Monthly Archives: December 2011

Tape Ready for a Comeback

In his article “Tape Makes a Comeback in the Era of Big Data” on IT Business Edge, Arthur Cole says tape is still a viable storage option. The need for bulk data storage at a relatively low cost has led … Continue reading

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Cloudy Wednesday: The right cloud for your company?

Welcome to “Cloudy Wednesday”. Each Wednesday, Evolving Solutions will focus on the latest news and information on cloud computing. Nancy Gohring discusses cloud options in the article “Private cloud vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud” recently posted on IT World. … Continue reading

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Get Ready for “Big Data”

If you don’t have a plan for big data, Beth Stackpole’s article “’Big data’ prep: 5 things IT should do now” on ComputerWorld will get you up to speed. Handling big data is different from the data warehousing, mining and … Continue reading

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Directory Virtualization

Face it, you always need more data storage, and with that comes security concerns. Don McVittie points to directory virtualization as a way to address both issues in his article “Meeting your Company’s Storage Needs with Directory Virtualization” for Computer … Continue reading

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VMWare VSphere 5.0

Evolving Solutions has been getting a lot of questions from our customers about the new VMWare VSphere 5.0 licensing model. As you may have heard, VMWare has added a memory restriction to VSphere 5.0 licensing. They call this new model  … Continue reading

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For IT Workers, Home is the New Office

The days of IT workers going to the same office for work every day are apparently over, according to a new survey from Forrester Research. Brad Reed reviews the findings in his article “Office work is so last century, Forrester … Continue reading

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Extend Your Data Center’s Life Expectancy

Sandra Gittlen’s article “Extend your data center’s life expectancy” on infoworld.com shares strategies that can help you get more out of your current data center. Because of the shaky economy, Rakesh Kumar, research vice president at Gartner, says he’s been … Continue reading

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Cloudy Wednesday: Driving Transformation Into Cloud

Welcome to “Cloudy Wednesday”. Each Wednesday, Evolving Solutions will focus on the latest news and information on cloud computing. With many customers fully virtualized, it’s time to take them the rest of the way toward a true cloud solution, said … Continue reading

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The new Cisco WAAS Appliances, a game changer?

Are the next generation WAAS appliances announced at Interop what Cisco needs to be competitive again? In his article “The new Cisco WAAS appliances, a game changer?” for Network World, Larry Chaffin offers his opinion. “I have been saying for … Continue reading

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Reigning in Unstructured Data

In his article “Reigning in Unstructured Data” for Computer Technology Review, Ken Cheney talks about unstructured data in a virtualized world. With the proliferation of NAS storage devices, diverse file servers running all sorts of apps (not just databases), and … Continue reading

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