Hyperconverged and software-defined storage on the rise

ActualTech Media, in partnership with Atlantis Computing,  has released its Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCIS) and Software-Defined Storage (SDS) 2016 Survey to provide insight on how IT organisations are building modern data centres in 2016 and beyond. The survey, conducted with more than 1,267 data centre leaders from 53 countries, revealed that 71 per cent either already use or are considering adoption of HCIS or SDS.

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SimpliVity joins the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance

SimpliVity, a leader in hyperconverged infrastructure revolutionising enterprise IT, has been accepted into the Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Alliance program, and has opened its new Seattle Development Centre to serve as an innovation and R&D hub on the West Coast, accelerating SimpliVity’s relationship with Microsoft Corp. and the engineering and marketing of SimpliVity’s hyperconverged solutions for virtualised Microsoft data centres.

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Dynamic market shifts set the stage for a new data centre paradigm

The infrastructure industry is seeing dramatic upheaval as major forces are driving change. Against a backdrop of continued staff limitations, increasing service level demands, and workload shift to cloud-like models, comes increasing demand for lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), easier deployment and management, and greater flexibility in the data centre. George Symons, Gridstore CEO, makes several predictions how all this will impact 2016.

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Lack of skills to manage hybrid IT

Research from Sungard Availability Services finds that organisations are struggling to control their increasingly complex IT environments.

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SanDisk unveils 'world’s thinnest' one terabyte M.2 SSD

SanDisk has introduced the SanDisk® X400 SSD, the world’s thinnest one terabyte (1TB) M.2 solid state drive (SSD). It is the first single-sided 1TB SATA M.2 form factor with a mere 1.5mm height. The X400 SSD is designed for fast start-up and application launch, as well as for extended battery life. Consumer research conducted by SanDisk in late 2015 indicates that these benefits are important for more than 70% of consumers when using PCs.

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Technical Discussion: Encryption and Security at High Speed over Distance for IP Storage

Why do so many IP replication solutions lack encryption capabilities, and why is performance an issue when you need to encrypt data inflight? Check out Brocade subject matter experts discussing the challenges of maintaining security while replicating data between data centers at high throughput, including how Brocade addresses this architecturally with IP Extension.

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