Opinion

Storage performance

Enterprise NAS performance challenges and how to resolve them

NAS storage can be used for mission critical workloads but NFS-based storage comes with performance challenges. Jim Bahn of Virtual Instruments outlines the main ones Continue Reading
Software-defined storage: The reality beneath the hype

The rise of storage software and APIs on commodity hardware means there is something in the idea of software-defined storage. Continue Reading
Storage arrays face two-pronged flash/cloud attack

The storage array as we know it could soon be a thing of the past, as hot data heads to flash and cold data goes to the cloud, leaving a slimmer array for bulk data on HDDs. Continue Reading

Facebook director of security Aanchal Gupta sounds off on how the social media giant uses automation to scale security and ...

The 2018 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium was all about making good on an enterprise digital transformation strategy. Explore the ...

Heading into the final stretch of his first year as CIO, Justin Wright has strong ideas about how to make IT a better partner to ...

The finalized TLS 1.3 update has been published after a four-year process. The new protocol promises to be faster and more secure...

Efail exploits vulnerabilities in the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards to reveal the plaintext in encrypted emails. Learn more about ...

While burnout, depression and PTSD can affect anyone, infosec mental health still doesn't often get the attention it deserves, ...

The latest Dell EMC 100 GbE switch is an open system aimed at service providers and large enterprises. The Z9264F is a 2RU system...

Enterprises dependent upon a high-availability application should investigate active-active data center designs to ensure ...

Array Networks has added support for 40 GbE interfaces in its NFV appliance. The AVX hardware also has higher throughput for ...

Refreshing data center hardware is no simple task, especially for organizations with multiple workflows. Before completing an ...

Setting up an SIEM reporting infrastructure requires an overall knowledge of what data capture is available. With standard ...

IBM looks to grab high-end hardware market share from archrival Intel with the introduction of two Power9 servers that offer ...

Once used primarily in web applications, open source databases are finding a place in more mission-critical business systems -- a...

Open source technologies have become more capable alternatives to mainstream relational databases for cost-conscious users -- and...

Data is everywhere -- but is it good? Data quality tools could answer that question and help save time and money. So why don't ...