Edge processing seems to be the new hotness. Combined with the Internet of Things (IoT), edge processing is a vision of smart devices reporting data to local compute resources where real-time reaction and control occurs. There may be local analytics—possibly with artificial intelligence (AI), to hit all the buzzwords—to provide local control of something and …
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Hybrid Cloud Strategy in a Hybrid Cloud World
I think we can all agree that the technology world we live in has been in a form of transition or even a multiple metamorphosis, if you will, to describe the transformation from the physical world into the virtual world and now the transformation from the private to the public cloud and everywhere in between. Now, if you were paying attention over the transformative years there was one thing, in my opinion, that was abundantly clear; no one single vendor or provider would completely control the industry.
VMware to Acquire VeloCloud
VMware has just announced that it intends to acquire the SD-WAN company VeloCloud in an attempt to expand the capabilities of its networking business unit. No one can deny that VMware NSX is a very capable networking product, but it does have gaps and is incomplete. In reality, it can only create software-defined network islands surrounded …
Reduced Complexity: The Reality
The goal and driver of many tools is reduced complexity. There are many IT as a Service products that claim they reduce complexity—but is that what they really do? IT has gotten inherently complex, yet we are claiming to reduce complexity by adding in more layers, such as automation, platforms, containers, etc. Do these technologies …
Virtualization and Cloud Security: Back to Basics
Every time I talk virtualization and cloud security, I am surprised by the number of people who do not follow the basics. The basics have been around since 2004. The funny thing is, I also see the basics misquoted all the time. People try to interject their language into something already simple, yet by doing …
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Virtualized HPC a Reality
Recent changes from NVIDIA now make virtualized HPC (vHPC) a reality. With just two NVIDIA M10 cards, it is possible to have more compute power than ever imagined before. NVIDIA’s vGPU is changing how we implement VDI. It is also changing compute. Here is how.