Did you know that one of the earliest data storage devices was the humble punch card? Invented in 1890 and used to program mechanical devices like textile looms, a punch card could hold only 80 characters. That is not even enough to fit a fleshed-out tweet. Compare that to today’s digital universe estimated to hold […]

Upgrading a production network requires vastly different processes compared to deploying a brand-new, greenfield network from design, implementation and ongoing management perspectives. Let’s explore five critical questions about network infrastructure upgrades that network teams must consider. 1. Why is a network infrastructure upgrade necessary? Before starting any network infrastructure upgrade project, network teams must understand […]

Good processing technology can make or break a data center, as the CPU — or processor — represents the main and most crucial circuitry chip in a computer. CPUs perform arithmetic, logic and I/O operations; issue commands to other chips in the computing system; and can be found in all types of computers — from […]

The CPU has literally been the core of computing for several decades, especially since it became possible to integrate all the circuitry onto a single microprocessor chip. After the use of graphics processing units in servers, new technology — such as the data processing unit — is now finding its way into the data center. […]

Enterprise architecture has matured from a little-understood practice at Scottish Water a decade ago to a trio of teams that meet weekly and have the ear of the most senior levels of the business. In this interview, enterprise architecture team leader Paul Douglas provides a glimpse of how the discipline has evolved at Scottish Water […]

IT and its underlying infrastructure power every aspect of modern businesses, governments, militaries and economies. Many organizations don’t have enough employees on staff with the right qualities of IT know-how to fully support their IT infrastructure, however. For both these reasons, IT infrastructure professionals are in high demand, and those interested in pursuing that career […]

Software-defined WANs deliver clear benefits and have reached a maturity level that warrants consideration for customers with branch offices. However, enterprises must also weigh the challenges and have an accurate anticipation of SD-WAN advantages and disadvantages before they decide to adopt this technology. Top SD-WAN challenges Before venturing into this new technology, check out some […]

Highly customized PowerShell code works great, until it hits a brick wall. When you learn to write PowerShell functions, you might start by solving a specific problem. As you use the function and gain more scripting experience, you’ll see ways the function would be more useful if it had the versatility to solve the same […]

Computational storage startup Fungible is pitching turnkey composable infrastructure to hyperscale customers. The venture-funded chipmaker on Tuesday introduced Fungible Data Center, a rack of bare-metal gear it describes as “hyper-converged disaggregated composable infrastructure.” In layman’s terms, the product combines the all-flash Fungible FS1600 storage system with commodity servers and switches, knit together by the Fungible […]

Computational storage startup Fungible is pitching turnkey composable infrastructure to hyperscale customers. The venture-funded chipmaker on Tuesday introduced Fungible Data Center, a rack of bare-metal gear it describes as “hyper-converged disaggregated composable infrastructure.” In layman’s terms, the product combines the all-flash Fungible FS1600 storage system with commodity servers and switches, knit together by the Fungible […]