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Virtana Migrate Demo & Value

With the Virtana Platform, enterprises can make data-driven migration decisions to get it right the first and every time workloads are migrated. The unified platform also dramatically simplifies optimization and management of workloads regardless of their location in an increasingly complex IT infrastructure. The hybrid infrastructure optimization capabilities of the Virtana Platform can deliver a return on investment (ROI) of as much as 145% over a three-year period.

Five worthy reads: Hyperscale: The path ahead for data centers and organizations

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. In this edition, we’ll learn about hyperscale data centers, including how they function, and the considerations and challenges organization face in deploying them.

Overcoming Bandwidth Bottlenecks

What is bandwidth? Bandwidth refers to the amount of data that can be sent or received by a particular device in a stipulated period. This is measured in Mbps (Megabits per second). Very often, people use bandwidth to refer to the speed of the internet connection. However, that is not the case. Talking about bandwidth vs. speed, the former helps understand the quantity of data transferred per second. At the same time, the latter focuses on the rate of data transfer from the source to the destination.

Operations - Past, Present and Glorious Future

People with infrastructure experience and operational experience like “DevOps Engineer”, “SRE”, “Platform Engineer” have started to see those two skill sets diverge. It’s not very clear what that split means for these skilled technical people as they approach the next phase of their careers.

Why Database Performance Is Key to Understanding Application Health

Traditional database and application monitoring used to mean talking about a single server, in a single data center, in a single location. Many monitoring tools were—and still are—built around this single data center, single node idea. And while we’ve progressed to cloud-native applications, our tools haven’t quite caught on.

The importance of Active Directory for Fast Citrix Logon Time

Most of you know that one of the most important user experience metrics in a Citrix environment is the logon time. A 2018 survey by eG Innovations and DABCC found out that Citrix logon time was the number one problem for administrators: 59% of respondents rated logon time as their biggest problem. There are many best practices to improve Citrix logon times. Slowness during the logon processing can, of course, increase logon times. Issues with group policies or slow profile loading is often a cause.

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Performance 2020

The year 2020 has disrupted every norm in our lives and redefined how the world functions. The pandemic has been a real test of the internet’s true power with everything shifting online – companies shifted to a remote workforce, meetings and conferences went virtual and retailers were forced to quickly ramp up their online presence to stay strong in the market. The tech industry has had to fast-track digital transformation to maintain a level of normality and to keep businesses running.