European Cloud Leader OVH: very different … in a very good way (Part 1)
If you are looking for consistently good, globally scaleable IaaS performance at a low price, OVH is one of the first places you should look.
Welcome to the IT Infrastructure blog from Paul Bevan.
Summon up your inner Bletchley Park - To achieve the next level of savings and agility you need to be able to decode what is going on in your IT infrastructure
New storage solutions are able to ingest vast amounts of real-time data from IoT sensors and probes. AI & data analytics solutions decode the data & predict IT Infrastructure problems.
Big Software’s Big Trick - Turning Unisys mainframes into just another standard Intel server (with added benefits)
Unisys ClearPath Forward operating systems can now be licenced for standard Intel servers, on Bare Metal, VMWare and Hyper-V, reducing costs and opening up opportunities for IT modernisation and Mainframe-as-a-Service flexibility.
Moving towards a defined reference architecture for Edge Computing - Equinix and others are beginning to focus on the need for a robust reference model for the whole IoT, Edge, 5G environment
Getting a sensible reference architecture in place that a significant number of Edge players buy into, will go a long way to help Enterprise CIOs make the right Edge investment decisions.
IB(No)M - IBM underplays the important value and differentiators their hardware architectures still provide
IBM have the skills, knowledge & experience to help CIOs re-architect their IT to achieve mutability. The M in IBM remains a critical element in their offer to their customers.
3 IT infrastructure enablers for Industry 4.0
We are on the verge of the 4th Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) Having up-to-date strategies for the Internet of Things (IoT), wireless networking and Edge computing will help position organisations to take advantage of expected step-change gains in productivity.
Worlds Apart - The nascent threat to the existing data centre market from the Open Compute Project
The data centre market shouldn’t be complacent about the development and growth of The Open Compute Project (OCP).
IoT, Machine Learning and OCP: the next level of data centre energy efficiency
To get energy efficiency at the level of hyperscale operators you need to tune into the potential offered by IoT, machine learning and the Open Compute Project (OCP).
The Cloud, Data Warehousing and Snowflake, all my old ideas shot to ribbons!
An introduction to Snowflake a true data warehouse for the Cloud
Equinix enables mutable global digital supply chains
Equinix new as-a-service offering allows enterprises to customise connectivity to partners, customers and suppliers