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Hardware Refreshes Are Driving Move to Converged Infrastructure

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Converged infrastructure is appealing to companies for its ability to (among other things) streamline operations, optimize workloads and cut costs. More and more companies are catching on, and they are increasingly adopting the technology via the har… Continue reading Hardware Refreshes Are Driving Move to Converged Infrastructure→

What Your Once and Future IT Teams Need to Know About Converged Infrastructure

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There have been some big shifts happening in the world of cloud, the data center and the personnel who support it all. First of all, there is now a direct tie between the business and IT—the silos have been broken down, for the most part. In fact, an organization’s competitive advantage depends on the technologies the data center can deliver.

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Flash Multiplies the Benefits of Converged Infrastructure

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The benefits of moving to a converged infrastructure are compelling enough to make it an extremely fast-growing area, and adding flash to a converged architecture multiplies those benefits.

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From the Sponsor: Why Private Cloud Should Be Your First Cloud Decision

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Embarking on your journey to the cloud can be daunting. Do you choose public cloud to free up IT resources? Is private cloud the better route to maintain data security? What about hybrid cloud?

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Beef up Data Protection with Convergence Infrastructure

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Without a doubt, a company’s data is its biggest asset. Buried in that data is everything from proprietary product information to financial data to customer data—in essence, the crown jewels of the organization. Protecting that data is critical, but it has become more difficult to ensure full data protection as data stores have grown larger, the demand for fast access to data increases and security issues take center stage.

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Why Consistent Hardware Reduces Administrative Overhead

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When I first started getting paid for IT support with real money, instead of muffins, dinner, and the thanks of friends and family, I had to support a large number of computers running Windows 3.11 that were connected to a university Banyan network. … Continue reading Why Consistent Hardware Reduces Administrative Overhead→

5 Tips for Choosing Converged Architecture for Private Clouds

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As companies search for the most efficient and cost-effective way to deploy converged infrastructure, more and more have come to the conclusion that hosting converged infrastructure on a private cloud makes sense.

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Migrating to Converged Architecture: Take Care

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Almost every organization that adopts converged architecture has an existing workload in place. This is because converged architecture tends to be adopted for mature workloads rather than prototype or development workloads. These kinds of workloads a… Continue reading Migrating to Converged Architecture: Take Care→

How to Provision Resources When Working With Converged Infrastructure

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So, you’re looking to purchase a new converged infrastructure environment and are absolutely excited to put diverse workloads on it immediately. There are new capabilities around virtualization, cloud extension and even potentially reducing the data center footprint. However, there are some key aspects to remember when working with a converged infrastructure ecosystem.

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