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Analytics as Code

We all need performance and capacity management tools to fine tune our virtual and cloud environments, but we need them to do more than just tell us there may be problems. Instead, we need them to find root causes for problems, whether those problems are related to code, infrastructure, or security. The new brand of …

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Containers: Innovation or Evolution? Will They Rule the World?

The latest and greatest thing in the data center is apparently containers. For those of us with long enough teeth to remember the heady days of the early millennium, they look and smell a lot like Solaris Zones. Containers in their current incarnations are garnering a great deal of attention, especially in the DevOps world, …

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Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor Is Only Logical

I recently discussed how hyperconverged solutions are all about simplifying data centre management. Thinking about the difficulty of adding simple unified management to existing products illuminated the Nutanix Acropolis move. To get a really hyperconverged solution, you need to remove all of the legacy components and have a total platform that is designed for simplified management.

Hyperconverged Is a Form of Integrated System

Last week, Gartner released its 2015 Magic Quadrant for Integrated Systems. I am interested in this because it includes hyperconverged infrastructure products, alongside a whole lot of other systems. One of the interesting things to see was that of the nineteen companies listed, four were new hyperconverged infrastructure companies. Of course, some of the existing …

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