Category: Published Articles

Big data and IoT benefit from machine learning, AI apocalypse not imminent

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchITOperations.
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Suddenly, everybody is talking about machine learning, AI bots and deep learning. It’s showing up in new products to look at “call home data,” in cloud-hosted optimization services and

Get the most from cloud-based storage services

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchStorage.


We have been hearing about the inevitable transition to the cloud for IT infrastructure since before the turn of the century. But, year after year, storage shops quickly become focused on only …

CI and disaggregated server tech can converge after all

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchDataCenter.


I’ve talked about the inevitability of infrastructure convergence, so it might seem like I’m doing a complete 180 degree turn by introducing the opposite trend of infrastructure: aggregation. Despite appearances, disaggregated server …

Evaluating hyper-converged architectures: Five key CIO considerations

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchCio.


Plain IT convergence offers IT organizations a major convenience — integrated and pre-assembled stacks of heterogeneous vendor infrastructure, including servers, storage and networking gear, that help accelerate new deployments and quickly support …

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 …