Author: Mike Matchett

Assimilate converged IT infrastructure into the data center

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchDataCenter.


I feel like the Borg from Star Trek when I proclaim that “IT convergence is inevitable.”

Converged IT infrastructure, the tight vendor integration of multiple IT resources like servers and storage, is …

Scale-out architecture and new data protection capabilities in 2016

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchDataCenter.


January was a time to make obvious predictions and short-lived resolutions. Now is the time for intelligent analysis of the shark-infested waters of high tech. The new year is an auspicious time …

2016 Storage Predictions from Matchett’s Crystal Ball

(Excerpt from original post on the Taneja Group News Blog)

I’ve recently published some 2016 storage market trends and predictions in various publications. Here is a brief summary of what’s showing up in my storage crystal ball:

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Kudu Might Be Invasive: Cloudera Breaks Out Of HDFS

(Excerpt from original post on the Taneja Group News Blog)

For the IT crowd just now getting to used to the idea of big data’s HDFS (Hadoop’s Distributed File System) and it’s peculiarities, there is another alternative open source big …

Will container virtualization be the biggest data center trend of 2016?

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchServerVirtualization.


It’s hard to predict what the biggest thing to hit the data center will be in 2016. Big data? Hyper-convergence? Hybrid cloud? I’ve decided that this is the year that containers will …

What’s the future of data storage in 2016?

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchStorage.


It’s hard to make stunning predictions on the future of data storage that are certain to come true, but it’s that time of year and I’m going to step out on that …