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7 top open source network monitoring tools

Network is an essential part of infrastructure health and requires constant monitoring. To meet specific OS and hardware requirements, open source tools can be the best fit.

By Julia Borgini • April 23, 2020

Amazon and VMware unveil RDS on VMware

Amazon and VMware teamed up to create RDS on VMware. It should appeal to VMware users and has some compelling features, but it still faces several barriers to widespread use.

By Paul Korzeniowski • April 23, 2020

3 tips to prevent VDI IP address exhaustion before it happens

For those turning to VDI to support remote workers due to the COVID-19 influx, it's best to get ahead of IP address problems before people return to the office.

By Brien Posey • April 23, 2020

IBM’s new CEO makes commitment to IT, reports cloud gains

IBM cloud revenues saw incremental first quarter growth, despite the March slump due to COVID-19, and the new CEO promised to pursue a more aggressive cloud and AI strategy.

By Ed Scannell • April 21, 2020

Quickly repurpose HCI hardware for hosting virtual desktops

Virtual desktops are tailored for remote work situations, and hyper-convergence makes a great VDI host that stands up quickly in a pinch. Consider these factors, though.

By Brien Posey • April 20, 2020

Lower-cost IBM z15 mainframes add security for multi-clouds

Two new low-end IBM z15 mainframes and security software aim to help users better prevent internal attacks, as well as monitor workloads across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.

By Ed Scannell • April 16, 2020

HCI bolsters COVID-19 work-from-home infrastructure

Redirecting hyper-converged systems or reusing older hardware can help organizations support a sudden influx of many more remote workers. Discover the challenges you might face.

By Brien Posey • April 14, 2020

Avoid resource contention with the help of VMware HA

Use VMware HA VM-to-VM rules and host groups and avoid resource contention. This can help balance resources between your production and testing and development VMs.

By Brian Kirsch • April 13, 2020

Two-pronged approach to scaling remote work infrastructure

Hastily supporting large numbers of workers who all of a sudden find themselves at home requires quick thinking on the part of IT. Just as important is what you do afterward.

By Brien Posey • April 13, 2020

VMware licensing changes set to have long-term cost effects

VMware assured admins they would see little to no effect on costs in the short term with its switch to per-core licensing, but these changes could have long-term cost effects.

By Brian Kirsch • April 13, 2020

Improvements in CPU features help shape selection

CPUs have evolved to meet ever-increasing technology demands. We look at the way performance and power characteristics have shifted in recent years.

By Brien Posey • April 8, 2020

Dive into the quantum computing qubit with IBM’s Bob Sutor

The quantum computing industry is entering a new era. IBM's Bob Sutor discusses the technology's importance and how his latest book can help readers better understand the qubit.

By Jessica Lulka • April 8, 2020

HPE Primera storage makes Synergy, Composable Rack more intelligent

See how intelligent all-flash Primera storage with InfoSight predictive analytics brings a more cloud-like resilient, agile, scalable experience to HPE composable infrastructures.

By Robert Sheldon • April 8, 2020

Open Compute Project influence, open source hardware gain momentum

With open source hardware more feasible than ever, catch up on how Open Compute Project consortium uses open source to develop more efficient server and infrastructure designs.

By Kurt Marko • April 7, 2020

Lenovo flash storage, Microsoft Azure eye mad rush to edge

New Lenovo ThinkAgile MX and Lenovo storage arrays target Microsoft cloud customers. Azure Stack HCI configuration mirrors qualified designs for VMware, Nutanix.

By Garry Kranz • April 6, 2020

What is Pivot3 Acuity Intelligence Engine for AI and automation?

The Acuity Intelligence Engine delivers advanced data and performance management to simplify data protection and system administration for Pivot3 hyper-convergence.

By Robert Sheldon • April 3, 2020

Build a migration plan for enterprise edge infrastructure

Micro data centers are essential to edge computing use cases. Build an effective migration plan through site selection, application inventory and post-move monitoring tools.

By Kerry Doyle • April 3, 2020

Hyper-converged use cases beyond VM stacks: A hardware guide

Explore best hyper-converged appliance and cluster configurations for containers, machine/deep learning, streaming analytics and specific products supporting each of these workloads.

By Kurt Marko • March 30, 2020

The recent key vSphere vMotion innovations

VMware vMotion is a function of vSphere that enables live migrations of VMs to ease load balancing and maintenance. Explore the innovations in the most recent update of vMotion.

By Vladan Seget • March 27, 2020

What is AI-defined infrastructure, and does it work?

Software-driven hyper-converged, composable infrastructures and incorporation of AI technologies into compute and storage has brought more intelligence to enterprise IT than ever.

By Robert Sheldon • March 27, 2020

Tech giants aim supercomputers, clouds at finding a COVID-19 cure

The new COVID-19 HPC consortium comprised of tech giants, national labs and academia are using supercomputers and clouds to speed research to identify a cure.

By Ed Scannell • March 25, 2020

Top vendor SDDC certification programs for admins

If you decide to grow your knowledge of software-defined data center technologies, VMware, Nuage Networks and Microsoft offer courses and certifications to get you up to speed.

By Julia Borgini • March 25, 2020

Top hyper-converged infrastructure TCO factors to consider

A lot of factors for estimating hyper-converged total cost of ownership are fairly straightforward, others less so. Follow these guidelines to get started on this complex process.

By Robert Sheldon • March 20, 2020

Build up your knowledge of leaf-spine network technology

As organizations deal with challenges of single tree path networks, many admins are considering leaf-spine architectures. Learn the ways its topology helps latency and data flow.

By Jessica Lulka • March 19, 2020

Disaggregated hyper-converged infrastructure vs. traditional HCI

A technical examination of what the pending demise of hyper-converged infrastructure 1.0 and rise of hyper-convergence 2.0 means for planning, buying, deployment and management.

By Brien Posey • March 17, 2020