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.

August 08, 2022 08 Aug'22
Internet giants in favour as Ireland tightens rules on datacentres

Irish premier Michael Martin has insisted its temporary squeeze on datacentre construction is not a moratorium on the industry
August 02, 2022 02 Aug'22
VMware CEO defends Broadcom deal

Raghu Raghuram is confident that Broadcom will invest in growing VMware through a broad portfolio of assets that will serve its entire customer base, not just its biggest customers
July 29, 2022 29 Jul'22
‘We must do better’ says Gelsinger on Intel’s latest results

Chipmaker has reported a massive decline across its major business divisions
June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22
HPE Discover: GreenLake grows new features and customer base

Tech giant HPE has used its annual user and partner conference to announce the roll-out of a series of enhancements to its flagship GreenLake as-a-service offering

Icelandic datacentres may lead the way to green IT

Iceland may soon become even more attractive to companies wanting to minimise their carbon footprint while using high-performance computing services Continue Reading
Unified file and object storage: Three suppliers and their approaches

We look at unified file and object storage products from NetApp, Pure Storage and Scality, the differences, the workloads aimed at, and how unified they actually are Continue Reading
The role of infrastructure as code in edge datacentre computing

As datacentre computing is pushed to the edge of the organisation’s network, IT has to address the overheads associated with remote server management Continue Reading

Cloud - Infrastructure - Security - SASE - Discuss!

Over the past 12 months, I’ve regularly talked about sassy SASE in this blog. But I’m not the only one. A recent Netevents interactive debate had several vendors debating SASE as part of a general ... Continue Reading

Server virtualisation is far from dead

Server virtualisation must be looked upon with an expanded and fresh perspective amid the growing adoption of containers and Kubernetes. Here are seven server virtualisation trends to watch Continue Reading
Avoid complexity in data storage decisions

With more options for on- and off-premise data storage, the need for simplicity is greater than ever Continue Reading
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