Converged infrastructure
The converged infrastructure concept is finding favour with enterprises that want to move away from the traditional, horizontal datacentre hardware silos, and cut the time it takes to kit out their facilities. In a converged infrastructure stack, the required servers, storage and networking equipment are all packaged together in a single, software-defined package, which is usually optimised to run a specific workload or application.
Why is the datacentre becoming so reliant on hyper-converged infrastructure?
Download this e-guide to discover more about the key hyper-converged vendors and their products, as well as hyper-converged tailored to disaster recovery, backup, cloud functionality, and the software-defined hyper-converged products available.
News : Converged infrastructure
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Hybrid cloud in Australian government removes supplier lock-in
Australian public sector could take the hybrid approach to cloud computing as government’s digital transformation strategy moves ahead
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November 29, 2018
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Nov'18
Nutanix grows subscription revenue
It made its name in hyper-converged hardware, but Nutanix is now growing its SaaS-based software infrastructure business
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November 09, 2018
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Nov'18
Why commercial software providers are buying into cloud native
There is a reason why IBM has announced it will be spending $34bn to buy Red Hat, much like VMware’s acquisition of Heptio
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November 06, 2018
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Nov'18
Best of VMworld 2018 Europe User Awards: The winners
Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2018 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona
In Depth : Converged infrastructure
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Securing the SD-WAN: The next network challenge
Every time an enterprise weighs up whether or not to try SD-WAN, security is an essential part of the picture Continue Reading
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Hyper-converged backup appliances bring flexibility benefits
Backup appliances in scale-out format allow data protection to be scaled easily by simply adding extra nodes. But is it an idea that’s ready for the enterprise? Continue Reading
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Cloud HCI survey: Cloud functionality in hyper-converged infrastructure
We look at how you can use hyper-converged infrastructure to build private clouds and link up with public cloud services to develop hybrid and multi-cloud working Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Converged infrastructure
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Dismantling data centre and WAN silos
Two data processing trends are joining hands and moving towards wider availability for SMEs: hyperconverged data centre infrastructures and software defined WAN (SD-WAN) connectivity. What was just ... Continue Reading
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Has the storage hardware lock-in had its day?
Two years ago I wrote that the storage industry was apparently ripe for huge change. The nub of my argument was that storage is a sector of the IT supplier world in which customers are forced to ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Converged infrastructure
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The rise of the ODMs: Should the branded hardware suppliers be worried?
The use of ODM datacentre hardware makes good economic sense for the hyperscale providers, but what about everyday enterprises? Continue Reading
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IT transformation brings storage transformation
IT departments’ moves away from specialised skills to generalist skillsets are fuelling the rise of easy-to-use hyper-converged infrastructure and all-flash storage systems Continue Reading