Category: Infrastructure

Your infrastructure still needs work, even if you move every asset to the cloud. You still need a company network and maybe even some local storage server(s) to handle the basic office workload. Managing infrastructure and choosing the right solution for your office, or even for your own datacenter, requires the right information.

Many companies still operate at least two infrastructures: the first one is their office network, the second one is their datacenter. Within the new cloud era, maybe one of them will disappear, but you cannot replace all your infrastructure. At the other end, maybe a new infrastructure will take its place, if you are moving into the Internet of Things for example.

Enterprise Storage

If you have a lot of data that needs to be available fast or if you need fast storage in your datacenter you cannot do this without an enterprise storage solution: solutions Cisco, Dell EMC, HPE, NetApp, Nutanix and many others can offer you. However, how do you pick the right one?

Servers

Running your own datacenter is still a common use case. In the future, many big IT vendors, like AWS, expect that companies will limit their own datacenters to a minimum, but before that, it just is a fact that you need servers. Servers that can carry your workload and if its possible, more intelligent server that can be combined. For example, a hyper-converged infrastructure that can be extended when you need more resources, instead of buying plain old servers. Companies want a more intelligent, maybe even a leased datacenter solution, or a completely autonomous datacenter which is virtualised by VMware.

Network

Managing your own infrastructure is only possible with a high-quality network. Putting a switch between a couple of servers and plugging in the network cable is easy. However, that’s yesterdays innovation. You want a software-defined network, where you can easily manage all devices that are connected to your network, and where you can manage who is allowed to talk to who. This ensures that security is implemented at the highest level.

IoT

Within many infrastructures a new innovation will come in, maybe it already is in place or maybe its on the way. The Internet of Things will connect devices to the internet which never had a connection in the past. So, they can be monitored or managed remotely. For example, industry machines get connected or sensors are being added to legacy devices to monitor them more frequently. In some markets, the IoT will revolutionise the way business is being done. In agriculture, crops can grow much faster by optimising the complete process. Sensors are added to the soil and continuously measure what can be done to improve conditions.

Puppet Enterprise 2019.2 increases control over networks

Puppet Enterprise 2019.2 increases control over networks

Puppet Enterprise 2019.2 has been announced. The new version should provide business teams with new ways to automate complex workflows. The new version will also improve the management of nodes in networks. The most important point that has been improved with the new version is the management of... Read more

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IBM Qiskit functional on more than one quantum system

IBM Qiskit functional on more than one quantum system

IBM has found a way to let its open source quantum computing framework, Qiskit, function on hardware that uses ion traps to make quantum calculations. Version 0.13 is therefore the first version of Qiskit that supports more than one type of quantum computing. The Qiskit framework already suppo... Read more

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Subsidiary of Juniper Networks launches ‘autonomous network’

Subsidiary of Juniper Networks launches ‘autonomous network’

Mist Systems, a subsidiary of Juniper Networks, has launched a new 'autonomous' network. The network, which is driven by artificial intelligence (AI), is aimed at companies that want to set up a cloud-based network quickly and with little help. The idea is that companies can set up a network the... Read more

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Akamai introduces new features for safer content delivery

Akamai introduces new features for safer content delivery

Content delivery firm Akamai has announced improvements to maximize security, quality and reliability in delivering content from the cloud to the user. With the new features, the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform enables organisations to optimise and secure the network edge, through which they essen... Read more

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Nvidia develops powerful AI computer for network edge

Nvidia develops powerful AI computer for network edge

Hardware manufacturer Nvidia claims to have developed the smallest and most powerful supercomputer for artificial intelligence (AI) and embedded devices. The Jetson Xavier NX is a high-performance, low-power module that still delivers performance comparable to data center servers. It delivers up... Read more

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Huawei wants to break Intel’s chip dominance with Kunpeng

Huawei wants to break Intel’s chip dominance with Kunpeng

With Kunpeng, Huawei sees an opportunity in the chip market. Their chip activities are therefore being expanded and substantial investments are being made. The company says it doesn't want to compete with Intel, but we think Huawei actually does. The fact is that the company is being forced, as it ... Read more

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Schneider Electric and Scale Computing launch joint solution

Schneider Electric and Scale Computing launch joint solution

Schneider Electric and Scale Computing have joined forces to bring to market a joint offer for retailers. The offer is aimed at making edge computing more accessible and affordable to help retailers optimise in-store functions and enhance customer experience. Designed for retailers The Scale ... Read more

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IBM creates public cloud for financial services providers

IBM creates public cloud for financial services providers

IBM has, for the first time, created a public cloud specifically for a single target group. It is a public cloud for financial service providers and their suppliers. This cloud was built in collaboration with Bank of America on top of Big Blue's own public cloud. The new platform is specifically... Read more

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VMware buzzing about Project Maestro, new CSP solution

VMware buzzing about Project Maestro, new CSP solution

At VMworld 2019 this week in Barcelona, VMware gave attendees a preview of Project Maestro, a telco cloud orchestrator targeted towards communications service providers (CSPs). The solution enables CSPs to build and automate network services across more network function formats. According to VM... Read more

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AWS continues investment in Spain with new data centers

AWS continues investment in Spain with new data centers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is set to open data centers in Spain, enabling AWS users to run workloads and store data in Spain with lower latency. According to the company, initially the new AWS Europe (Spain) Region will consist of three Availability Zones. It will open late 2022 or early 2023 ... Read more

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