Virtually Speaking

Workspot ushers in the age of VDI 2.0

Virtual desktop infrastructure projects have failed miserably since the first incarnations appeared on the IT scene in 2008, but now Workspot might have solved the unsolvable that they call VDI 2.0.

January 25, 2016 by Ken Hess in Virtualization

New Hadoop survey makes big data predictions for 2016

The results from the second annual Syncsort Hadoop survey are in and the 250 high-level respondents predict some surprising future trends of big data.

January 21, 2016 by Ken Hess in Big Data Analytics

Atlantis Computing delivers hyper-converged ROBO data center solution

Atlantis Computing provides an all-flash solution for your remote office or branch office that features simplified management, scalability, and lowered cost.

January 14, 2016 by Ken Hess in Storage

A double look at the Crucial BX200 SSD lineup

There's nothing like taking a fresh new SSD for a spin. And although the BX200 doesn't actually spin, it certainly knows how to toil.

January 11, 2016 by Ken Hess in Storage

Condusiv Technologies lowers the Windows I/O tax by caching in on RAM

A survey of 3,450 systems running in production environments found that virtual environments that use the Windows operating system suffer from I/O inefficiencies that tax workloads and results in sluggish performance.

January 5, 2016 by Ken Hess in Virtualization

SolidFire fires a solid one over the all flash array storage bow

At DellWorld 2015, I interviewed SolidFire's Worldwide Channel Director, Mark Conley, who discussed SolidFire's enterprise all flash array and a special announcement.

December 8, 2015 by Ken Hess in Virtualization

Where's the love for Windows Server 2016? Survey tells all

A recent survey shows that almost half of IT pros state that they have no plans to adopt it or that they don't know if they will adopt it or not. Ouch. Where's the love for Windows Server 2016?

December 3, 2015 by Ken Hess in Microsoft

Mangstor puts the flash in flash storage arrays

Mangstor CTO Paul Prince and I discuss Mangstor's flash storage arrays at DellWorld 2015. Boost application response times, increase operational efficiency, and give yourself some fast disaster recovery with Mangstor NVMe over fabric flash arrays.

December 2, 2015 by Ken Hess in Storage

VMware: Dell's purchase and the spoils of war

The real prize from the EMC Dell deal is the associated purchase of VMware, Inc. Analysts from all over the globe predict everything from utter VMware destruction to VMware as a cash-producing Wunderkind. They're all wrong.

November 1, 2015 by Ken Hess in Virtualization

What's next in aaS? Workspace-as-a-Service

According to a recent report by Transparency Market Research*, the Global WaaS market is valued at US$ 7.47 billion in 2014 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 12.1 percent from 2015 to 2022. If numbers don't lie, then WaaS is something to talk about.

October 12, 2015 by Ken Hess in Cloud