Ann Bednarz
Network World
Minneapolis, MN, United States
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Oracle extends cloud options with Alloy launch
Alloy lets enterprises deliver infrastructure and platform services, based on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), that they operate and manage in their own data centers. → Read More
About a third of cloud users need to learn resiliency lessons from Ian
While the Florida hurricane damage has your attention, it's time to plan for and implement redundant cloud and on-prem network infrastructure and strengthen backup and recovery capabilities. → Read More
Highest paid IT certifications command $130K+
Certifications from Cisco, Nutanix, VMware, and cloud providers pay enough to land on Skillsoft’s ranking of most lucrative tech skills. → Read More
Survey: Outages, staffing challenge data centers
Data center operators are working to increase IT infrastructure reliability, keep key talent from being poached, and stay ahead of environmental regulations, Uptime Institute reports. → Read More
McLaren Racing relies on edge computing at Formula 1 tracks
McLaren's Formula 1 racing team securely delivers apps and data to track crews and guests via VMware Workspace ONE. → Read More
VMware, IBM expand joint options for hybrid cloud
VMware support for IBM's Cloud Satellite means consistent infrastructure and security across IBM's public cloud and its on-prem cloud services. → Read More
Cloud environments challenge network visibility
Enterprises need greater network visibility to improve management of cloud environments, get a better handle on east-west traffic in the data center, and identify malicious traffic that’s been encrypted. → Read More
What is a SAN and how does it differ from NAS?
A storage area network (SAN) is a pool of centrally managed storage resources, but how is a SAN different from NAS, and how are SANs being impacted by flash storage, AI and hyperconvergence? → Read More
Hybrid cloud demands new tools for performance monitoring
Platforms that draw performance data from multiple devices on multiple networks will make for better hybrid-cloud performance and troubleshooting. → Read More
4 essential edge-computing use cases
Placing processing power and storage at the edge of enterprise networks takes many forms but delivers faster response times and can reduce the need for WAN bandwidth. → Read More
VMware has edge, AI, blockchain ambitions
VMware's Project Dimension (edge computing), Project Magna (artificial intelligence) and Project Concord (enterprise blockchain) were all previewed at VMworld → Read More
VMware sharpens security focus with vSphere Platinum, ‘adaptive micro-segmentation’
VMware expands its security range with vSphere Platinum -- a new version of its virtualization software that has security integrated into the hypervisor. → Read More
Why NVMe? Users weigh benefits of NVMe-accelerated flash storage
IBM customers using its non-volitile memory express storage gear say they benefit from FlashSystem 9100's predictive analytics, resource management software and smaller form factor. → Read More
Data center management: What does DMaaS deliver that DCIM doesn’t?
Datacenter management as a service, or DMaaS, is a cloud-based remote monitoring service that aggregates and analyzes large sets of anonymized customer data to help companies better anticipate equipment failures or capacity shortfalls and detect inefficiencies. → Read More
AI boosts data-center availability, efficiency
Today’s hybrid data-center environments often span on-premise data centers, cloud, and edge computing deployments, and enterprises are finding a traditional approach to managing data centers isn’t optimal. With artificial intelligence and machine learning, there’s enormous potential to streamline the management of complex computing facilities. → Read More
Don’t get left behind: SDN, programmable networks change how network engineers work
The rise of programmable networks and software-defined networking has changed the role of the network engineer, and accepting those changes is key to career advancement. Network engineers need to become software fluent and embrace automation, according to a panel of network professionals brought together by Cisco. → Read More
NetApp partners with Google for cloud-native file-storage service
NetApp Cloud Volumes for Google Cloud Platform bntegrates with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)and brings together public cloud data services and cloud-connected flash storage. → Read More
Product–services bundles boost AI
Vendors such as IBM, Pure Storage and Nvidia are providing AI product packages, cloud services and consulting help aimed at accelerating adoption of enterprise-ready artificial intelligence. → Read More
Penn State secures building automation, IoT traffic with microsegmentation
Penn State chose microsegmentation technology from Tempered Networks to isolate and cloak traffic from its smart building systems, which rely on the BACnet communications protocol to share data related to HVAC, lighting, access control, fire detection and more. → Read More
VMware tackles complexity of multi-cloud environments
VMware has expanded its portfolio of cloud tools to help enterprises improve the manageability of their public cloud and on-premises environments. At the same time, VMware announced the first global expansion of VMware Cloud on AWS, its joint hybrid cloud service with Amazon Web Services. → Read More