Author Archives: Christine Hall

When Linux founder Linus Torvalds temporarily stepped down from the helm, there was suddenly trouble. Continue reading When Linux Founder Linus Torvalds Leaves, Pandemonium Breaks Loose→

According to a recent user survey by Mesosphere, forecasts of the demise of on-premises data centers don’t appear to be coming true
• While companies do continue to move to the cloud, many are taking the hybrid approach, keeping much of their data and workloads within the four walls of their own data centers
• Compared to two years ago, on-premises-only or cloud-only deployments of the company’s software are down, while hybrid deployments are up, for the first time topping the former two delivery strategies Continue reading Mesosphere User Survey Says Hybrid Deployments Top Cloud-Only for the First Time→

Microsoft has launched the Azure Data Box, an appliance for physically moving up to 100TB into its cloud, into general availability • Data Box Heavy, a 100 Petabyte version of the appliance, is also on the way, the company said • Both Amazon and Google… Continue reading Microsoft's Box for Shipping Lots of Data Into the Cloud Now in GA→

First announced last year, Azure Data Box is an appliance for physically moving up to 100TB to Microsoft’s cloud • Microsoft said that Data Box Heavy, with a capacity of 100PB, is on the way • Both AWS and GCP already offer appliances for physically migrating data to their clouds Continue reading Azure Data Box for Large Data Migrations Is GA, with a 'Heavy' Version Coming→

Deutsche Telekom and Aricent have joined forces to produce an open source edge framework for 5G • The news comes in the wake of a similar project that AT&T recently contributed to the Linux Foundation • These appear to be attempts to attract new cu… Continue reading Deutsche Telekom and Aricent to Open-Source Edge Software Platform for 5G→

At VMworld, Dell EMC announced VxRail G560, a small form HCI appliance designed for deployment at remote edge locations. Continue reading Dell EMC Brings VxRail to the Edge with G560→

Data center technology veteran Jason Carolan shares his perspective on changes in the industry. Continue reading Flexential's Cloud Chief on the New Face of Colocation→

A package manager man-in-the-middle vulnerability put Alpine Linux Docker images at risk, but a patch is available now. Continue reading Time to Rebuild Alpine Linux Docker Containers After Package Manager Patch→

This software-defined storage system seeks to solve the problem of keeping data for use at the edge while getting it home for use in the data center. Continue reading StorMagic's Hyper-Converged Software-Defined Storage Solution for the Edge→

The data center’s physical presence was very much felt at this year’s virtualization lovefest in Vegas. Continue reading VMworld 2018 Roundup: Plenty for the Data Center→