Modern Day Magic Beans: SQL Server® Consolidation using Hyper-V
Break free from the familiar – an unfamiliar solution can deliver big savings and ROI– $450,000 and up to 79x ROI in the scenario tested. Peter Plamondon shares findings from the latest SanDisk and DB Best white paper.
May 17, 2016 • 3 min read Data
Key Considerations for Buying a Drone
Despite an ongoing drumbeat from various global governments about restricting drones and their use, they are continuing to rise (excuse the pun) in popularity, size and complexity. If you’re in the market for a drone it can make for a confusing marketplace, so where should you start if you want a drone to capture some […]
May 17, 2016 • 6 min read Data
Microsoft SQL Server 2016 on Cisco UCS with SanDisk® Flash
[Tweet “Microsoft, Cisco and SanDisk have teamed up to demonstrate the power of #SQL2016 on #flash”] This week we’ll be joining our partners at Cisco and Microsoft to talk about the migration to SQL Server® 2016 and how to implement a successful, flash-optimized SQL Server platform with reduced operational and management costs. I’ve asked Rick Speyer, Senior […]
May 16, 2016 • 2 min read Data
Accelerate and Optimize Big Data and Hadoop
Organizations trying to embark on the Big Data journey are often confronted with infrastructure challenges. Prasad Venkatachar shares testing results of a new Hadoop solution leveraging Cisco UCS servers and Fusion ioMemory™ from SanDisk.
May 13, 2016 • 9 min read Data
Evolution of the Data Platform: SQL Server 2016 Always On Availability Groups (AGs) Enhancements
SQL Server 2016 delivers new enhancements for AlwaysOn Availability Groups (AGs) including flash-only features that can provide up to 10x performance! Jimmy May has more on the evolution of the data platform.
May 12, 2016 • 3 min read Data
Why It’s Not All About Capacity
Think of how much time and productivity you gain when your PC boots up nearly as quickly as you can say “Hey Siri”!
May 11, 2016 • 3 min read Data
The Cloud Architect’s Survival Guide
Cloud architects looking to transform their organizations should look at how top cloud providers support a range of workloads, use cases, and I/O patterns. Here are 5 challenges to building cloud services, and how to survive them.
May 11, 2016 • 5 min read Data
Hands-on: Putting the HTC 10 Through the Paces
Back on the 12th April, HTC took a big step forward in the evolution of their mobile phones – they launched the HTC 10. Lucky for me, I’d had a pre-production unit to play with a little before launch and was then invited to attend the launch event in New York City, where my pre-production […]
May 10, 2016 • 3 min read Data
Is the Embedded Market Late to the SSD Party?
The embedded market consists of a wide array of applications that share one common trait: the applications run on a computer that has a dedicated task.
May 5, 2016 • 4 min read Data
5 Things You Need to Know About Enterprise Flash
Many still assume that the flash storage in a USB key is the same as flash used in the data center; but reality couldn't be further from it. Here are 5 things you need to know about enterprise flash!
May 5, 2016 • 7 min read Data