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“Lift and Shift” is the Opposite of Digital Transformation
Stop thinking about the cloud as someone else’s computer or a big, remote data center. Start thinking about it as a trigger for digital transformation.
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“Fog Computing”: Paradigm Shift or Just Another Buzzword?
Fog computing is a way to manage bandwidth and processing power demands by splitting the duties between local devices and cloud data centers.
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Leveraging the Data Center for Bimodal IT
Data center services can be set up to facilitate Bimodal IT by enabling quick provisioning, additional IT resources, and a variety of scalable tools.
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Life on the Edge: Data Centers Sprout Up Away from Major Metros
Demand and construction for data centers is growing in tier-two markets like the Pacific Northwest, but also in edge locations closer to the end user.
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Jim’s IT Tidbits: Ensure Performance by Checking Load Averages
This week, Jim helps you understand load averages and how to check resource consumption on a Linux server using the top, htop, or uptime commands.
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Key Performance Indicators for Cloud Providers, Resellers, and Channel Partners
Choose three KPIs — five max — for each employee role and zero in on making meaningful adjustments as needed. Here are a few key KPIs to watch.
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Keeping Your Cloud Online with VMware Fault Tolerance
For mission-critical VMs, VMware Fault Tolerance can minimize or eliminate downtime. See requirements and the difference between FT and HA.
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Jim’s IT Tidbits: Check DNS Records with nslookup & whois
Senior Systems Engineer Jim Taylor describes how to use whois and nslookup to check DNS records.
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Know Your Storage Constraints: IOPS and Throughput
Application performance can often hinge on storage IOPS and throughput, which rate the speed and bandwidth of the storage respectively.