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Data center automation and the software-defined database
If you take a step back for a moment and think about airplane flight, it turns out that something rather extraordinary is happening. Most of the time the plane is being flown by an autopilot and the pilot is actually kind of a...
3 keys to keeping your data lake from becoming a data swamp
Data lakes can store all your business data with ease, but beware: That massive repository of data can get bogged down, choking your data off from your users. Here’s how to prevent your data lake from turning into a data swamp.
HPE merges IT, OT with Edgeline software platform to crunch IoT data
Before the advent of sensors in cars, phones, thermostats, refrigerators and factory-floor devices, information technology and operational technology were two different worlds. The Internet of Things is changing that.
HPE highlights innovation in software-defined IT, security at Discover
At its Discover conference this week, HPE is pulling back the curtains on firmware security and advances in software-defined IT aimed to reduce costs and increase system flexibility for its users and help it stay ahead of competitors...
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Modernize IT Capacity with Hyperconvergence
Hyperconvergence helps business keep pace with digital transformation. See how it consolidates, scales, and simplifies IT capacity for on-premises and cloud workloads—and how HPE SimpliVity, built on the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10
Power surge at British Airways data center causes flight chaos
A major British Airways crash has highlighted the importance for businesses of testing backup systems and disaster recovery procedures to ensure that they work as planned.
HPE shows off The Machine prototype without memristors
It's been an arduous journey, but HPE on Tuesday finally showed a prototype of The Machine at a lab in Fort Collins, Colorado.
AMD plots return to the data center with Epyc
The chip-maker’s Epyc platform has the speeds and feeds to beat Intel. Will it make a difference?
12 ways to improve run-time container security
Checkpoints spanning from simple preparations to more advanced run-time security controls
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Modernize IT Capacity with Hyperconvergence
Hyperconvergence helps business keep pace with digital transformation. See how it consolidates, scales, and simplifies IT capacity for on-premises and cloud workloads — and how HPE SimpliVity, built on the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10
HPE is bringing Optane storage to Unix servers
In the next year or two, Hewlett Packard Enterprise will add support for Intel Optane storage to its latest Unix servers.
Being upfront about the future of television monetization
People like to assume television is dead, with articles about cord cutting and the proliferation of digital platforms. However, TV remains a highly effective marketing tool for companies -- made stronger by digital and data.
A third of virtual servers are zombies
New research finds that a quarter of all physical servers -- and 30% of all virtual servers -- are comatose. They aren't be used, but they still cost money.
HPE offers an escape from the aging HP-UX OS via containers
Hewlett Packard Enterprises' HP-UX OS has been around for more than 30 years, and users may be looking to move on from the Unix-based OS.
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Advance Your Workforce with New PCs
Bring your technology up to new workforce demand. Upgrade legacy devices with the Dell Latitude 2-in-1 PC to meet requirements for flexible, on-the-go computing. Learn how it satisfies millennial preferences for advanced technology
Intel's Itanium, once destined to replace x86 in PCs, hits end of line
It's the end of the line for Intel's Itanium chip, a troubled processor family that spawned many product delays and bad blood between HP and Oracle.
Nvidia's new Volta-based DGX-1 supercomputer puts 400 servers in a box
You won't need to buy a rack of 400 servers if you have one high-powered Nvidia DGX-1 supercomputer with a Volta GPU, which can sit on a desktop.
Microsoft’s Visual Studio tackles serverless computing, Mac dev
Azture Functions Visual Studio beta lets developers integrate Azure Functions into development flows
Amadeus picks VMware Integrated OpenStack for private cloud
Global travel IT services company Amadeus wanted a solution that was flexible, scalable, and useful for agile development
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Ease Server Security and Capacity Woes
Don’t let server capacity limits or security threats hold your business back.
Dell takes Intel's cue on PCs, puts enterprise on top of the agenda
For the umpteenth time, Dell Technologies has reiterated that PCs are important to the company, and it won't quit the market.
Dell strengthens data center stack with shiny new assets
Just a few years back, Dell said it didn't want to mimic sloppy behemoths like IBM or HP, and wanted to be lean and focus on the mid-market. But the 14th Generation PowerEdge servers can take advantage of the new assets.
Bridgestone modernizes data center, hauls out 13 tons of copper wire
In October 1968, tire maker Bridgestone ran a data center with racks and racks of tapes and a water-cooled mainframe. Today, that newly renovated data center is the home for systems supporting an almost completely virtualized...
Trade commission finds Arista infringed on two original Cisco patents
The legal ping-pong battle between Cisco and Arista today found Cisco on the winning side as In the International Trade Commission ruled that Arista switches infringe two additional Cisco patents
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