hybrid work create network complexity, which is driving adoption of AIOps, network and security convergence, multi-cloud, private 5G and digital twins in 2023.

    Bob Laliberte • Jan. 6, 2023
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    AWS re:Invent storage updates aim to maximize data value

    Among the multitude of announcements at AWS re:Invent 2022, storage was a focus for the cloud vendor. Amazon EFS specifically had several enhancements.

    Scott Sinclair • Dec. 9, 2022
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    Track evolution in storage security standards, technologies

    It's going to take a layered approach to handle all the security threats that storage administrators face. Strategies such as zero-trust architecture and encryption can help.

    Eric Hibbard and Thomas Rivera • Nov. 18, 2022
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    NetApp BlueXP and the journey to an ‘evolved cloud’

    With BlueXP and Astra, NetApp has a plan for data and application management across cloud locations. The vendor seeks to help customers reach what it calls an 'evolved cloud.'

    Scott Sinclair • Nov. 17, 2022
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    The multi-cloud networking mandate

    With most organizations using more than two public clouds, new multi-cloud networking strategies are essential to enable cross-cloud traffic and visibility across multiple clouds.

    Alex Arcilla, Bob Laliberte • Nov. 15, 2022
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    3 actions to optimize infrastructure as code initiatives

    Learn how to get the most out of IaC and read analyst insights from HashiConf 2022, including Terraform updates and predictions about what's next for observability.

    Scott Sinclair • Nov. 10, 2022
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    Looking back on KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2022

    With this year's KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America over, review vendor updates on topics ranging from cloud-native adoption to AIOps approaches and ease-of-use offerings.

    Paul Nashawaty • Nov. 7, 2022
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    AnsibleFest 2022: Automation across distributed environments

    IT environments are more distributed than ever, making infrastructure management increasingly challenging. Ansible's automation capabilities can help IT ops handle the complexity.

    Bob Laliberte • Nov. 1, 2022
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    The advancing role of data-centric developers

    More than ever, increases in data-centric developer reliance, data sources and users push developers to understand IT purchasing to provide more value to data.

    Stephen Catanzano • Oct. 21, 2022
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    Streamline Kubernetes deployments by using a service mesh

    Implementing a service mesh could be well worth the time and effort for organizations looking for ways to manage their Kubernetes and cloud-native application deployments.

    Paul Nashawaty • Oct. 18, 2022
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    Planning the journey from SD-WAN to SASE

    Enterprises need integrated security and networking frameworks to manage distributed IT environments and are looking to SD-WAN and security options like SASE to get the job done.

    Bob Laliberte • Sept. 21, 2022