One of the fastest growing classes of applications running on VMware’s HCI offering (vSphere and vSAN) is next-gen applications, also known as cloud-native apps (CNA). These applications are typically containerized, comprise of many micro-services, they are distributed and often implement their own availability and fault-tolerance features. Running containers on top of virtual machines is not Read more...
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Seven technology leaders, all in one place. Dell, Dell EMC, Pivotal, RSA, SecureWorks, Virtustream and of course VMware. With a line up like that its no wonder Dell Technologies is among Fortune’s most admired companies. A few weeks back we had the opportunity to sit down with the founder and CEO of Dell Technologies Michael Dell to hear his thoughts Read more...
vSAN is a scale-out, software-defined storage platform that is the key component of VMware’s Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) offerings, on premises and on VMware Cloud on AWS. vSAN is an enterprise-grade storage product that offers a number of features to ensure the integrity, security and resilience of data. Since the first generally available version of the Read more...
No Problem extending VM disks past 2TB, just upgrade to vSphere 6.5 or above! Many IT administrators have run into the issue of not being able to hot-extend a virtual disk past 2TB without first having to power off the VM. This can be a significant impact on business and may well result in disruptions Read more...
Customers often times want a fast system, and rightfully so. But what is fast anyway? How do you define it, and how do you measure it? “Performance” is a term that is quite subjective if not properly defined, and appropriately measured. When it comes to performance expectations what defines success? This week on the Virtually Read more...
No industry plays it safer with money than finance – after all, they’re literally in the business of making cheddar. And yet, many financial providers are plagued by costly, inefficient and antiquated infrastructures and data centers. These outdated technologies are bad for business and can push financial companies into the dreaded red, when the only color Read more...
New HCI Assessment powered by Live Optics We are launching a new Assessment tool called the VMware HCI Assessment powered by the industry leading Live Optics (formerly DPACK.) Live Optics is a tool widely adopted across the industry which is used to capture workload metrics which allows customers to assess their current Read more...
Concerns over the quality of patient care, rising IT costs, and healthcare reform have healthcare IT teams looking for a better way to deliver services to clinicians and patients. Many industries need a reliable, agile and efficient software-defined data center, but perhaps none more than the healthcare industry that is in the business of Read more...
Cheyenne Radiology is a medical imaging center that serves patients all over the western U.S., including sites in Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming. One of the center’s primary services is a Web-based picture archiving and communications system (PACS) that stores scans for remote hospitals, clinics and medical practices. They have eight radiologists on staff who read Read more...
