The traditional data center is undergoing many changes, if not a revolution. Hybrid cloud infrastructures, hosted servers, virtualized servers, and new methods to save energy and reduce costs in the data center create an ever-challenging array of decisions for today's data center managers.
Desktop virtualization separates the personal computing desktop environment from a physical machine, using the client-server model of computing. Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) is the largest segment of the desktop virtualization environment, with a plethora of solution options to address any workload requirement. HPE has created this whitepaper to help with expertise and experience, technology and ...
Businesses had aggressive virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) expansion plans prior to COVID-19 that aligned with IT’s overall priority to deliver a secure and consistent user experience. The response to remote work has highlighted the benefits of VDI and created a new surge for companies to rethink their digital workspace strategies. Recent ESG research validates the ...
In September and October, 2020 AV-TEST performed a review of comparable security offerings from Akamai, Infoblox, Palo Alto Networks, Netskope, Cisco, and Zscaler. The test was commissioned by Cisco to determine how well vendors protected remote workers against malware, phishing sites, and malicious websites. A false positive test was also performed against known clean popular ...
Kubernetes is a series of open source projects for automating the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Find out why the ecosystem matters, how to use it, and more in this free PDF download from TechRepublic. In the download: Kubernetes executive summary What is Kubernetes? Why does Kubernetes matter? Who does Kubernetes affect? When ...
Network administrators are tasked with the on-going administration and management of networking equipment, including mission-critical infrastructure. If they don’t do preventive maintenance, they risk affecting network performance for all users of its shared resources. In addition, network administrators are responsible for protecting enterprise data from a number of security threats. If this sounds overwhelming–it is–but ...
Linux admins have a love affair with information. The more information they can gather the better. And that’s a good thing, as the more informed you are, the more apt you’ll be to make smart decisions. This applies to administration tasks, security, development, and just about anything else you can imagine. Besides, why wouldn’t you ...
LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol and allows for the querying of a directory service over a network. With LDAP running, all machines on the network can access a distributed directory service, which provides a set of records that can be used for things like authentication. For example, you could have an LDAP server ...
From cloud tools, HRM software, Content Management Systems, or even collections of customer/client information—databases are the foundation for which so many platforms are dependent. If your company is either building in-house applications and services or simply deploying pre-built tools, either of which requires a database to function, you’re going to need to know how to ...
PowerStore achieves new levels of operational simplicity and agility. It uses a container-based microservices architecture, advanced storage technologies, and integrated machine learning to unlock the power of your data. PowerStore is a versatile platform with a performance-centric design that delivers multidimensional scale, always-on data reduction, and support for next-generation media. PowerStore brings the simplicity of ...
IDC’s survey found that 91% of respondents considered modernized infrastructure and/or an accompanying technology refresh to be extremely important to the success of DX. Computing platforms (servers) form a key underpinning of modern infrastructure supporting an organization’s digital journey. They support the stringent availability, performance, and security requirements, which can be satisfied via a modern ...
In December 2018, Dell EMC commissioned Forrester Consulting to evaluate the business value of refreshing servers and infrastructure in enterprise IT departments. Forrester conducted an online survey with 508 IT infrastructure technology decision makers at companies with 100 or more employees in seven countries to explore this topic. We found that although companies are adding ...
Life in a hybrid multicloud world Cloud computing has undoubtedly changed how enterprise IT is delivered. It has opened the door to compute and storage resources without limits, as well as a wealth of cloud services (e.g., artificial intelligence, weather data, etc.) for IT administrators to leverage and create the next wave of enterprise innovation. ...
Hybrid cloud is clearly becoming the default configuration for most organizations, combining growing public cloud usage (including off-premises hosting) with existing on-premises workloads. Organizations will continue to keep workloads on-premises for the foreseeable future, but increasingly recognize the importance of being able to integrate them with off-premises cloud workloads. In order to gain more insight ...
2020 has been both unusual and difficult for many businesses. In this on-demand webinar, Alfred Siew from ZDNet leads the discussion on how digital transformation has moved ahead in today’s new normal. Subscribe to the Innovation Insider Newsletter Catch up on the latest tech innovations that are changing the world, including IoT, 5G, the latest ...
We all know analyzing data helps us make more informed business decisions. But it’s easier said than done — especially given the volume of data that exists, and how quickly it’s expanding. The good news: we’re here to help. This step-by-step guide will teach you how to make your business more data-driven by incorporating analytics ...