OSCON & US2020 – 4 Key Areas to a Bright Technology Future
I enjoy attending OSCON as it is a great way to immerse myself on the latest in open source projects, culture and meeting open source leaders. This year proved to be no exception and I came away excited and rejuvenated by people and ideas. There were 4 key areas that really struck out for me: […]
August 4, 2015 • 5 min read Data
Flash at Scale: Ultra-Value SSDs in Hyperscale Environments
Many IT managers evaluating flash for data center workloads are comparing between all-flash, all-hard drive (HDD) or hybrid (flash and HDD) array options. But flash is not a “one size fits all” solution, particularly not in the case of data center workloads where I/O characteristics and endurance requirements differ between various applications. Enterprise-grade flash solutions, […]
August 3, 2015 • 6 min read Data
Heat Map: Drones Patrol the Extremes for Public Good
Jet airplanes aren’t allowed anywhere near volcanoes, for good reason. Volcanic ash contains sharp glass particles that damage jet engines. Traditional radar technology can’t predict where the ash cloud ends and clear air begins, so scientists are now using special drones to gather and geotag sample ash particles. Using drones for good not only helps […]
July 30, 2015 • 2 min read Data
Solving Customers’ Key Challenges with Microsoft Channel Partners at WPC 2015
WPC 2015 was a great event! Our booth was packed, and we met thousands of Microsoft partners, keeping our channel account managers busy this week! I had the privilege of giving SanDisk®’s presentation in the Sponsor Theater, a gold sponsor benefit. That presentation is embedded at the bottom of this post, but to get you […]
July 29, 2015 • 4 min read Data
Flash-Optimizing Virtual Workloads: HP Achieves #1 VMware VMmark with SanDisk®
We continue to see a rise in the standardization of flash-enabled application workloads with SanDisk® flash. Our customers are reporting that integrating SanDisk Flash in their enterprise data centers has enabled higher levels of technical and financial efficiencies – leading to higher productivity, improved service levels and lower costs, in many cases quite dramatically. Simply […]
July 21, 2015 • 3 min read Data
The 7 Nanometer Breakthrough: Is It Real This Time?
IBM Research announced that it built a microprocessor on the 7 nanometer process earlier this week, another notable sign that Moore’s Law, the driving force of the technology industry, is far from over. Chips made on the 7 nanometer process would be far smaller and more powerful than today’s chips, enabling manufacturers to possibly create […]
July 13, 2015 • 4 min read Data
SanDisk® at Microsoft WPC – Helping Partners Enable the Flash-Transformed Data Center
See the value SanDisk flash products bring to Microsoft Data Center solutions, and how channel partners can flash-optimize and transform customers' data centers
July 8, 2015 • 3 min read Data
The Upside to the Windows 2003 Migration
Monumental hardware and software changes came to market after Windows 2003 started to gain commercial momentum. Organizations can now take advantage of technology that is more versatile, powerful and economical.
July 8, 2015 • 5 min read Data
Number One Reason to Upgrade from SQL Server 2005: Save Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars per Server
The Microsoft World Partner Conference takes place next week. You can find my SanDisk® colleagues at booth #900 to learn how partnership powers innovation. As SQL Server 2005 End-of-Service (EOS) looms, I’m taking the opportunity to discuss how to innovatively upgrade your infrastructure by leveraging SanDisk flash to save hundreds of thousands of dollars per […]
July 2, 2015 • 4 min read Data
The Accelerating Economics of Flash
By Brian Cox and Rob Callaghan It is well understood amongst most data center managers and sys admins that flash storage is very fast. Being able to travel at electron speed, the data read or written randomly to flash storage is many thousands times faster than the same access on a mechanical, rotating hard disk […]
June 30, 2015 • 7 min read Data