WEI Tech Exchange

Three Benefits Of Memory Tiering For Enhancing CPU Efficiency

By Fred McHugh |   Oct 29, 2024

Organizations face significant challenges in optimizing their infrastructure to meet growing operational demands while managing costs. One of the key areas of concern is the imbalance between memory and CPU utilization, which highlights the need for innovative solutions like memory tiering and data storage optimization. Without addressing these inefficiencies, organizations face increased total cost of ownership (TCO) and underutilized processing power, resulting in wasted resources, including software licenses, power, and cooling.

How Memory Tiering Solutions Change The VM Game

By Fred McHugh |   Oct 08, 2024

Managing server hardware costs is a constant challenge for organizations. Take memory, for example: it is essential for virtualized environments, but often comes with a high price tag. This issue is especially pronounced for Tier 2 and Tier 3 cluster deployments, where budget constraints can hinder performance optimization.

These Four Key Elements Support Your IT Infrastructure Goals

By Fred McHugh |   Jun 25, 2024

Let’s face it: keeping up with data center demands can feel like a constant uphill battle. IT teams are under pressure to deliver top-notch performance, iron-clad security, and smooth operations – often on a downsized budget. Sound familiar?

Leverage Comprehensive Cloud Expertise For Your Cloud-Native Journey

By Fred McHugh |   Jun 03, 2024

Modern IT demands agility and scalability. They are common buzzwords in IT, but it’s true that enterprises are increasingly seeking hybrid cloud strategies that blend the stability of virtualized environments with the flexibility of containerized applications. vSphere with Tanzu presents a compelling solution, but its implementation requires careful planning and expertise – something WEI is ready and willing to assist with.

Master Hybrid Workplace Security: 4 Effective Components To Consider

By Fred McHugh |   Jun 06, 2023

The workplace environment continues its rapid evolution, as many businesses have begun mandating a partial return to the office, thus elevating the hybrid approach as the primary workplace model. However, establishing secure and robust networks that connect dispersed workforces is still proving to be a significant challenge with many enterprises not realizing loads of unlocked potential in both security and performance. 

Four Reasons Why Your Organization Needs To Adopt DDI Automation

By Fred McHugh |   May 09, 2023

Enterprises face significant challenges when it comes to managing routine activities such as DDI (DNS, DHCP, IPAM), network reporting, and auditing efficiently and cost-effectively. Additionally, reliance on a handful of individuals with expertise in DDI management forces organizations to monopolize the valuable time of these experts, leaving less time for strategic projects.

Why Modernized Applications Also Require Modernized IT Operations

By Fred McHugh |   Mar 16, 2023

Can you name a common promise that never comes to fruition? We have one – technology will eventually get simpler. Take the cloud for instance. At one point, this technology sounded as straightforward as could be. Just lift and shift business-critical applications from a legacy data center to a cloud provider! No more hardware or virtual infrastructure to manage and support! 

Truth is, modernized cloud application environments are highly complex, so much so that internal IT and data center monitoring tools can’t handle it without the right resources. Without these, IT operations teams run blind.

How To Support Efficiency For Hybrid Multi-Cloud Environments

By Fred McHugh |   May 17, 2022

Almost every enterprise across many different industries is using cloud infrastructure to help meet business goals more efficiently. Developing strategies that include multiple clouds can help with reduced IT costs and flexibility. The majority of businesses plan to implement hybrid and multi-cloud solutions to maximize efficiency. In fact, 92 percent of businesses are already moving to a hybrid or multi-cloud strategy. In this article, we discuss hybrid and multi-cloud efficiency and what’s required to implement the transition to this strategy. After all, the days of single cloud use are just about obsolete for mid-size enterprises and up.

7 Cloud Adoption Best Practices to Follow

By Fred McHugh |   Jan 04, 2022

Deciding that cloud adoption is what’s best for your enterprise is a positive first step toward digital transformation; however, transforming to a cloud-based infrastructure requires more than just an understanding of the technology. It’s important that as you proceed, you understand the best practices in cloud adoption and how to overcome the common barriers associated with the process.

How VMware Cloud Solves The Top 5 Desktop Virtualization Challenges in Multi-Cloud Era

By Fred McHugh |   Nov 16, 2021

In today’s multi-cloud era, desktop virtualization is at the top of the list of IT priorities for organizations of all sizes. Business leaders wish to deliver virtual desktops and applications that offer the flexibility to respond to rapidly changing demands without the complexities associated with managing on-premises infrastructure.