Fusion ioVDI - Cost-effective VDI Performance Where it Matters
Using flash to accelerate virtual desktops is a hot topic, but at what cost? ESG Lab is testing Fusion ioVDI and is seeing some pretty exciting results. So if you want to hear how to run thousands of...
View ArticleAnother Cool Vegas Attraction
This past April, I travelled to Sin City (for the first time in my life) to attend the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS). Being my first trip to Vegas I wasn’t quite sure what to expect and of course I...
View ArticlePushing Database Performance to the MAX
Since leaving EMC and becoming part of the ESG team, I have been exposed to various VCE products and most recently we tested the Vblock Specialized Systems for High Performance Databases. My first...
View ArticleGetting a Grip on Human-generated Data
How many work-related documents, images, and videos do you interact with on a daily basis? Before you answer, include the number of e-mails you send and receive. Tens? Hundreds? Maybe thousands? And...
View ArticleQuick Wrap-up of Big Data TechCon
I’ve been fortunate in my role as an ESG Lab Analyst in that I’ve been able to be hands-on with a mix of companies that range from new, emerging startups to mature, proven companies. Specifically in...
View ArticleThe Marriage of Violin and Microsoft
Violin has their all-flash storage array. Microsoft has their latest OS, Windows Server 2012 R2, loaded with storage features like Storage Spaces, SMB, and SMB Direct. It’s quite natural for the two to...
View ArticleWell Hello There End-to-end Flash
So what do we know about flash? It used to be really expensive. It had limited implementation options in IT environments. Oh, let’s not forget the screaming performance you can expect when it’s...
View ArticleFusion-io's VDI Reference Architecture Promises to Change the VDI Game
Virtual desktop environments can present one of the most challenging workloads an infrastructure must deal with. Random, shifting I/O and bottlenecks in the storage domain will have a significant...
View ArticleEMC World 2014 – Initial ESG Analyst Impressions (Video)
As usual ESG had a strong analyst representation at this year’s EMC World, held last week in Las Vegas. Watch this 6 minute video blog, to get a flavor of the event and to hear the key “takeaways” and...
View ArticleAdvanced Evasion Techniques: Dirty, Little, Secret Weapons.
Many organizations are so intent on identifying new malware that they are failing to address or in some cases even recognize advanced evasion techniques (AETs) that can enable malware to circumvent...
View ArticleManaging Diverse IT Environments with NetApp OnCommand Insight 7
I’m a huge proponent of HTML 5 – it’s sleek, responsive, and meant for the modern, mobile world. It’s not surprising that more and more consumer-based websites have made the transition, especially with...
View ArticleA Storage Strategy Built for the Future
We know the benefits that cloud storage can offer organizations - flexibility, agility, and elasticity more efficiently at lower costs. And that’s really just the start. Once you factor in the...
View ArticleEnd-user Computing with EMC VSPEX, XtremIO, Brocade, and VMware
An exceptional desktop virtualization end-user experience is essential to the success of such projects, and is more challenging than ever before. The VSPEX reference architecture using EMC XtremIO and...
View ArticleIs This Storage Solution the Holy Grail for Distributed Organizations?
Imagine you’re running IT for a major retail chain and you need to pick the best storage solution to be deployed at every branch office across the country. What would be on your requirements list? It...
View ArticleWhy ExaGrid & Veeam are Rockin' VM Backup and Restore - and ROI
Backup is the first line of defense, and if you’re like most organizations, you do some kind of backup daily, weekly, and monthly. To get the most out of your infrastructure and IT staff, you want to...
View ArticleBackup AND RECOVERY for the Little Guy
Let’s face it, tools for backing up your data have become ubiquitous. Everyone can do it. It provides peace of mind, especially for small businesses (think law or a doctor’s office) who don’t have IT...
View ArticleEnterprise Hadoop with VCE and Isilon
What happens when you combine two field-proven, widely-adopted technologies from tech power houses? You get a super flexible, scalable platform to address your big data analytic needs. And the best...
View ArticleConverged and Hyper-converged – We’ve Got It Covered
In the last few years, we’ve seen a major boom in the converged infrastructure space. This coincides with ESG research findings, where more than 50% of respondents said they currently or plan to...
View ArticleToday’s Database Landscape at a 50,000 Foot Level
We all know the drill—data is exploding in size, but it’s not just the volume of data that is wreaking havoc on organizations. It’s how quickly it’s growing, how many different forms it can take, and...
View ArticleWhy Won’t the RDBMS Go Away?
The relational database management system was a breakthrough when it first appeared about 40 years ago. A relational database puts power into a user’s hands. Few assumptions are needed about how data...
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