What can you do when technology enables you to build beyond what you think is capable? What if you could extend your network across multiple clouds as easily as you could build it in the first place? Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at Arrcus and their new multi-cloud network solution and how it can help you bridge the gaps in your strategy by covering it with a fine blanket of fabric.
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Pensando Places Programmability First
Programming hardware isn’t easy. Unless you start out with the idea that you’re going to use a language that is easy to adapt to your needs. Tom Hollingsworth looks at the decisions made by Pensando to leverage P4 to extend its platform to adapt to the future needs of its customers.
Monitoring Application Performance from the Inside Out with Solarwinds AppOptics
Are you relying on old tools to monitor your modern applications? Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at why you should examine the way you keep an eye on your applications and how your users experience them.
Confidence in The Cloud with NetApp
Are you looking to digitally transform your organization? Or is there some hesitation in moving to the new cloud world? What if you could have the assurance that your enterprise storage solution works in the cloud no matter where your data is? Stephen Foskett sits down with Anthony Lye of NetApp to discuss how cloud is just another platform that NetApp has embraced with their solutions and how they can bring peace of mind to nervous IT departments.
There Is No Layer-2 in Public Cloud
Layer 2 is the great equalizer. It’s where all data goes before it heads out on the wire. Well, except in the public cloud. Ivan Pepelnjak has a great reminder that what we know of as Layer 2 doesn’t exist in the public cloud. And that’s for the best.
Monitoring Cloud Network Traffic with ExtraHop
If you’re moving data to the cloud, you need visibility to ensure you’re secure. Tom Hollingsworth talks about ExtraHop Reveal(x) and how they can provide the visibility you need no matter where your data lives.
AWS Outposts – a Cuckoo in the Enterprise Nest?
When AWS announced their Outpost product in late 2018 there was much excitement around the possibility of bringing native AWS service and VMware Cloud on AWS into the data center for situations where data and applications were latency sensitive and needed to be placed closer to the user. As details have emerged about architecture and delivery, Chris Evans has noticed that the offering could present a potential conflict with traditional enterprise IT hardware vendors.
The Cloud Reminds Me of Home Automation
Everyone loves a good analogy and Steven O. Noble has come up with one that will resonate with many geeks when he compares cloud computing to home automation.
Why Druva is All About SaaS
If infrastructure can be moved partially or entirely to a cloud provider and free up IT resources, then Druva believes the same can be done for backup. This is a logical next step for backup practices and with an early seat at the backup as a service (BaaS) table, Druva is well positioned to become a leader.
Clumio Emerges from Stealth with Cloud Based Backup as a Service
Seizing on the trend of delivering SaaS to solve classic IT challenges, Clumio will offer their Backup as a Service (BaaS) to customers who wish to protect their VMware workloads on-premises or in VMware Cloud on AWS. All management of backup infrastructure and lifecycle management are handled by Clumio and customers need only pay on a per-VM basis to backup their workloads and data. Customers see no cloud bills or egress charges.