Intel’s strategy has failed, won’t recover until 2025?
Intel has been overtaken by several chip designers and chip manufacturers. The company was the absolute market leader with a lack of competition, and now it is lagging. Where did it go wrong? How could Intel make such a big mistake? And why does it take so long to recover? The corona crisis and the...
Pure Storage goes up the stack with storage-as-code and data services
Only having a modern storage infrastructure is not enough these days. Data needs to be available more and more easily, and it also needs to be available more and more quickly. Pure Storage is responding to this evolution with a number of announcements it is making today. We spoke about this with Ma...
IBM targets hybrid environments with new Power E1080 server
The near future is hybrid, that's not a very bold statement. IBM sees that too, and today it introduces a new server, the first in a new line, that specifically focuses on hybrid cloud environments. The Power E1080 comes with several features specifically aimed at that. In addition, there are also ...
Western Digital reinvents (hybrid) HDD
Western Digital manufactures both "traditional" hard disk drives (HDD) and flash drives. Nobody else in the market does this. So it makes pretty good sense for it to bring a hybrid drive to market. However, it is a fundamentally different hybrid drive than we have seen before.
The concept of the...
Zebra provides visibility and mobility for on-demand economy
Customer expectations are changing rapidly. Companies feel more and more compelled to deliver products and services in real-time because that's part of the on-demand economy. Zebra Technologies (hereafter Zebra) sees this as a crucial development, where a technology strategy can be distinctive. We ...
Pure Storage focuses on Kubernetes with Portworx features
Pure Storage has revealed its vision during the digital Accelerate conference. The company says it will do everything to offer a 'modern data experience', meaning a further expansion and optimisation of the strategy. It is clear that Portworx, the company acquired by Pure Storage, will play a centr...
EU should pay Intel 8 billion euros for two chip factories
This week it became clear that Intel's CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has put a proposal on the table with the European Commission to build a chip factory in Europe. Gelsinger wants an 8 billion euro subsidy in exchange for the construction of one European chip factory. That's a nice offer to start with, but ...
Dell Technologies APEX offers IT-as-a-Service; hybrid- and multi-cloud
Project Apex has been running for a while now, but today during the virtual Dell Technologies World, the company finally introduces Dell Technologies APEX. An as-a-service solution where you can buy a complete managed IT infrastructure. This can be in local datacentres, your own datacentre or one o...
The intelligent network: infra, cloud and security
The network threatens to fade into the background a bit in stories about innovation, migration and security. This is not justified, argues Joris van Oers of BT Global in conversation with us. In fact, the network is still a starting point for many of the conversations he has with customers. However...
EVBox uses Salesforce as cement in IT strategy
The Dutch charging station manufacturer, EVBox, has gone through exponential growth and is now ready to stop. The company is growing so fast that it needs to scale up further, and traditional SME solutions are no longer sufficient. The company is focusing on enterprise IT solutions to accelerate it...
‘Industry 4.0 nearby as presence of 5G and edge computing grows’
In the first months of the year, various IT vendors predict important trends. Tech company Lumen is one of those suppliers. The company expects several existing trends to play a more prominent role in 2021. These trends include 5G and edge computing, which will shape 'Industry 4.0'.
Lumen Techno...
Does a best practice for hybrid cloud exist?
The cloud has defined itself in recent years. Defined with possibilities, opportunities, features, pitfalls and security issues. Meanwhile, there are many best practices, but one stands out head and shoulders above the rest. Most companies want a hybrid cloud, but how do you do it? We spoke with De...