The larger the data grows, the more it tends to bring the applications, the platforms, and ultimately, the processors closer and closer to the accumulating mass of data - a concept of gravitational forces, writes Tate Cantrell of Verne Global.
While IT teams look back on the history of silos as the hallmark of inefficiency, if you fast-forward to today's trend of consolidation, virtualized data centers, and, ultimately, data center convergencem the future looks brighter, writes Kent...