Research Papers

VAST Data was founded only five years ago by a group of storage veterans who realized that the rapidly evolving world of storage technology wasn’t utilized to its fullest potential. The group believed that they could do better and, as a result, defined VAST’s mission “to bring an end to decades of complexity and application …

RESEARCH PAPER: VAST Data Set To Become the Foundation Of An AI-Powered World Read More »

Privileged accounts (Windows administrator accounts, Linux root accounts, cloud and application admin accounts, etc.) represent one of the largest security vulnerabilities any organization faces. Although privileged accounts are fundamental for administering and maintaining systems, infrastructure and applications across any IT environment, clever threat actors can exploit them to perpetrate attacks, steal confidential data and cause …

RESEARCH PAPER: Modern Privileged Access Management Read More »

Often misused in the cybersecurity industry, the term “zero trust” has been applied to products and solutions that do not provide the complete security the term suggests, creating market confusion and threatening to delay the adoption of zero trust in customer environments. While many companies claim to offer zero trust security, few deliver a holistic, end-to-end solution …

RESEARCH PAPER: Zscaler – A Holistic Zero Trust Platform Read More »

It may seem obvious to state that a database that supports a business-critical application should run on a platform tuned to exploit the full capabilities of that database. Yet time and again, IT organizations host their critical database applications on general-purpose servers, hoping that the performance is good enough to keep those business-critical applications running. …

RESEARCH PAPER: Inside The World’s Fastest Database Machine – Oracle Exadata X9M Read More »

Time-to-value and time-to-action are two key metrics of success in the digitized economy, both measuring access to actionable intelligence. This intelligence is only useful when all data sources are appropriately transformed and analyzed. MySQL, an open-source relational database, gained widespread popularity in companies of all sizes in the early 2000s. Today, MySQL instances are the …

RESEARCH PAPER: Autopilot Drives MySQL Database Service Differentiation Read More »

In 1959, a United States satellite photographed the first image of a small patch of Earth from space. It took almost an hour for the satellite to transmit a blurry photo of Pacific Ocean clouds to a ground station in Hawaii. Today, Planet, the satellite imagery and geospatial company, routinely images 300 million square kilometers …

RESEARCH PAPER: Planet: Next Generation Satellite Imaging Using Artificial Intelligence And Agile Aerospace Read More »

IT infrastructure has become incredibly complex. Enterprise architecture has evolved from the traditional hub-and-spoke model of a centralized data center into a rich mix of on-premises servers and storage, public cloud, private cloud, and even edge computing. You can download the paper by clicking on the logo below: Table Of Contents The Evolving IT Landscape …

RESEARCH PAPER: Deploying Multi-Cloud With Nutanix And Lenovo ThinkAgile HX Read More »

Automation is the key to success. These words have perhaps never been more accurate than in today’s age of the digitally transformed business. A company will win or lose depending on how fast it responds to the needs of its markets, customers and employees. And technology is what enables IT organizations to increase responsiveness to …

rESEARCH PAPER: Assessing Dell Technologies’ Vision For Autonomous Operations Read More »

Nurses in a hospital depend on edge devices to monitor and interpret signals from dozens of sensors that alert them when a patient needs attention. Edge devices in a chemical refinery predict, in real time, equipment failures before they occur by continuously analyzing hundreds of data points. Cameras inside a retail store notice that inventory …

rESEARCH PAPER: Delivering The AI-Enabled Edge With Dell Technologies Read More »

In enterprise data management, Oracle Database is a dominant player, and MySQL is very popular among developers. MySQL is so prolific it ranks first in market share among all database distributions. Additionally, MySQL is the default database engine in most application stacks used in cloud-native applications. You can download the paper by clicking on the …

RESEARCH PAPER: Oracle Unleashes A HeatWave In The MySQL Market Read More »

PC and console gaming drives graphics innovation like few other applications, but the very pace of technology improvements creates barriers for players and developers alike. Games running in native 4K resolution require powerful and expensive graphics cards and screens with high refresh rates but still can suffer from low frames-per- second (FPS) performance rates and …

RESEARCH PAPER: AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution: A Real Game Changer Read More »

The deployment and management of enterprise networking can be a daunting task for IT operators. Disaggregation of hardware and software and the adoption of software- defined networking (SDN) tools aim to lower capital and operational expenses. However, these new architectural approaches tend to introduce networking complexities. The need to support both campus and remote workers …

RESEARCH PAPER: Dell Technologies Is Open for Networking Read More »

Securing infrastructure begins before one ever installs a server. This statement has never been more accurate – or less understood – which can leave organizations more vulnerable than ever. You can download the paper by clicking on the logo below: Table Of Contents: Introduction Setting The Stage – It’s A Dangerous World HPE’s Security-First Vision – And Tactics Addressing …

RESEARCH PAPER: Zero Trust Is A Lifecycle Effort Read More »

The modern business lives in the cloud. Newer businesses born in the cloud have a distinct advantage over more mature organizations regarding market adaptability and agility. As a result, larger and more mature organizations are in the throes of digital transformation projects that enable quicker “time to insight.” You can download the paper by clicking …

RESEARCH PAPER: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Expands Its Capabilities With Arm Read More »

It’s not an exaggeration to say that IT organizations across nearly every business segment suffer from an overabundance of data. Although data has become an essential basis of competitive differentiation, organizations generate it faster than they can consume it, and this volume of data stresses the systems that store and process it. You can download …

RESEARCH PAPER: Oracle Exadata Cloud Service X8M Read More »