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.

Micron increases competition for Intel with new hard drive

Micron increases competition for Intel with new hard drive

Chip manufacturer Micron Technology has introduced a new hard drive for data centers. This will make the company more competitive with Intel, with which it has worked for more than ten years. The new Micron drive is called the X100, writes Reuters. The X100 is an SSD that can be plugged directly... Read more

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Qualcomm invests $200 million in 5G start-ups

Qualcomm invests $200 million in 5G start-ups

Qualcomm is working on 5G hardware for smartphones and other devices. However, the company also wants startups to get involved in this market and to develop new use cases for 5G. To this end, it is now setting up an investment fund. Through the new Qualcomm Ventures 5G Ecosystem Fund, Qualcomm h... Read more

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Google reaches milestone in quantum computing

Google reaches milestone in quantum computing

According to Google, the company has achieved a significant milestone in quantum computing. With a 53 qubit chip, the company was able to solve a complex calculation in 3 minutes and 20 seconds. According to the company, a traditional supercomputer would have taken more than 10,000 years. Google... Read more

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Cisco needs time to make Intent-Based Networking successful

Cisco needs time to make Intent-Based Networking successful

Cisco has been developing Intent-Based Networking since 2014. The technology started in the data center and has also been available for Campus networks since 2017. The new technology is so different that it needs time to roll it out completely. Every year, new steps are taken in the ... Read more

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‘AT&T in conflict with activist investors’

‘AT&T in conflict with activist investors’

AT&T is under pressure from Elliott Management to reduce operating costs and suspend future expansion plans. The activist investment company, which is part owner of the telecom firm, is currently in talks with AT&T to discuss acceptable outcomes for both parties. Elliott Management, an i... Read more

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Cumulus Networks and Dell EMC to optimize campus networks

Cumulus Networks and Dell EMC to optimize campus networks

Cumulus Networks, provider of network management software to optimize data centers, and Dell EMC join forces to make campus network management easier. This includes Cumulus Linux and NetQ solutions. With the introduction of the software solutions, Cumulus Networks wants to ensure that data cente... Read more

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Trump turns Huawei into a threat to the U.S. economy

Trump turns Huawei into a threat to the U.S. economy

What do you do when you become a pawn in a political game between the United States and China? Huawei is in that position and will have to deal with it. We were at Huawei Connect 2019 in Shanghai, to see how the company develops its enterprise portfolio and looks towards the future. Under political... Read more

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AWS improves customer insight into security and compliance

AWS improves customer insight into security and compliance

The use of the public cloud to house applications and data is gradually becoming a commodity for large companies. However, the question often arises as to who is actually responsible for the security of these cloud environments and -of course- the applications and data stored and accessible in them... Read more

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