All Stories


Inside Western Digital’s vSAN Performance Testbed

Inside Western Digital’s vSAN Performance Testbed

From design considerations to performance best practices, the vSAN Performance Testbed from Western Digital’s Data Propulsion Labs pushes vSAN over 600k IOPs and brings definitive data to vSAN administrators and ReadyNode design teams.

July 6, 2017 • 6 min read Data

Fourth of July Road Trip: Data Behind the Wheel of #Self-Driving Cars

Fourth of July Road Trip: Data Behind the Wheel of #Self-Driving Cars

There are new estimates that 2017 will be the most traveled Independence Day weekend on record. Some estimates also show that over 44 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more, with over 37 million traveling by car. Ahh…Fourth of July road trips! Remember the days of printed maps and parents fighting over whether or not […]

June 30, 2017 • 5 min read Data

What’s Enabling IIoT Surveillance at the Edge?

What’s Enabling IIoT Surveillance at the Edge?

The surveillance industry has changed. Surveillance has gone mobile with edge devices and mesh networks. No longer are surveillance cameras fixed in one place. They are now increasingly deployed on moving devices. Drones circle miles of agriculture fields. Law enforcement agencies equip their police officers with body-worn cameras. Surveillance reports state for 2017, 98 million […]

June 19, 2017 • 4 min read Technology

Five Powerful Ways Data is Changing Our World

Five Powerful Ways Data is Changing Our World

We are seeing incredible data-enabled changes in our world. How did data become so important and what are the technologies powering its inexorable growth? Here are five ways data is changing our world.

June 14, 2017 • 7 min read Data

IoT: Context Lives at the Edge

IoT: Context Lives at the Edge

The rising popularity of edge and fog computing in recent years is enabling more informed decisions. A big reason is because analytics gives context to the deluge of content living on edge devices. Just as the cloud gives a macro view of the world, the edge provides a micro view. To garner the micro view, […]

June 13, 2017 • 4 min read Technology

The Rise of Smart Cities and Connected Life

The Rise of Smart Cities and Connected Life

The Rise of Smart Cities and Connected Life Copenhagen. Barcelona. Singapore. These are amongst the top cities that show up in online searches for the world’s leading Smart Cities. Copenhagen is known for its leadership in clean technology, and commitment to being carbon neutral by 2025. Barcelona monitors rainfall using sensors in the ground to […]

June 6, 2017 • 3 min read Data