The issues facing enterprise IT in this new datacentric era are not new. They are issues that have plagued IT for a long time, such as data management, security and the ability to support business initiatives faster and cheaper. That said, new wrinkles have been introduced. Enterprises must know how to manage the data being …
AMD Continues Its Datacenter Push With 3rd Generation Of EPYC Read More »
When AMD launched its 1st Generation EPYC processor, it had a very narrow focus on where it would land—the cloud. While the CPU had many features that made it attractive to the enterprise, the company was measured in its approach. Of course, the company wouldn’t turn away other opportunities, but its theme, “born in the cloud,” …
AMD Will Make Significant Gains In The Enterprise With Milan Read More »
Data is the new crude of the modern enterprise. And intelligence is the refined oil that makes the modern business run more efficiently in the digital economy. How quickly a company can execute this transformation from data to intelligence is known as “time-to- value.” This metric is perhaps the most critical measure of an organization’s …
The modern business is undergoing digital transformation to be faster and more responsive to the market’s needs. And the outbreak of COVID-19 has expanded the scope of many transformation projects to support an increasingly remote workforce. Indeed, digital transformation is more than a trend – it is a fundamental shift both operationally and organizationally – and it’s rooted …
RESEARCH PAPER: HPE and AMD Deliver a Compelling Portfolio for the Modern Business Read More »
Successful technology trends and innovations often have roots in cost reduction, simplicity and business agility. Ironically, in the era of virtualization and consolidation, the datacenter footprint has grown for many businesses, with a corresponding increase in capital expenditures (CapEx) and operational expenditures (OpEx). One of the reasons costs increase through the adoption of technology is …
RESEARCH PAPER: IBM LinuxONE Delivers Performance and Cost Benefits Read More »
October kicks off National Cyber Security Month. In what seems to be an annual event, HPE made some security-related announcements that set the company up uniquely in the IT solutions provider market. What are those announcements, and what do they mean for IT organizations? I’ll unpack all of this and give my perspective in the …
Digging Deeper On HPE’s Latest Security Announcements Read More »
We live in an intelligent world. A host of devices shapes the way we live, from the cars we drive and the streets on which those cars are driven, to the power plants that generate electricity to the factories that make the goods we consume. This intelligent world is the result of intelligent infrastructure. The …
RESEARCH PAPER: The Three Key Elements Of Success In Edge Computing Read More »
“Earnings season” has come and gone for the major server vendors, and there’s been much reporting on each company’s financials and respective outlooks. As one would imagine, there’s good and bad to take from nearly every quarterly earnings report, but given these days of Covid-19, it seems like looking at the downside of everything is …
Technology drives the business. This statement has always been true but is more relevant than ever. As mature trends take root and new trends emerge, the direct impact on businesses in the digital economy can be significant. Cloud computing and the “cloud model” can increase business agility by enabling faster adoption of new technologies. Businesses may also …
RESEARCH PAPER: Data Center Modernization Starts With Infrastructure Read More »
Supply chain – it’s a term and topic that is now discussed around dinner tables as families and friends discuss and debate COVID-19’s spotlight on the US dependence on other countries to provide the essential products and materials we need in time of crisis. The other dinner table discussion seems to focus around cybersecurity. With …
Do You Know Where Your Servers Come From? Here’s Why Securing The Supply Chain Matters Read More »
The Lenovo Datacenter Group has been on an impressive run since Kirk Skaugen took over in 2017. The team he assembled quickly and methodically righted the ship, driving market share gains quarter after quarter. They also made smart strategic bets, resulting in success in all segments of its infrastructure business. Server shipments continue to increase, …
Lenovo Extends Its EPYC Portfolio – Here’s Why IT Should Take Note Read More »
It is perhaps the lowest form of human life that uses a crisis like COVID-19 to exploit the vulnerabilities of people and organizations. From price gouging critical supplies to the phishing scams that are hitting email inboxes daily, there have been many reminders lately that the cyber-world is full of actors–individuals, groups, and nation-states–that exploit …
For those that still think of Arm-based servers as AMD’s Seattle, Applied Micro’s X-Gene, Calxeda, or even Qualcomm, think again. While the specifications of Arm’s Neoverse portfolio looked impressive at launch last year, only time could tell what the implementation of the N1 microarchitecture would look like in the real world. In a word: wow. …
Arm Neoverse Keeps On Rolling With Marvell ThunderX3 Design Read More »
In today’s world, business intelligence is the fuel that drives digital transformation. Business intelligence starts with raw data, generated at “the edge” by devices and sensors that make up the world of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). The exponential growth of IoT and IIoT has created a corresponding …
RESEARCH PAPER: Cybersecurity In The Edge Era – A Practitioner’s Guide Read More »
Hybrid cloud is hot right now. Nearly every IT organization claims to have a solution deployed, but very few actually do. Instead, they have a private cloud with some level of integration with multiple cloud instances. In the next few articles, we will attempt to spell out what makes a hybrid cloud environment hybrid, and …
Six Questions To Ask When Evaluating Hybrid Cloud Solutions Read More »
VMware recently announced a change to its software licensing model that caps the number of cores supported in the CPU, effective April 2, 2020. Why did VMware do this? What is the real impact to IT? And what does this mean for the VMware ecosystem and competitive landscape? The next few paragraphs will try to tackle these …
What Does VMware Changing Its Licensing Model Mean For Enterprise IT? Read More »
Cisco Systems, Inc. appointed AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su to its board of directors on Monday, January 27th. What does this mean for Cisco? And how does AMD benefit from this appointment? This quick take will attempt to answer these questions and more. First, what does this appointment mean for Cisco? Cisco employs over 70,000 …
Analyst Quick Take: Cisco Appoints Dr. Lisa Su To Board Of Directors Read More »
Earnings season is in full swing—both AMD and Intel announced 4th quarter (and annual) results recently. Both companies claimed strong quarters with robust growth. The following few paragraphs will attempt to dissect those numbers in a little more detail and provide some guidance on what these numbers say about the 2020 business outlook. AMD EESC – …
What AMD And Intel Quarterly Numbers Say About Datacenter Business Read More »
The modern enterprise lives in a multi-cloud world, where delivery of infrastructure resources and IT services is expected in real time. Infrastructure and operations teams must, in turn, respond to the needs of the business rapidly. The result, all too often, is infrastructure complexity and “sprawl” – far too many platforms, and management tools that …
RESEARCH PAPER: Building A Better Cloud Begins With Better Infrastructure Read More »
AWS re:Invent came and went, and what a week it was. While the total number of announcements out of the conference was huge, the company itself made 13 significant announcements. These ranged from 5G to edge to core infrastructure to Quantum computing. Moor Insights & Strategy Principal Analyst Patrick Moorhead provided some great coverage that …
