In a world of networking built on standards, the hottest new technology isn’t anywhere close to being based on them. Should SD-WAN not be deployed until it has been through the standardization process? Ethan Banks has some great thoughts about why this isn’t as big of a deal as you might think.
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Approaches to SD-WAN Managed Services
Building a software defined WAN is easier than it has been in the past. However, there are still come challenges you need to be aware of. Thankfully, there’s help available. Jed Casey takes a look at how to leverage provider models to help you build out SD-WAN the way that’s best for you.
Open Source: Not Just the Responsibility of Independent Developers
It’s no secret that open source is driving innovation in both enterprise IT through the products and services they consume and within the companies who provide those products and services.
Pure Storage’s Cloud Block Store Makes Sense as Hybrid Clouds Proliferate
The past few years, we’ve seen the rise of hybrid cloud as more organizations realize that they don’t need to make a decision to use either public or private cloud, but can make a decision about which to use based on specific application needs.
Let’s Take a Look at Pure Storage StorReduce
Pure has recently expanded its product line-up with a set of products aimed at helping its customers bridge the data management gap between on-premises and public cloud. In this post, Enrico Signoretti goes into detail on StorReduce. This sits in front of an AWS S3 compatible storage with the intent of deduplicating all data that comes in, seamlessly, like a sort of gateway. This gives organizations the benefits of public cloud object storage, without the strings that often come with it.
Why Business Outcomes Drive IT Decision Making
Introduction Computing has undergone a revolution as technologies like self service cloud and quickly scaled hyperconverged data centers speed time to deployment of new applications and reduce friction between IT and the business it enables. As infrastructure has become simpler to provision thanks to these technologies, enterprise IT has been transformed as well. Formerly seen […]
Pure Storage Isn’t About All-Flash Anymore (and Never Really Was)
I’ve been following Pure Storage since the very beginning. I always saw the company as a contender for mainstream enterprise storage rather than their professed focus on all-flash arrays. With the introduction of Cloud Block Storage, the company is finally showing their cards: It’s the storage solution that matters, not the flash.
Breaking Out of The Silo Mindset
Changing your mind is easy. Changing your mindset is much harder. Tom Hollingsworth talks to Nick Furman of VMware about how he has seen the Virtual Cloud Network Road Show changing the way that people think about their IT organization.
The Asset is the Data, Not the Storage
Data is the new currency. By now we’ve all heard that phrase or some variant of it. In an era of transformation, the differentiation in an organization comes not from the product it produces but how they leverage data to enrich the experiences of their customers.
SD-WAN in Enterprise Networks – Security Emphasized
Security in networking is a huge undertaking. You have to know what you need to know before you ever start implementation. Orhan Ergun takes a look at some of the important pieces of security in networking, specifically in SD-WAN, to help you figure out where to start before you get started.