How to Avoid Cloud Vendor Lock-In: Vendor lock-in is what happens when your business selects a particular vendor to provide a product, but then is unable to leave that vendor…
The Industrial Internet is here and it's growing fast. What is the Industrial Internet? Jay Ireland, President and CEO of GE Africa, describes it this way: "The Industrial Internet--which refers…
Projections for cloud storage growth in the next few years are glowing. For example, a recent report from 451 Research indicates that 41% of all enterprise workloads are now housed…
The amount of data businesses require to support their operations is exploding year by year. Most of that growth in digital storage is taking place in the cloud. According to…
What is the difference between OpEx versus CapEx technology spending? Established enterprises have traditionally funded their data storage facilities through capital expenditures (CapEx). Companies purchased or leased their own servers,…
IT is reinventing itself. Not only are the cloud and mobile technologies revolutionizing the way we see IT, but the economic landscape is such that IT must evolve or implode.…
With the advent of cloud computing, the 'as a Service' model of buying software, enterprise cloud storage, and related trends in IT, many organizations are successfully shifting some or all IT expenses to the operational expense ledger, similarly abbreviated as OpEx.
Jean Paul Getty was an oil man. At one time, he was listed by Forbes as the richest American alive. Worth billions, Getty had a simple motto when it came…
What’s Today’s Cost of Enterprise Storage? The cost of enterprise storage depends on who you ask. Traditional storage providers such as NetApp and EMC can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.…