Industry Perspectives

Potential conflicts involving the high-availability provisions for SQL Server, VMware and public cloud offerings are arising.

Ultimately, when a business and its IT department are disconnected on the security front, the organization is at a high risk of a data breach.

Using SD-WAN technology, global orchestration and management can also be extended to the wired or wireless LAN.

The 'IoT Platform' won’t be a magical piece of software. It will be a sedimentary fusion pulled together by system integrators and tribal wisdom.

Today there are two methods to encrypt data in transit: encryption at the packet layer and encryption at the optical layer.

Many IT leaders overlook the opportunity to cut costs by opting for brand-agnostic hardware – that is, hardware that can support any OEM brand or platform.

Streaming telemetry is the first frontier in enabling Big Data-ready networks, followed by operational analytics which will consume this data to derive actions and recommendations.

There are many factors that impact application-level availability, and each of these has the potential to cause misunderstandings and, ultimately, problems that could be avoided when both admins are on common ground.

Future proofing, provisioning hardware for new software and upgrading CPUs just some of biggest concerns for data center managers.

Here are a few suggested ‘vitamins’ to take that will create a healthier, more cost efficient and more powerful ITAM platform in your organization.