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Category Archives: EMC

VDI – Adding new life to aging desktops

Posted on 04/11/2014 by Mark Vaughn

Around 5 years of age, desktop computers may begin to lack the processing power required to meet the ever-growing demands of operating systems and applications. By this point, many people are looking to swap out desktops. With Windows XP finally … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, EMC, Presidio, Storage, Technology, VCE, VDI, Virtualization, VMware | Tagged Desktops, ROI

Blades rule! But don’t ignore the value of rack mount servers.

Posted on 04/07/2014 by Mark Vaughn

I have always liked blade servers, since I first began deploying blades on HP platforms. Then, when I was introduced to Cisco UCS blades, I saw that the data center world was being reinvented. In fact, when I left the … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, EMC, HP, Storage, Technology, UCS, VDI, Virtualization, VMware | Tagged Software Denied Storage, VSAN

Virtualizing Hadoop

Posted on 09/25/2012 by Mark Vaughn

Large companies have long used big data analytics to comb through vast amounts of data in a short amount of time. Companies with deep pockets and ever-expanding amounts of data have built large server clusters dedicated to mining data. Hadoop … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Big Data, business, Cloud Computing, EMC, Storage, Technology, Virtualization, VMware | Tagged Analytics, Big Data, Hadoop

Circle of Innovation

Posted on 05/30/2012 by Mark Vaughn

I was recently talking with a colleague about new technologies and noticed a pattern: Many of last year’s innovations in hardware are very similar to next year’s new software features. The more I thought about it, the more I realized … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, EMC, Storage, Technology, Virtual Appliances, Virtualization, VMware | Tagged This Has All Happened Before, Virtual Appliances
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