In the first in this series of blogs, IDC highlighted how modern enterprise IT trends such as hybrid cloud adoption, data fragmentation, and ransomware bring new data protection requirements. In this second blog, IDC will analyze the limitations in traditional data protection strategies in meeting the new requirements. We’re at the tipping point of becoming a digital economy. Rapid data […]

The COVID-19 pandemic unleashed unprecedented disruption on countless parts of our lives. It also changed our behaviors and accelerated many ongoing trends. For me, the most significant impact has been on how businesses of all sizes approach technology purchases. The arrival of a global pandemic just accelerated the trend away from the annual cycle of buying the latest shiny technology […]

Understanding data center trends is essential for companies deciding how to most effectively manage the digital infrastructure on which their businesses rely. In fact, this reliance on data centers has only grown as digitalization accelerates, in large part, as a response to unprecedented, pandemic-driven changes in data generation and usage. Hearing from experts around the world helps owners and operators […]

10 million Euro investment will more than double the production capacity of prefabricated modular data centers in the EMEA region Vertiv, a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, announced today that it has opened a new factory in Rugvica, Croatia, to support its integrated modular solutions (IMS) business in the EMEA region. Compared to the previous factory, […]

Data protection challenges are undermining organizations’ abilities to execute Digital Transformation (DX) initiatives globally, according to the Veeam® Data Protection Report 2021, which has found that 58% of backups fail, leaving data unprotected. Veeam Software, the leader in Backup solutions that deliver Cloud Data Management™, found that against the backdrop of COVID-19 and ensuing economic uncertainty, which 40% of CXOs […]

Vodafone Romania reached energy savings of around 50MWh per month in its main data centers, the energy consumption equivalent of over 350 Romanian dwellings over the same period. The result comes 7 months after the installation of advanced cooling technologies in Vodafone’s main data rooms as part of a multi-year investment program aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of the […]

VMware NSX-T 3.1.1 has just been released with awaited OSPF routing support for the north band connectivity. Prior to 3.1.1 there was no OSPF routing protocol available so we had to use BGP instead as dynamic routing protocol for connecting to the corporate and outside network.   OSPF can now be enabled only on the external interface and also can […]

Most companies relate to Disaster Recovery as to an insurance policy. Most of the time, the investments in this area are rather an expense that do not generate direct results in the company’s revenue, which can only be “collected” when something unforeseen of great impact happens. Therefore, many companies postpone investments in this direction, making decisions in a shorter time […]