Virtualization Strategy
Free Ebook: Learn Hyperconvergence!
February 28, 2018 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Hyperconvergence has come a long way over the past couple of years. An architecture paradigm that many IT professionals initially viewed as a niche solution suited only to a few specific infrastructure challenges has now grown into a mature technology … Read More
Whoa! Data Center Madness Series Launches March 21st – Register Now!
March 13, 2017 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
New from ActualTech Media, Nutanix and Intel! The Madness is moving from the basketball court to the cloud. It’s time for the ultimate data center showdown where opponents will go head-to-head debating the hottest methods IT pros are relying on … Read More
Hyperconverged.org: Bringing Hyperconvergence Education to Global Markets!
October 23, 2015 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
ActualTech Media is happy to introduce Hyperconverged.org in two new languages: French and German.
In addition to the top hyperconvergence education content on Hyperconverged.org (and highly informative HCI blog), ActualTech Media’s incredibly popular Gorilla Guide to Hyperconverged Infrastructure Implementation Strategies eBook … Read More
Announcing: ActualTech Media Flash Storage MegaCast!
April 23, 2015 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
If you’re like many organizations, you hate your storage. It’s expensive, doesn’t keep up with new application performance needs, constantly requires capacity expansion, and requires expensive staff to keep it operational. Worse, it probably gets conveniently “end-of-life-d” at exactly the … Read More
[INTERVIEW]: Tribune Publishing Saves $1.5MM, Gains Visibility & Prevents Downtime With VMTurbo
November 3, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Today, technology groups at enterprises of all sizes are under financial pressure to maximize the company’s technology investment in their datacenter. Like those enterprises, the Engineering and Security group at Tribune Publishing (publisher of the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune) faced the challenge of … Read More
Opinion: Protect, *then* Perfect – An Inverted Approach to DR
June 5, 2014 | admin
Ed Note: The following is an opinion post by Shannon Snowden, Senior Technical Marketing Architect at Zerto.
One thing has been made clear to me while designing and implemention DR solutions like VMware SRM and Zerto over the past few … Read More
INFOGRAPHIC: How to Protect Your Virtual Infrastructure from Disaster in Four Easy Steps
June 5, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
It’s time to rethink DR. It can be much simpler and robust with the technology that is available now.
Let’s simplify things. Focus on getting the machines protected first, then do all the necessary planning after the machines are in … Read More
Opinion: The Infrastructure Continuum Continues
March 31, 2014 | admin 1
Editor’s Note: The introduction of VMware VSAN into the marketplace has vast implications for hyperconvergence and software-defined storage sectors. We’ve invited the leading players in converged infrastructure and software-defined storage solutions to comment on the marketplace as they now see … Read More
VMware VSAN – 5 Reasons It’s Unique: Video Interview, Pricing, Slide Deck, & VSAN Links
March 12, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE 2
Today, VMware officially launched their new sofware-defined storage solution for vSphere virtual machines – VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN). Along with the release of VSAN is the release of vSphere 5.5 Update 1. Of course, the big news is the pricing, … Read More
Big Data is Coming After Your Data Center And That’s a Good Thing
March 5, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE 3
There’s a nasty little irony in the world of IT. While business units seek IT’s assistance in creating and leveraging data-based metrics programs to provide deep level analytics into how to improve the business, IT, in many cases, has yet … Read More
vSphere Design 101: Back to Basics
February 28, 2014 | Lauren Malhoit, VCP, MCSE: Security, and CCNA
This year, I was able to attend VMware Partner Exchange 2014 in San Francisco and took one of the boot camps that comes before the actual PEX event. This particular boot camp is the vSphere Design Boot Camp. There are … Read More
Exclusive Video: Exploring the Guts of the Nutanix Architecture
February 12, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Recently, during ActualTech Media’s first Road Show, David Davis and I had the opportunity to meet with a variety of technology companies pioneering new ways to do IT. Over the past couple of years, Nutanix has demonstrated to the market … Read More
Just Released! Free eBook From Nutanix & Scott D. Lowe
February 11, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
I’m incredibly proud to announce the availability of the Software-Defined Storage for Dummies eBook, now available for free download.
