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Put your composable infrastructure knowledge to the test

Are you up to speed on composable disaggregated infrastructure and technology? Take our quiz to find out if you know how composability works and how it can benefit you.

By James Alan Miller • Sept. 17, 2019

How much do you know about VMware AppDefense?

How much do you know about VMware's security product, AppDefense? This quiz asks you about AppDefense's technology and use cases to prove your understanding.

By Allyson Larcom • Sept. 17, 2019

New Dell EPYC servers embrace AMD Rome chips

Dell EMC goes from Naples to Rome with a new line of EPYC servers, including Ready Solutions for high-performance computing and Ready Nodes for vSAN hyper-converged infrastructure.

By Dave Raffo • Sept. 17, 2019

Use these PowerCLI vMotion cmdlets to automate VM migration

VMware vMotion moves VMs between hypervisors and storage devices to keep those VMs running. You can use PowerCLI to easily automate complex vMotion tasks.

By Dan Franciscus • Sept. 16, 2019

Can next-gen SIEM help cybersecurity initiatives?

More organizations are using SIEM, AI and cloud technology to minimize security breaches. Though despite interest, this combination is still in its infancy.

By Kerry Doyle • Sept. 16, 2019

How to address HCI’s resource provisioning challenges

Provisioning in hyper-convergence is often imbalanced. Integrating more powerful, higher-capacity nodes with HCI software or taking a more hybrid approach can help.

By George Crump • Sept. 13, 2019

IBM z15 mainframe secures data across multi-cloud environments

IBM unveiled the latest in its line of mainframes capable of processing 1 trillion web transactions a day. The IBM z15 mainframe's software can manage data across multiple clouds.

By Ed Scannell • Sept. 12, 2019

Data center management as a service launches DCIM to the cloud

DMaaS is an option for organizations that want to use cloud-based management. Though these offerings hold a lot of promise, there are concerns about cost and function.

By Paul Korzeniowski • Sept. 12, 2019

How Cisco and Nexenta software defines storage for HyperFlex HCI

See how Nexenta's virtual storage appliance software can extend Cisco HyperFlex HCI storage capabilities without additional hardware or complex system reconfigurations.

By Robert Sheldon • Sept. 11, 2019

Decrease legacy hardware security gaps

Dated infrastructure poses security threats to organizations -- especially with the amount of sensitive data used today. Address these concerns with active inventory audits.

By Julia Borgini • Sept. 11, 2019

A close look at different types of hyper-converged architectures

Learn more about the major kinds of hyper-converged infrastructure available as we explore the evolution of HCI from basic storage-compute nodes to newer disaggregated types.

By Scott Lowe • Sept. 10, 2019

Examine the growing role of VMware in the IoT market

In a growing IoT market, VMware decided to focus on system management. Although users might not bet on VMware to become an IoT market leader, the company has its strengths.

By Paul Korzeniowski • Sept. 9, 2019

Answers to top server lifecycle management questions

Unsure when to maintain, upgrade or ditch a server? Here's a look at your hardware -- and software -- care options.

By Jessica Lulka • Sept. 9, 2019

Explore Robin hyper-converged Kubernetes for containerized apps

Robin Systems new scalable and agile Kubernetes HCI platform aims to take the pain out of deploying and managing complex data-intensive systems in a containerized environment.

By Robert Sheldon • Sept. 5, 2019

4 steps for a smooth SDN installation

Software-defined infrastructure can be tricky to implement. Automation, vendor-supported hardware and skilled developers are essential for smooth updates.

By Alan Earls • Sept. 4, 2019

VMware vSAN HCI: Complete stack or ‘vaporware’?

VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger says vSAN is crushing Nutanix, while Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey says VMware sells 'vaporware' -- but users say they like the integrated stack for HCI.

By Dave Raffo • Sept. 4, 2019

3 ways to approach legacy hardware maintenance

Budget, maintenance cycles and specialized use cases are all reasons to keep legacy hardware. Minimize costs and outages with service contracts and emulation options.

By Brien Posey • Sept. 3, 2019

VMware multi-cloud approach becomes next phase of SDDC evolution

VMware's vision has evolved. The vendor that once focused solely on virtualization now pivots toward the multi-cloud market and hopes to make its cloud products the next evolution of SDDC.

By Allyson Larcom • Aug. 30, 2019

Top hyper-converged platform features to look for in an HCI system

Know software compatibility, maximum scalability and long-term potential of hardware support from vendors before buying a hyper-converged infrastructure system.

By Brien Posey • Aug. 28, 2019

VMware vSAN HCI users share cloud strategies, battle scars

Hyper-converged infrastructure has meant change to IT organizations, and VMware vSAN customers consider evolving their cloud plans in an age of hybrid and multi-cloud options.

By Dave Raffo • Aug. 28, 2019

What the VMware VCP certification backtrack means for you

In 2019, VMware rolled back its VCP certification policy. This means that expired VCP 4 and 5 certificates have gone live again, and VCP names now correlate with year.

By Stuart Burns • Aug. 27, 2019

What hyper-converged network details should I consider?

No longer a second-class citizen to compute and storage, networking is now integral to most HCIs. Keep in mind certain networking facts when adopting hyper-convergence, however.

By Scott Lowe • Aug. 27, 2019

VMware unveils host of cloud-based apps for new hybrid cloud

The company's VMworld announcements included Project Pacific, a rearchitecting of vSphere, and upgrades to its VMware vRealize suite and CloudHealth.

By Ed Scannell • Aug. 26, 2019

Should admins learn about serverless computing?

Serverless architecture is beneficial to organizations that use virtualization and function-as-a-service models. Here's what admins should know about it.

By Stephen Bigelow • Aug. 26, 2019

VMware hybrid clouds refreshed with containers

Hoping to remain competitive with rivals Microsoft and AWS, VMware is updating its hybrid cloud platform, marrying cloud products with a number of container-based technologies.

By Ed Scannell, Chris Kanaracus • Aug. 26, 2019