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Data centre availability is primary concern to meet demand for virtualization and SDN

Published in Carriers + Service Providers Management Networks + Telecoms Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Virtualisation

Fabrics gain recognition as the foundation for data center evolution, but reactive approach to network investment risks business growth and stability. As customers look to adopt virtualization, embrace software-defined networking (SDN) and meet the needs of more demanding users, new research from Brocade among channel resellers across the globe has revealed that “data center availability” is their customers’ biggest concern (40 percent of respondents). Moreover, the survey...

Published in Management Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers

Bloomberg's cloud-based archiving and e-discovery solution lowers costs and enhances oversight of enterprise information.

Published in BC/DR Carriers + Service Providers Cloud + MS DC Facilities + Colo Device Security Flash Infrastructure Infrastructure + Hardware Management Networking Networks + Telecoms Security + Compliance Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology Virtualisation Wireless

The improving economy heralds a heartening year for UK investment in IT, according to a new survey from American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) and CFO Research, Supporting Growth with New Technologies. Results of the survey show that more than three quarters (76%) of those surveyed plan to increase investments in technology in 2014, with 41% of CFOs planning to increase their spending on IT by 10% or more in 2014.

Published in BC/DR Carriers + Service Providers Cloud + MS DC Facilities + Colo Device Security Flash Infrastructure Infrastructure + Hardware Management Networking Networks + Telecoms Security + Compliance Server Technology Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology Virtualisation Wireless

Spiceworks has announced the results of a new survey analyzing the perceptions small-to-medium enterprise (SME) and large organization IT professionals have of the United Kingdom (UK) economy, government policies and the perceived IT skills gap. Despite new technology initiatives and policies aimed at driving growth, most IT professionals feel the UK remains in a recession. However, IT professionals, particularly those in large organizations, are optimistic that revenue, IT budgets, and hiring...

Published in BC/DR Flash Management Software Defined DC & Storage Storage + Servers Storage Technology

Continuous speed and bandwidth improvements of Fibre Channel drives storage innovation for next-generation data center architectures.

Mobile impacts on the mainframe

Compuware Corporation has announced the results of a global CIO survey on the impact of new technologies and trends on the mainframe application environment. The survey found mobile technology is increasing complexity, usage and costs of mainframe applications. As a result, companies are finding it more difficult to isolate and fix problems. Nearly 90 percent of CIOs said they are using outdated transaction monitoring practices that don’t provide visibility into how distributed and...