2014 is the year of the virtual WAN
451 Research networking practice director Peter Christy has over thirty years’ experience managing software and systems technology for leading IT vendors, including HP, Sun, IBM,...
Atlantic.Net launches cloud in Canada
"There is very little understanding that Toronto is the fifth largest North American metro area and the second or third largest international banking transaction...
Creating continuous cloud
Like the avaricious and the prodigals in In Dante’s 4th circle of Hell who push giant boulders in opposite directions for eternity, shouting at...
Success by Design in cloud data management
InsightaaS: As businesses move past the exploratory stages of cloud into its use as a production-grade component of corporate infrastructure, we are seeing new...
451 Research: Sprint's managed collaboration play: Google Apps for the SMB masses
InsightaaS perspective: 451 Research is one of the world’s leading sources of insight into cutting edge technologies — including areas that are important to...
Enterprise ready Hadoop by RainStor
It's a common question: is Hadoop enterprise ready? Viewed from one angle, this is a moot question. Hadoop, v1.0 and v2.0, are already in...
DC for less than the price of power?
Notwithstanding the industry’s fixation on growth in cloud services markets, the colocation business is alive and well. While many individual players are executing on...
Building network basics
Case studies serve a dual purpose. As a technology showcase, they provide a vehicle for vendors to educate the market on state-of-the art offerings....
Vitamin Y: Paul Lewis on why "You don’t have a Big Data problem"
Context: Paul Lewis is a CTO with a deep interest in Big Data. Now with Hitachi Data Systems after holding IT executive positions at...
HP betting on open to drive market wedge
Networking is a double edged sword. The conduit to cloud, networking complexity has also lingered as a check on progress towards greater data centre...
Discover 2014 a showcase for Apollo, Sharks, HPC and The Machine
"We are back!" Meg Whitman proclaimed from the main stage of this year’s HP Discover conference in Las Vegas this week. Referring obliquely to...
Dell technology enabling Spin VFX growth curve
Background:
Toronto-based visual effects studio Spin VFX is in growth mode. Fuelled by increasing viewer appetite for adventure and fantasy content, the Emmy-award winning studio...
HP driving new levels of network interconnect
Speed is the new watchword in data centre performance and management simplicity the new mantra. In the digitally dependent, hyper competitive business environment of...
Hybrid Momentum: a new whitepaper from InsightaaS.com
How — and how quickly — will cloud delivery models become an essential part of IT infrastructure, and what should IT management do to...
HDS enabling "continuous cloud"
Time was, storage value was measured in lowest cost per stored bit and pricing trend lines exhibited a relentless spiral downward as technology innovation...