Developed in partnership with Nutanix, a leading player in the software-defined space, this book showcases the possibilities of a software-led world … Read More
What Does the Unitrends and PHD Virtual Merger Mean for Customers?
January 20, 2014 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
If you haven’t heard, there has been some consolidation in the virtualization backup industry when Unitrends bought PHD Virtual. What does this mean for customers as well as the competition? Let’s find out.
Who Is Unitrends?
Unitrends offers data protection … Read More
Virtualization Pro of the Month: Marco Broeken
January 20, 2014 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE 2
Editor’s Note: The Netherlands’ Marco Broeken is our Virtualization Pro of the Month for January 2014. Marco is co-founder of a Dutch DaaS provider and a virtualization consultant that helps companies design, migrate and implement increasingly complex infrastructure. Marco blogs … Read More
Managing your Virtual DataCenter – 4 Key Strategies
December 20, 2013 | Paul Meehan, VCAP-DCA, CCNA
While recently studying for VMware Advanced Professional Datacenter Design exam, I had the chance to study documents in the VCAP-DCD blueprint. Some of these documents provide insights into effective strategies to use before, during, and after deploying a Virtual Infrastructure.
Video Blog – You Too Can Be a Data Protection Super Hero
December 8, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
This week Jason Buffington of Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) posted a nice video blog (I really like this format). In the blog, Jason talks about how non-IT people tend to have very high expectations of the IT group, envisioning a … Read More
Will Virtualization & Cloud Lead to Fewer IT Job Opportunities?
December 3, 2013 | Eric Shanks, 2013 vExpert, VCP, VCAP5-DCA, VCAP5-DCD, CCNA Security 1
I typically try to write posts about how stuff works, or some cool tech, but something has been bothering me about the trends of cloud computing and am wondering if anyone else sees things moving in the same direction that … Read More
Coho Data Brings SDN to SDS for a Killer Combination
November 26, 2013 | Chris Wahl 1
Coho Data, one of the newly unveiled start-ups focused on providing scale-out storage, sends their CTO Andy Warfield to tackle a group of cutting-edge tech bloggers and analysis during Storage Field Day 4. The results were spectacular – getting into … Read More
Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform: Video Interviews with @ROIdude and @MSundling
November 25, 2013 | David Davis, vExpert, VCP/VCAP, CCIE
Winner of numerous innovation awards, the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform is gaining in popularity. To learn more, I conducting two video interviews with Nutanix experts (and well known virtualization experts) – Steve Kaplan (@ROIDude) and Mattias Sundling (@MSundling) while at … Read More
Virtualization Pro of the Month: Paul Meehan
November 15, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
Editor’s Note: Dublin, Ireland’s Paul Meehan is our Virtualization Pro of the Month for November. Paul is a freelance consultant and technical architect specializing in VMware, SAN Storage and Data Management solutions. He has recently started writing for us here … Read More
Nimble Storage’s Scale To Fit and Proactive Wellness Features Simplify IT
November 14, 2013 | Scott D. Lowe, vExpert, MVP Virtual Machine, MCSE
This week, Gestalt IT hosted a number of bloggers and analysts at Storage Field Day 4. One of the companies that we visited was Nimble Storage, a soon-to-be public that was actually launched at a previous Tech Field Day event. … Read More
VMware Metro Storage Cluster Explained – Part 2: The Potential Solution
November 14, 2013 | Paul Meehan, VCAP-DCA, CCNA 2
In part 1 of this series, I discussed a typical dual-site scenario where storage replication is used to synchronously mirror a volume or LUN object between data centers.
The goal is to mitigate the risk of data center failure. While … Read More
VMware Metro Storage Cluster Explained – Part 1: The Challenge
November 14, 2013 | Paul Meehan, VCAP-DCA, CCNA 3What is a Metro Storage Cluster?
First and foremost, vMSC stands for vSphere Metro Storage Cluster, that is, a vSphere HA/DRS cluster stretched over distance. After attending Duncan Epping & Lee Dilworth’s presentation at VMworld 2013 on vSphere Metro Storage … Read More
