Poker players are very familiar with this high hand—the royal flush. This hand combines the benefits of having the five highest cards in sequential rank and in the same suit: the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten. It’s the highest-ranking hand in poker. A Similar View of Memory-Accelerated FlexPod In a related […]
In 2010, FlexPod® began as an idea for combining the best of breed products from Cisco and NetApp to address certain applications and workloads in a converged infrastructure solution. Fast-forward to the present day, and FlexPod has evolved to serve over 9,500 cumulative customers and $12 billion in worldwide sales. In 2020, FlexPod celebrates its […]
One of the most consequential IT projects you can undertake today is to digitally transform your approach to data center management. But a digital transformation can be tricky to pull off. Not only do you need to know where your current approach falls short, you also have to understand what it takes to adopt […]
One of the most consequential IT projects you can undertake today is to digitally transform your approach to data center management. But a digital transformation can be tricky to pull off. Not only do you need to know where your current approach falls short, you also have to understand what it takes to adopt a […]
In 1905, Albert Einstein published four groundbreaking papers in physics on the following topics: Photoelectric effect Brownian motion Special relativity Mass-energy equivalence Einstein’s fourth paper derived perhaps the most famous equation in physics: Mass x (Speed of Light)2 = Energy or mc2 = E The equation is not only groundbreaking, it’s also […]
Like an on-ramp to an expressway, the FlexPod® converged infrastructure solution from NetApp and Cisco is an on-ramp to the public cloud. FlexPod is already a converged infrastructure standard, but what connects FlexPod to the public cloud? A lesser known fact about the FlexPod standard is that it also integrates advanced cloud services (backup, […]
From real-time market analytics to optimized Internet of Things (IoT) workloads and beyond, your data presents big opportunities for all kinds of enterprise applications. But how do you take full advantage of it—and achieve even higher performance? Easy: By combining Intel Optane DC persistent memory technology and the all-new Memory-Accelerated FlexPod with NetApp MAX […]
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.” Many of us remember these words and the speed of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) and its […]
Just about 10 years ago, the first FlexPod was unveiled to the world. Now, a decade of innovation later, we’re taking a look at some of the most memorable highlights from our amazing (and ongoing) journey. Curious what NetApp and Cisco technologies went into building the original FlexPod? When and why we rolled out a […]
An earlier blog showed that FlexPod, like electricity, has become a standard in converged infrastructure. We made the case that FlexPod is a converged infrastructure standard because of its: New and growing solution portfolio (MEDITECH EHR solutions and software, artificial intelligence, machine learning) Wide acceptance Success Large number of application solutions (more than 170 […]
Insight, a global technology provider and highly valued NetApp partner, helps businesses manage today and transform tomorrow. Last year, an Insight-commissioned IDG survey revealed what progress has been made and which hurdles are proving most difficult for leaders on the IT transformation journey. In this article, Juan Orlandini comments on those findings and how Insight […]
On December 1, 1913, Henry Ford installed the first moving assembly line for the mass production of an entire automobile. His innovation reduced the time it took to build a car from more than 12 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes. After the Ford assembly line was recognized as a much better mode of […]
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