IT teams can benefit from working with an objective, third-party consultant who can translate purchasing decisions and budget requests into a solid business case

Users demand modern app experiences that must be always-on, accessible from any device, consistently scaled, with the same low-latency responsiveness wherever they are, while meeting the new data sovereignty requirements

The secret is multi-cloud infrastructure from the Big Three

There is a high possibility that colocation facilities will become some of the first existing data centers to house this new generation of machines

It's not going to get any better

Now is the time for the pendulum to swing back to a decentralized computing model

As long as organizations know what to do – and what not to do – they can begin their AI journeys on firm ground

Reducing the need for human intervention means that IT workers can dedicate more time to strengthening their own security efforts

HCI vs. software-defined storage, true hybrid clouds and more

My crystal ball is a bit cloudy at times and I have yet to implement machine-learning into my predictions

Next year will be all about edge computing, hyperscalers, 5G and the re-emergence of liquid cooling

Hybrid computing provides a unified interface to HPC resources located around the world, including all the major HPC cloud providers and supercomputer centers

With AI, data centers are automating operations in new and innovative ways to improve the health and performance of their facilities while reducing downtime

What will the container orchestration platform's footprint be in the years to come?

IBM gets open source cloud clout - if it can keep Red Hat senior management on board

Tape still has a place and a role to play

The physical and online worlds are creating a Big Data Universe that offers tremendous insights and advantages, but demands a step-change in compute performance to unlock the value in the data

Blockchain has important advantages for one function critical to every business: data storage

The Open Compute Project started out on racks. Now it has specifications for buildings - and wholesale colocation provider Kao Data welcomes them

Three data center technologies enabling greater productivity and efficiency

A highly automated data center requires accurate data about the network itself to learn and implement policies correctly

While there still may be some confusion around what open compute even is, resources are becoming more and more available to remove the mystery.

Why serverless computing offends me

Encryption must be applied much further up the business and more comprehensively across the technology stack