Category Archives: Infrastructure & Platforms
The Green Data Centre – Myth or Reality
Every few years, core IT infrastructure issues surge into visibility on the corporate radar. Often,[...]
It’s Artificial Intelligence, but not as we know it
Ed: AI is figuring more and more prominently in our industry coverage at Freeform Dynamics.[...]
The power management skills gap
A recent survey by Freeform Dynamics of 320 senior data centre professionals reveals that datacentre[...]
The Enterprise Flash Imperative
From expensive luxury to essential enabler
Five years later, the hybrid cloud is real
When we surveyed over 300 IT and business professionals back in 2011 on their attitudes[...]
Getting all-flash storage investment approved
We are at an interesting time in the all-flash storage array market
Rethinking long term data management
The emerging role of active archiving
Technology as a catalyst for cultural change
Time for a more inspirational approach?
Managing Cloud Complexity
The emerging role of converged services
Unleashing the full potential of all-flash arrays
The network is part of the system too
Cloud computing reality check
Introduction: Is cloud really a kind of magic? Many have positioned cloud computing as the[...]
Enterprise Flash – The New Normal?
In a nutshell All-Flash Arrays (AFAs) have come a very long way in a short[...]
Poor capacity planning is not our fault
Sysadmins explain why things are so crap
Will hyper-converged infrastructure kill traditional storage?
In a nutshell Deciding which direction to take with your storage purchasing is a tough[...]
Protecting data in your hyper-converged environment
In a nutshell Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) has been gaining popularity as a way of simplifying[...]
All-flash storage uncertainty and doubt
In a nutshell All-flash arrays are arguably coming of age, but in an early market,[...]
IT Ops as a Digital Business Enabler
Some argue that IT operations doesn’t matter anymore; it’s all about developers. Our aim in[...]
Managed Services in the Data Centre
From stability to agility Data centres have been around a long time during which various[...]
AMZN, AAPL, GOOGL, FB, and MSFT
With a combined market capitalization of $2.3 trillion, Amazon, Apple, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft hold[...]
Everyone’s talking about Dedupe
In a nutshell Storage is a very hot topic in every data centre and computer[...]
The Impact of Cloud on IT Teams
We often hear that cloud computing dramatically reduces the need for in-house IT teams, and[...]
Facebook CIO says: “Microsoft got cool again”
Microsoft used day two of its Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) to focus on announcements related[...]
Capacity planning in an age of agile and on-demand IT
Capabilities are still far from ideal
2016 – The year of the ‘Butterfly Wings’ effect?
Changing data centres step by step or wing flap by wing flap