AI
Vast Data Intentionally Blurs The Line Between Storage And Database
Depending on how you look at it, a database is a kind of sophisticated storage system or storage is a kind of a reduction of a database. …
Storage
Compute
AI To The Rescue For Server And Storage Spending In Q1
Here’s a fun question and don’t cheat by asking ChatGPT. What is more valuable, an ounce of gold or an ounce of an Nvidia “Hopper” H100 GPU accelerator? …
Cloud
In The Multicloud World, The Data’s The Thing
When three years ago Dell rolled out its Apex initiative, the massive IT supplier was joining a growing list of tech companies like HPE, Lenovo, and Cisco who were adapting to a rapidly expanding multicloud world by making their product portfolios available in a cloud-like, as-a-service model. …
AI
Boosting AI Storage With QLC Flash And Deduplication
A few years ago, DirectData Networks gave us a hint at the tectonic-like shifts that were emerging in datacenters at enterprises and high-end research institutions and were shaping the strategy of a company that had made its name in HPC with its parallel file system technology. …
Store
The Pure Unification Of Block And File Storage
Companies have been working for years to pull together block, file, and object storage under a single umbrella, giving enterprises that are at times dealing with petabytes of data spread across datacenters, the cloud, and the edge a simpler way to manage, organize, and access all that information. …
Cloud
Cloud Spending Curtailed, On Premises Spending Heading Into Recession
The central bankers of the world want to curb inflation by putting a serious crimp in demand, and it looks like they may get what they want – sort of – in 2023 when it comes to datacenter infrastructure. …
Compute
Datacenter System Makers Leary But Not Weary
The central banks of the world, led by the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve, want to curb inflation and they are willing to cause a small recession or at least get very close to one to shock us all into controlling the acquisitive habits we developed during the lockdowns of the early years of the coronavirus pandemic. …
Compute
Systems Turn In A Good Year for Big Blue
You can’t turn back the hands of time, but if you are lucky enough in business, you can continue to find some modicum of relevance that outlasts your initial success and even adapt to new conditions as they inevitably and often unexpectedly change. …
Compute
Riding The Steadily Rising Enterprise IT Market
It is tough to get excited about mature markets that grow at a steady rate unless it happens to be the most profitable part of the market. …
Compute
Server And Storage Spending Moves The Sticks Out Through 2026
There is a very interesting technical side to IT infrastructure, which we are obviously very keen on exploring here at The Next Platform. …