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Data Center Explorer By Andy Patrizio

Chip shrinking hits a wall: what it means for you

GlobalFoundries will no longer make 7nm chips, a setback for AMD and a challenge for data centers' ability to scale.

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Data Center Explorer By Andy Patrizio

Data center staff are aging faster than the equipment

Data center staff are getting older on average, and women show no interest in the job, according to a recent Uptime Institute survey.

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Rethink Your Storage Support Options

The following facts can help you rethink OEM and third-party maintenance (TPM) storage options and help you make the best decision for you and your company.

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Hot products at VMworld 2018

VMworld 2018 kicks off this week in Las Vegas, where VMware and its partners are digging into virtualization, SDN, hyperconvergence, AI, containers and more. As the show gets underway, here are some of the new products being announced...

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VMware sharpens security focus with vSphere Platinum, ‘adaptive micro-segmentation’

VMware expands its security range with vSphere Platinum -- a new version of its virtualization software that has security integrated into the hypervisor.

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Microsoft lures Win Server 2008 users toward Azure

With the end of support for Windows Server 2008 coming in January 2020 and SQL Server 2008 in July 2019, Microsoft is offering customers three years of extended support for the platforms if they migrate the workloads to its Azure...

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TechWatchBy Fredric Paul

Excess data center heat is no longer a bug -- it’s a feature!

A small town in Norway is experimenting with using heat generated by a new data center to warm homes and businesses.

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LTO for the Next-generation Data Center

This ESG Lab Review is designed to address any possible misconception that LTO tape is a show or unreliable storage platform, while also exploring its new features.

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Data Center Explorer By Andy Patrizio

Will Fujitsu be the first to make an ARM-powered supercomputer?

Japanese tech giant Fujitsu shifts from the SPARC processor to an ARM processor in the supercomputer race.

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Data Center Explorer By Andy Patrizio

Dell EMC rolls out future-proofed high-performance servers

Dell EMC's PowerEdge MX line was designed to support a wide variety of traditional and emerging data center workloads, such as AI.

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Data Center Explorer By Andy Patrizio

Microsoft, Salesforce plan to open source major enterprise software products

Both firms will give away software that gave them a competitive edge, a reflection of changing times.

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Analysts: SD-WAN 5-year annual growth rate tops 40%

Becoming the “backbone of the enterprise,” SD-WAN market could hit $4.5 billion by 2022, IDC says, even as businesses seek integrated management and security features.

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The New Data Scientist: Careers in Big Data are Booming

Whether in healthcare, government, education, national defense, retail or finance, the need for data scientists is pervasive and growing. Interestingly, these “experts” aren’t always computer scientists or statisticians. Equally

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Pure Storage CEO on all-flash data centers and the cloud

CEO Charlie Giancarlo discusses how data-centric storage can boost application performance and how Pure Storage's subscription agreements promise infrastructure upgrades without downtime.

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Network IntelligenceBy Zeus Kerravala

Businesses need better automation to regain control of their data centers

Data centers are an integral component of private and hybrid cloud strategies. Better automation can provide greater visibility and simplified operations.

Cisco software, subscription strategies pay off

Cisco's fiscal year 2018 results say deferred product revenue related to recurring software and subscription offers increased 23 percent over 2017.

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DisruptorBy Patrick Nelson

Fiber transmission range leaps to 2,500 miles, and capacity increases

If researchers are successful, we can expect fiber data transmissions to get fatter and longer, as well as increases in data throughput.

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Optimize Your PC Lifecycle Management

Learn how modern desktops, laptops, and 2-in-1s from Dell EMC increase workforce productivity, provide strong security, and help lower IT costs through efficient management tools.

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Unix as a Second LanguageBy Sandra Henry-Stocker

How the L1 Terminal Fault vulnerability affects Linux systems

The L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) affects Intel processors and thereby Linux systems. Learn what this vulnerability is all about and what Linux users should do about it.

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Data Center Explorer By Andy Patrizio

Data center power efficiency increases, but so do power outages

An Uptime Institute survey finds the power usage effectiveness of data centers is better than ever. However, power outages have increased significantly.

Data Center Explorer By Andy Patrizio

Intel continues to optimize its products around AI

Intel made a series of processor and memory announcements aimed at the data center and artificial intelligence, including new Xeon chips and its Intel Optane DC persistent memory.

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Efficient container use requires data-center software networking

In software-defined data centers, software networking can help container environments talk to each other and maintain network policies without needing admins to respond to each change.

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