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Is your Enterprise ready for the Edge? (Part 1)

By Greg LaBrie | Nov 27, 2018

If your career centers on enterprise architecture, then you are literally watching history repeat itself in real time. Decades ago, enterprise resources and processing power were concentrated within the mainframe and users had to work in close approximation of it. But then, users from the outer perimeters started demanding more capabilities, which translated into more resources where they were—at the edge. This introduced the PC, which decentralized enterprises and transitioned in the era of the client server model that users loved. Once again, the technology cycle is about to repeat itself.

IoT, IT Strategy, Networking, enterprise mobility, IT infrastructure, Edge Networking | 0 Comments Read More

9 Things To Know About Nimble Storage

By Greg LaBrie | Nov 22, 2018

Flash or solid-state drive technology is seen commonly in devices such as smartphones, laptops, and servers, but it has also revolutionized the storage array landscape. Flash storage has increased in adoption due to its operational and economic benefits. Nimble Storage is a market leader in the storage space. Nimble Storage is built around reducing risk, improving reliability, and maximizing the productivity of your infrastructure and IT teams, while also giving your enterprise a competitive edge and making employees’ jobs easier.

IT infrastructure, flash storage, enterprise storage, Nimble Storage, HPE Infosight | 0 Comments Read More

Cisco ACI: An SDN Solution for Digital Transformation

By Greg LaBrie | Nov 20, 2018

Companies live in an environment today in which the “time to value” is diminishing constantly. In order to attain continuous profitability, IT managers and their staffs must focus on strategic value added projects rather than dissipate their time with routine maintenance of the existing infrastructure. Multiple studies point out that routine maintenance is currently consuming as much as 80% of IT budgets. Simply put, IT Managers must find a new paradigm that can deliver their organization to the promised land.

SDN, Software Defined Networking, Networking, Cisco ACI, IT infrastructure, Cisco, Automation | 0 Comments Read More

Aruba ClearPass – Profiles, Health checks, Segmentation, and more

By Victor Fabian | Nov 15, 2018

Recently I was talking to the network manager of a school district in Georgia. The district had just experienced a large scale malware attack. It started in the transportation department, which had refused to let go of some outdated machines that were susceptible to the EternalBlue windows vulnerability, made famous by the WannaCry and NotPetya malware encryption attacks last summer.

security strategy, enterprise mobility, wireless networking, HPE Aruba Networking, Aruba ClearPass, mobile security, Network Access Control | 0 Comments Read More

Supercharge your Hybrid IT Strategy with Flash Storage

By Jay Cardin | Nov 13, 2018

Software as a service and many other digital business models have never been the same since the possibility of leveraging hybrid IT. Thanks to it, an organization can deliver services in a more optimized, balanced, automated, granular, and flexible fashion.

HPE, IT Strategy, hybrid it, flash storage, digital transformation | 0 Comments Read More

Reality Check: Is your Digital Transformation Strategy Effective?

By David Fafel | Nov 08, 2018

According to a report by Gartner in 2016, 50% of CEO’s expect their industries to be substantially or unrecognizably transformed by digital transformation¹. The underlying scope of this proclamation is that the companies that successfully compete in this new economy will have substantially or unrecognizably transformed themselves as well. These IT leaders expect change, dramatic change. They are faced with the immense task of augmenting their organizational processes and shifting the cultural mindset towards innovation. The key to success here is leveraging the power of digital technologies to create that change. There are two choices today—adapt to change or create it.

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Competing in the Idea Economy Requires Data Center Transformation

By Shane Garrett | Nov 06, 2018

The idea economy (a term coined by HPE) represents a new paradigm, where a company (of any size) can add value and disrupt the market faster than ever—thanks to the advancement of the public cloud, mobile devices, social media, and big data analytics. Transforming your data center into an agile, hyper-connected enterprise IT environment that can handle the challenges of the idea economy will require some investment. But that investment is probably less than you might think and there are multiple ways to approach financing that won’t break the bank.

HPE, IT Strategy, IT infrastructure, composable infrastructure, digital transformation | 0 Comments Read More

3 Steps for a Successful 2-Node Direct Connect VSAN ROBO Cluster Deployment

By Mark Hargreaves | Nov 01, 2018

VMware vSAN is a leading software defined storage solution on the market today. Simple yet powerful, vSAN offers intelligent hyperconverged storage architecture that facilitates complete utilization of compute and storage resources, delivering them through a virtual common platform. This structural design not only initiates transformational change in how you host data, but also powers the leading hyperconverged infrastructure solutions today that is transforming data centers across the globe.

virtualization, hyperconvergence, Software defined storage, VMware, VMware vSAN | 0 Comments Read More

Defend Your Enterprise Network with Micro-Segmentation

By Greg LaBrie | Oct 30, 2018

Data center architectures have continually evolved to meet the needs of mobile, social, big data, and cloud applications--and enterprise security solutions have evolved as well to support the new security needs of these applications in distributed data centers.

SDN, enterprise security, Cisco ACI, microsegmentation, IT Security, network security, VMware NSX, Illumio | 0 Comments Read More

Secure the Edge: 5 FAQs About Aruba ClearPass

By Victor Fabian | Oct 25, 2018

Today’s workers are experiencing more freedom thanks to the explosive adoption of mobile devices in the enterprise. However, with an increasing amount of devices connecting to the network, IT administrators now have an overwhelming amount of information to monitor, and most of the time there are gaps in visibility to all of the devices trying to connect to the network. Aruba Clearpass offers your IT department a way to protect your data while allowing authorized users the ability to access information on the go or in the office.

wireless networking, HPE Aruba Networking, network security, Aruba ClearPass, mobile security, Network Access Control | 0 Comments Read More

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