In our ongoing conversations with your peers, one message has resonated across the board: virtualization is here to stay, and it introduces unforeseen complications and problems into the packet capture and monitoring world.
The term “Virtual Blind Spot” has begun to fly around, but what does it mean?
Virtualization is a hot topic these days, so we decided it would be a good idea to share some content we came across that gave a nice “Virtualization 101″ summary. Advanced users may want to check back next week for more in-depth material, but if you’re relatively new to Virtualization, read on…
Enjoy this week’s guest post by Pilla Piluriya of BD Strategy.
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Over the last one or two decades, there has been drastic change in the technology. The technology has not only evolved greatly but has also led to the radical transformation at the core of the IT corporate industry- the data center. Gone are those days when the only function of it was to provide services related to data. Nowadays, they drive both the application and data access. Virtualization plays a key role in pushing new and latest opportunities for operational agility and efficiency.
Let’s first understand what data centre management is. IT refers to a facility where computers along with their other components are physically homed. Data center includes redundant data communication links, security devices, environmental controls and backup power supply. Nowadays, most business organizations rely wholly on web-based applications and computer network. Such organizations require the data center software to manage their business effectively and efficiently.
This week’s guest post digs into virtualization and whether small and medium businesses can truly derive value from it. Virtualization has been seen to date as primarily an enterprise-level solution, but is that really the case? Guest author Bryan Ramona helps sort it all out.
This week’s guest post comes to you from Steve Bulmer, CTO of Consonus. Consonus has a core competency in virtualized solutions, and that’s exactly the topic he is covering off for you today.
Please enjoy this week’s guest post about designing and/or revising your data center structure, written by Scott McQuarrie of EZWatch Pro.
Good morning to all of our readers, and thank you for your time and attention here on our blog.
In the past year plus, we’ve covered a wide gamut of topics on The Network View. We’ve done a series about how to calculate an ROI (or cost savings, more like it) for simplifying the complexity of passive monitoring tools in the data center. We spent many weeks sharing insights from SPoTs (Security Pros on Twitter), many of whom you already knew, and a few who were very likely new folks to some of you. We shared some key players at a few security tool vendors in our ALIST series. And we’ve covered research, trends, 2010 predictions, and even some network emulation topics.
Symantec recently released their third annual 2010 State of the Data Center report, and there were some especially important findings in the area of data center staff productivity. We’ve been talking about this important topic for a long time, and this seems like an ideal time to review the key findings, translate exactly what they mean for data centers, and tie it all together.
Heading into the New Year, we have seen a slew of reviews for 2009 and previews of what various experts and pundits think will happen this year. On this very blog, we have even chimed in on several of the more interesting takes that we’ve seen out in the blogosphere and on the web itself. But what we haven’t done is give our take on where we think the big stories will come in 2010, so let’s attack that angle now.
In 2010, I predict we will see more of…
Continuing our end of year review of the various predictions from IT and networking thought leaders, today we turn our attention to IDC. For those of us who have been in high tech since the early 90s (or longer), IDC is a well-known entity. I remember working with them directly back in my days of fab planning and market research at Advanced Micro Devices, and they always offered a spin that made me take pause when interpreting trends and new developments.