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• June 18, 2015 18 Jun'15

  Ten data center trends driving change in 2015

  There's technology hype and then there are true trends that affect data centers long-term. These 10 trends are sure to have an impact beyond 2015.

• June 16, 2015 16 Jun'15

  Can hyperconverged systems transform the enterprise?

  It's hard to predict which novelties will become mainstays, and which will be has-beens. One current hot technology is hyperconvergence, the subject of Alex Barrett's article in our May issue, "The Hyperconvergence Effect." Is hyperconvergence a ...

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  HP open source UX project unifies user experience

  HP has delivered an open source project that unifies the user experience for disparate applications.

• May 19, 2015 19 May'15

  Container technology thrives for IT

  Just when you thought you had driven the last nail in the coffin of old-school IT, you find out it's back -- albeit with a twist.
  
  Remember operating system-level virtualization? This method of server virtualization is back with a vengeance ...

• May 15, 2015 15 May'15

  Facebook completes Chef DevOps migration, shares lessons

  The mistakes, best practices and tools that Facebook shares from its migration to Chef configuration management apply to your DevOps shop too.

• April 30, 2015 30 Apr'15

  Google Kubernetes tops Docker for container orchestration

  Google's Kubernetes open source project has generated considerable traction in the bourgeoning container orchestration space.

• April 14, 2015 14 Apr'15

  Big data workloads live on-premises

  Seven years after its birth, the frenzy around cloud is beginning to subside. IT organizations have embraced public cloud for some workloads, and built private clouds for others.

  IT is having productive discussions about which applications to ...

• April 10, 2015 10 Apr'15

  SDDC adoption on a 'slow roll'

  The value of SDDC in the enterprise is becoming better understood, but widespread uptake is rare.

• April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15

  Chef's latest DevOps tool serves up continuous delivery

  The new Chef Delivery tool gives DevOps teams a workflow engine that moves code through build, test and production deployments and much more.

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  The new face of scale-out storage

  There are plenty of new approaches to address ever-growing data needs, including scale-out vs. scale-up designs, the shift from hierarchical file systems to object storage, and the Hadoop Distributed File System. Pretty soon there will be absolutely...

• March 06, 2015 06 Mar'15

  Docker just one piece of Red Hat's Linux containers

  Linux containers are nothing new. But with the rise of Docker, Red Hat Atomic Host is being rolled out as an OS focusing on security and the surrounding infrastructure.

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Docker orchestration tools address scalability

  A trio of Docker orchestration tools gives users a means to manage at scale and a native alternative to third-party software already filling the void.

• February 24, 2015 24 Feb'15

  Hot IT trends 2015: Experts speak out

  Cloud, colocation, convergence and more. See where five IT pros predict these data center technologies are headed in 2015.

• February 17, 2015 17 Feb'15

  How can vendors live up to user's software quality standards?

  When it comes to enterprise software, quality is key. The software development process is lengthy, but vendors have a lot to consider when churning out newer versions.

• February 16, 2015 16 Feb'15

  Hybrid cloud command and control

  Expectations set by the public cloud around self-service and speed of deployment are beginning to creep into the enterprise. In the early days of cloud, developers were so wowed -- and the controls around accessing it were so loose -- that many ...