AMD has unveiled a new family of low power server processors: the AMD Opteron™ X-Series optimized for scale-out server architectures. The first AMD Opteron X-Series processors, formerly known as “Kyoto,” are said to be the highest density, most power-efficient small core x86 processors ever built. The new X1150 and X2150 processors beat the top performing Intel Atom processor on key performance benchmarks2, including single thread and throughput performance with superior...
Read MorePure Storage unveils the third generation of its (award winning) all-flash enterprise storage array: the FlashArray 400 Series.
Read MoreBy J Michel Metz, FCIA Board of Directors, Cisco Systems.
Read More2013 is a pivotal year for European organisations as they accept that embedding IT solutions at the heart of their operations has to be one of their key strategies to help them accelerate out of the longest recession any of them can remember.
Read MoreAvere Systems’ NAS optimization technology is helping visual effects studio Framestore, the winner of multiple BAFTAs, Golden Globes, Emmys and Oscars to stay ahead of the technology curve. Framestore – whose visual effects have brought life to many hit films including Avatar, The Golden Compass, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Skyfall, War Horse, and upcoming space drama Gravity – chose Avere’s Edge filers to manage the massive rendering and storage performance...
Read More‘Software Defined X’ (insert Storage, Network or Data centre as required) is the new buzz phrase in the cloud world and as usual, vendor after vendor is jumping on it. In the case of storage, you have ‘system’ vendors on one side looking to defend their proprietary stance whilst newer, software-only companies look to turn storage hardware into a commodity. For those with an interest in data management, it begs the question ‘will Software Defined Storage replace...
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