Author: Mike Matchett

What options exist for IT infrastructure management services?

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchITOperations.


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What kinds of as-a-service IT management options are available? Are IT management services only coming from startups, or do established management software vendors have options?

Mike Matchett

Various companies offer IT infrastructure …

IT management as a service is coming to a data center near you

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchITOperations.


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IT management as a service uses big data analytics and vendors’ expertise to ease the IT administration and optimization process. IT orgs must trust the flow of log and related data into

Smart storage systems smart for business

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchStorage.


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Mike Matchett explains how data-aware storage combined with application awareness is leading to a new wave of intelligent data storage.

Mike Matchett

Not too long ago, storage arrays were holed up deep …

Virtual Instruments Finally Gets NAS-ty

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

When Virtual Instruments merged in/acquired Load Dynamix recently, we thought good things were going to happen.  VI could now offer its users a full performance management “loop” of monitoring and …

Oracle ZS5 Throws Down a Cloud Ready Gauntlet

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

Is anyone in storage really paying close enough attention to Oracle? I think too many mistakenly dismiss Oracle’s infrastructure solutions as expensive, custom and proprietarily Oracle database-only hardware. But, surprise, …

What do IT administrator skills mean now?

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchIToperations.


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In a world full of data-aware this and internet-connected that, deep IT administrator skills should be more in-demand than ever.

Mike Matchett

It seems everything in the IT world is getting smarter …