There are many benefits to application-centric infrastructure: streamlined architectures, lower costs, easier management, and faster, more responsive throughput and connectivity. But app-centrism is not simply another step in the evolution of networking.
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With SDN all but a fait accompli at this point, it seems the time is right to turn our attention away from building and deploying an abstract networking environment and towards the practical ramifications of living and working in one.
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The OpenStack community recently wrapped up what can only be described as a successful summit in Tokyo, with users, developers and members of the supporting vendors unveiling a wealth of new service offerings and reaffirming their commitment to seeing the format through to widespread deployment.
And yet, amid all of the warm feelings in Tokyo and elsewhere, there remains an undercurrent of apprehension throughout the OpenStack community…
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Now that the enterprise has gained some experience with the cloud and is, in fact, becoming more comfortable in its ability to support increasingly valuable workloads, companies are taking greater care to select the right cloud for the right workload.
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With all the changes taking place in the data center, there is some small comfort in knowing the general direction of emerging trends: Infrastructure will become a function of software rather than hardware, and IT will have much more leeway in tailoring the data environment to the needs of applications.
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Applications are quickly surpassing infrastructure as the key driver of data productivity. Where once the differentiators between cutting-edge and also-ran were measured in processor speed, storage capacity and networking throughput, it now rests largely on orchestration, availability and scalability.
Containers are whizzes at producing the latter…
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is real and is getting more real every day. And contrary to some lingering beliefs, it will not be optional.
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It seems something of a misnomer that Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) platforms are gaining in stature while the vast majority of enterprises are supposed to be de-emphasizing local resources in favor of the cloud.
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Big Data and the Internet of Things are the two major disruptors in the enterprise these days. Organizations need to ramp up infrastructure quickly in order to leverage the value that is locked away in massive data stores, but it needs to be done in a way that supports rapid, even real-time, results without crushing the IT budget.
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Enterprise data loads have been growing more diverse for some time. These days, organizations are routinely juggling traditional workflows, mobile and cloud-facing applications, high-speed transactional data, and even a smattering of Big Data-style analytics.
It’s no surprise, then, that the x86 architecture’s hold on enterprise data infrastructure is starting to crack.
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