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Make Fast Data A Priority

Make Fast Data A Priority

Today’s customers are accustomed to incredibly fast-paced standards when it comes to online services. John Scaramuzzo explains why infrastructure needs to respond as fast as the user to make sure revenue is not lost.

September 22, 2015 • 4 min read Data

6 Tips for CIOs to Follow in 2016

6 Tips for CIOs to Follow in 2016

Today, successful IT teams are the ones with a deep knowledge of how to drive the business forward. Here are 6 quick tips for CIOs to get your team there.

September 21, 2015 • 4 min read Data

The Big Surprise In Computer Energy Consumption

The Big Surprise In Computer Energy Consumption

The typical gaming computer consumes as much power each year as approximately three refrigerators, according to a study from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The comparison is one of the many eye-opening statistics in a paper written by Nathaniel and Evan Mills on the impact of high-performance PCs on household energy consumption and the steps that […]

September 16, 2015 • 4 min read Data

The Hidden—And Upbeat—Story in Gartner’s Smartphone Numbers

The Hidden—And Upbeat—Story in Gartner’s Smartphone Numbers

As you probably know by now, the growth of smartphone shipments slowed in the second quarter, in part because of slowing demand in China. Worldwide, shipments came to 330 million units, a 13.5% increase from the year before. While most industries would cheer, it’s a drop from the 19% plus growth rates seen in earlier […]

September 16, 2015 • 3 min read Data

Who Generates The Most Big Data?

Who Generates The Most Big Data?

What human activity will generate the most data in the future? Media? Financial analytics? The answer, it turns out, could be in our collective DNA. Where Big Data is Getting Much Bigger Human genomics is poised to become one of the largest, if not the largest, sources of new data over the next decade, said […]

September 10, 2015 • 4 min read Data

What Makes a Great Mobile Photo (part 2)

What Makes a Great Mobile Photo (part 2)

Shooting in low light is one area where mobile devices have struggled. SanDisk’s EPIC initiative enables manufacturers to offer endusers devices that will provide high image quality and a good user-experience. In part 1 of this blog, we looked at the genesis of the EPIC Initiative to improve mobile photography. In this post, we will […]

September 9, 2015 • 4 min read Data

EPIC Times Ahead

EPIC Times Ahead

Mobile imaging is here to stay and through the EPIC initiative SanDisk aims to help drive this growth by partnering with mobile manufacturers and taking a holistic view to mobile device imaging to provide greater image quality and a more enjoyable user experience. Mobile phone photography is here to stay. This is no longer a […]

September 2, 2015 • 3 min read Data

Deploying Oracle databases on Scalable VMware Virtual SAN 6

Deploying Oracle databases on Scalable VMware Virtual SAN 6

Working with Oracle database deployments, from earlier versions such as Oracle 7x to the latest Oracle database 12c , I have witnessed how storage systems have evolved to support Oracle database critical workloads. Previously, traditional storage arrays, built with spinning hard disk drives, were able to manage the performance requirements. But the increase in the […]

September 2, 2015 • 5 min read Data

Accelerating VDI Application Response Times: New HP Virtual SAN Solution

Accelerating VDI Application Response Times: New HP Virtual SAN Solution

In my last blog post I talked about our VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) solution with our partner Lenovo, and new OLTP testing results. In this post, I would like to discuss some fantastic results we have achieved with a new Virtual SAN solution for VDI that we developed with our partner, HP. Indeed, this solution is […]

August 27, 2015 • 3 min read Data