Seven trends in enterprise storage have been identified for 2024. (Click here for the first four trends in part one.) In part two, we will look at the remaining three trends. This information will help equip you to prioritize and be successful in the new year. Trend: Skills gap in storage calls for an increase […]
Containers vs. Virtual Machines (and Why It Matters for Data Center Professionals)
In the world of IT not so very long ago, there was a significant shift that transformed the way we manage and deploy applications. Virtualization, a technology that made traditional infrastructure more efficient, gained immense popularity among Microsoft SQL Server professionals. However, the IT industry is constantly evolving, and now containerization has emerged as the latest […]
2022: Becoming the Year of Containers, Kubernetes, and SDP Security
A growing number of companies are continuing to launch significant digital transformation (DX) projects in 2022, and rightly so, since this can enhance their IT and business capabilities while resulting in cost savings. This has led to a large increase in the use of containers. The StackRox State of Container and Kubernetes Security Report—Winter 2020 flagged […]
Big Data Ecosystem Updates: Hadoop, Containers, and VMs Explained
Twenty years ago, a startup called VMware brought in business by providing a platform to create nonphysical machine virtualizations, such as Linux, Windows, and others. As server processing capacity increased, basic applications couldn’t maximize the use of all the abundant new resources. Enter Virtual Machines (VMs), designed to run software on top of a physical […]
Why We’re Playing Catch-Up on Kubernetes Data Backups
Click to learn more about author Danny Allan. The pace of change in enterprise IT has been rapid the past two decades, as technologies like AI, analytics, and IoT disrupt the way businesses run. And with the emergence of each new technology, organizations have to relearn the strategies they previously employed to protect data and applications […]
So You Want to be a Cloud Engineer?
It has been predicted that “cloud engineer” will be among the top ten in-demand IT jobs in 2021. There is currently a great need for cloud engineers, primarily because a significant number of organizations are moving their business processes to the cloud. As more organizations shift to cloud data storage, the demand for cloud engineers […]
How Can a Service Mesh Improve Your Microservices Architecture?
Click to learn more about author Paolo Filippelli. A wealth of interesting technologies and methodologies has arisen in recent years under the “cloud-native” umbrella name, and their impact in our lives as developers has been very deep. We were once used to having big monolithic applications, hosted on enterprise application servers deployed on virtualized (and […]
Why the Advantages of Multi-Cloud May Not Outweigh the Challenges
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. The time is ripe to take a fresh look at the advantages of multi-cloud. In the past 12 months, we’ve seen a huge increase in the number of customers who use multiple public clouds — now, more than 20 percent of our customers use multiple public clouds. […]
2021 Predictions: Data Mobility Will Drive a New Cloud Paradigm
Click to learn more about author Steve Costigan. As we begin to think about shifting to a post-COVID-19 world, many businesses will enter a new dynamic in which digital transformation is accelerated. New applications will emerge, and IT will be central to this by enabling more instant access and portability of systems. The increased mobility […]
Even if You’re Not (Yet) Multi-Cloud, You Should Use Cloud-Agnostic Tools
Click to learn more about author Jay Chapel. There’s a simple fact that’s true for public cloud users today: You need to use cloud-agnostic tools. Yes — even if you only use one public cloud. Why? This recommendation comes down to a few drivers that we see time and time again. You Won’t Always Use […]