Business outcomes are the single most important result that you as a service provider must deliver for your customers. Business outcomes result when data is everything that it can be—and nothing that it doesn’t need to be. Service providers who can’t keep up with rising demands will find that their customers look elsewhere. Harsh maybe, […]
Today, Cisco introduces its next forward-looking advancements in compute, the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. Cisco hit a homerun in the data center World Series with its first-generation UCS servers. In its first compute chassis, Cisco pioneered stateless management and a unified fabric. Shortly after, Cisco and NetApp together introduced the best-in-class FlexPod® converged infrastructure […]
People say it’s lonely at the top, but I sure like the view. —Charlie Sheen When you’re the first & only at something, by definition, that puts you in a lonely place. Just ask Lusia Harris-Stewart. In 1977 Harris-Stewart became the first & only woman to be drafted into the NBA. She was […]
Part one: Industry 4.0 and digital twins Industry 4.0—or the Fourth Industrial Revolution—involves harnessing technology to automate industry and manufacturing. An important concept in Industry 4.0 is the digital twin, which lets you build digital models of your assets, processes, or products. For several years, Fraunhofer IESE, NetApp®, and objective partner have been working […]
The latest NetApp on NetApp Too Long; Didn’t Read (TL;DR) video series on CloudOne is now live! In this series, I discuss NetApp® IT’s journey to build and manage this highly automated hybrid multicloud platform for application creation and operations, as well as take you under the hood to look at the NetApp and industry […]
61 years between stints would make most folks a little rusty at whatever it is they’re trying to do. Practice makes perfect–right? Coming away from the season’s first race at the Bahrain Grand Prix with its first F1 World Championship point in more than 6 decades shows that the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™Team hasn’t […]
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. Somerset Maugham Three is a powerful number. There are the Marketing Rules of Three. Further, good marketers understand universal truths, and the power of three is one of the truths. People like choices— just not too many of […]
Now, more than ever change is impacting our lives. This past year has forced us to take an extraordinary digital leap in our everyday activities. From online grocery shopping to meal delivery, and mobile banking, we no longer run around doing errands, fight traffic, or wait in long lines. Think about all of the precious […]
The accelerating shift to the hybrid cloud has forever changed the management of data-centric applications, and it’s also turning the traditional IT spending model on its head. For decades, IT spending largely centered around balancing ongoing costs for things like licensing, energy, and maintenance with significant, cyclical investments, or capital expenditures (capex), every few […]
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ― Mahatma Gandhi Today, we enjoy an incredible number of applications on our smartphones. Not too long ago we had to purchase separate products to complete the tasks that we now do with one smartphone – a cell phone to make calls, […]
Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and virtual applications have the power to transform workforces. Powerful, consistent EUC experiences – regardless of team size, location, or application complexity – enable digital workplace transformation. And VDI in the cloud enables resource elasticity, dramatically reducing the infrastructure burden of desktop management. In our recent demo, we explored how […]
According to the World Economic Forum, globally, the number of employees working remotely on a permanent basis is expected to double in 2021. Yes, double. IT’s ability to change and adapt to this new remote workforce will define your organization’s ability to succeed in today’s new normal. This workforce isn’t easy to please. They […]
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