Built for SMBs: A Look at the HPE ProLiant ML110 Gen10
We recently received a HPE ProLiant ML110 Gen10 server into the Gestalt IT labs for review. We did a full unboxing, highlighting the standout features of the compact server. After playing around with...
View ArticleMicrosoft Adds Data Deduplication to NTFS in Windows 8
Windows 8 server editions will include a filter driver for NTFS for data deduplication The next version of Microsoft Windows Server includes integrated data deduplication technology. Microsoft is...
View ArticleCisco Launching Full Assault On Data Center Server Market
In case you were wondering, Cisco isn’t playing games with the Unified Computing System. Their aim is to take on IBM, HP, and Dell and become a major player in the data center server market. Not Your...
View ArticleCisco C-Series: UCS Without The Blades
Cisco today announced a new Unified Computing System (UCS) server form factor: The C-Series rack-mount server. The C-Series features the same features found in the existing B-Series UCS blades but...
View ArticleLeon Adato – IT Origins
This is post 33 of 33 in the series “IT Origins” KimThis podcast is sponsored by SolarWinds. Be sure to check out their new Tech Publication, Orange Matter, to learn more about the other SolarWinds...
View ArticleJohn Welsh – IT Origins
This is post 32 of 32 in the series “IT Origins” John Welsh, CCIE Voice #20125, is the creator and host of Engineering Deathmatch. This week on IT Origins, we had the privilege to talk to John Welsh....
View ArticleThe Case for Data Protection with FlashBlade
This is post 6 of 6 in the series “Pure Storage 2018 Tech Talks” I’m by no means a fully-fledged greybeard, but I’ve been in the storage industry for a while now. Long enough to see the vendors get...
View ArticleCircle K Finds Value In SD-WAN Speed
Where is the real value in an SD-WAN solution? Some practitioners will tell you that it comes from being able to manage existing WAN infrastructure from a central dashboard. Others may tell you that...
View ArticleCovering All Your Storage Bases
Up until reading this post by Justin Parisi, I’ll admit I was always a little confused when I saw people write GiB instead of GB. I think I rationalized it as a stylized choice, people trying to be a...
View ArticleWPA3 Is Certifiable | Gestalt IT Rundown: June 27, 2018
It’s your weekly look at the IT news, the Gestalt IT Rundown. Rich Stroffolino and Tom Hollingsworth discuss terrible Apple keyboards, the Snapdragon 1000, Google Cloud FileStore, WP3, and a...
View ArticleIT Burnout is Inevitable – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
Premise: IT burnout is simply unavoidable. It’s a part of the gig. The discussion: Is burnout an inevitable part of IT? Is it part of the way IT roles are created? Maybe it says something about the...
View ArticleChristmas for Cisco in July Systems | Gestalt IT Rundown, June 20, 2018
The Gestalt IT Rundown returns, bringing you another week’s worth of IT news. Tom Hollingsworth and Richard Stroffolino discuss the Cisco acquisition of July Systems, DockerHub hosting crytojacking...
View ArticleBuilding a Software Defined Branch with Aruba
WAN architectures are complex. A significant amount of engineering time is spent building a WAN configuration that is fast, resilient, and reliable. Traditional WAN architectures addressed the needs of...
View ArticleRequesting Your Data Post-GDPR
IT has been staring down the barrel of GDPR for some time, and the post-GDPR world is now upon us. So, as a consumer, what’s it like? Steve Sande shares the experience of requesting and getting his...
View ArticleGreen is the New Black
This is post 5 of 5 in the series “Pure Storage 2018 Tech Talks” Pure Storage recently announced broad availability for their Evergreen Storage Service (ES2) program and I thought it might be worth...
View ArticleIs Software Defined Networking Like Yoga?
This is post 6 of 6 in the series “VMware NSX” There is an ever-growing challenge for organizations when it comes to managing the constant influx of data. There is an even greater burden ensuring...
View ArticleIBM Spectrum Protect and Modern Data Protection
I’ve written recently about how the data protection industry has become one of the hot parts of the tech market, with a mix of innovation from established providers like Veeam, Commvault and Veritas,...
View ArticleRevisited: Security is a Dumpster Fire – The On-Premise IT Roundtable
With Cisco Live US happening this week in Orlando, we decided to share a throwback episode featuring Rob Rodgers and Mils Swart of Skyport Systems. Skyport was recently acquired by Cisco in February....
View ArticleGetting Out From Under the Policy Boulder with Juniper’s Contrail Policy...
Scale puts strain on almost any system. In IT terms, we think about how otherwise reliable networking architectures and scheme suddenly fall on their face when deployed at scale. This isn’t too...
View ArticleOksana Sokolovsky – IT Origins
This is post 31 of 31 in the series “IT Origins” Oksana Sokolovsky is the Interim CEO, COO, and Co-Founder of Io-Tahoe This week on IT Origins, we had a conversation with Oksana Sokolovsky from...
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