Step inside datacenters from around the world and learn best practices as it applies to cloud computing, security, software defined infrastructure, software defined networking, storage, virtualization, and efficiency.
In this podcast segment, The Forecast's editor Ken Kaplan talks to Tony Palmer, principal validation analyst at research firm ESG, who tested Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS, designed to reduce the operational complexity of migrating, extending or bursting business applications and data between on-premises and clouds. Perhaps at the top of IT's wish list is […]
In this video, explore a state-of-the-art Nutanix data center built with highly integrated hardware and hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) software. Harmail Singh Chatha, senior director of global cloud operations at Nutanix, explains what went into building the data center. His team wanted to build a state-of-the-art data center that could scale sustainably to meet present and […]
Intel has long been at the forefront of radical innovations that have revolutionized the way we live and work – beginning with the development of the first microprocessor, transforming the world as we knew it by making a new era of computing possible. Over the next 50+ years, Intel has continued to transform industries, driving […]
IT Best Practices: Intel IT operates 56 data center modules at 16 data center sites. These sites have a total capacity of 103 megawatts, housing more than 360,000 servers that underpin the computing needs of 116,000 employees. Intel IT has four main segments of operation: Design, Office, Manufacturing and Enterprise. This paper focuses on only […]
IT Best Practices: Intel IT runs Intel data center services like a factory, affecting change in a disciplined manner and applying breakthrough technologies, solutions and processes. This enables us to optimally meet Intel's business requirements while providing our internal customers with effective data center infrastructure capabilities and innovative business services. Building on previous investments and […]
IT Best Practices: Intel's innovative disaggregated server architecture and data center facilities design and operation reduce e-waste and increase energy efficiency—helping to protect the environment and produce significant cost savings. Do what's right for the business and what's right for the environment. That is the dual goal behind many of Intel IT's data center transformation […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Taboola's Ariel Pisetzky joins host Jake Smith to talk about using artificial intelligence (AI) for personalized content recommendations at massive scale, reaching up to 4 billion web pages a day. Ariel discusses why Taboola runs their services on their own on-prem infrastructure of over 10,000 servers […]
IT Best Practices: In several proofs of concept, fuel cell technology has proved to be a reliable, stable, efficient and sustainable source of electricity for Intel's data centers. Intel IT joined forces with Intel's Corporate Services and Global Supply Chain groups to enable fuel cells to meet Intel's redundancy and capacity expectations. For some of […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Intel’s Matt Langman and Irma Esmer join host Jake Smith to talk about the launch of 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, codename: Ice Lake. Matt talks about gen over gen performance improvements, increased memory capabilities, and advanced security features. Irma talks about the new core […]
Increasingly, employees and students reply on streamed applications rather than having apps run directly from their computer’s hard drive. In this video animation, learn how end user computing, a catch-all phrase, is changing as technologies like desktop as a service (DaaS) and virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) stream experiences from the cloud or a data center. […]
To meet the relentless demand for digital services, data centers will need to become decentralized and more autonomous, according to Ray Wang. He’s the Founder, Chairman and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research Inc., a research and advisory firm which studies disruptive business and exponential technology trends. In this segment, Wang talks about the […] The post Why Future Data Centers Will be Different first appeared on Connected Social Media.
The key idea behind data center virtualization has been ”no change to the application, no change to the operating system,” according to Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey, in an investor call with Bank of America Securities. This has been the philosophy behind the shift to virtual machines and as well as in storage, Pandey said. “I […] The post Bank of America Securities Interviews Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey first appeared on Connected Social Media.
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Lisa Spelman, VP & GM of Intel Xeon Products and Data Center Marketing, talks about the new 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor for today’s AI-infused, data-intensive digital services. Designed for deep learning, VM density, in-memory database and analytics-intensive cloud services, the 3rd Gen Intel […]
For decades “Made in China” has generally meant, to the Western world at least, mass produced cheap goods. But the strategic plan “Made in China 2025” established by Premier Li Qekiang aims to move the country into making high value, high tech products in fields like robotics and automation, computer chips, aerospace and biomedical research. […]
The coronavirus pandemic jolted economies and businesses around the world. Immediately experts reported on signs of destruction and offered examples of recovery. In a three-part series, Kitty Fok, Managing Director of IDC, China, explains findings from her annual report, which showed China’s economy in the first quarter of 2020 fell 6.8% compared to Q1 2019. […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we are joined by Sim Upadhyayula, Senior Director of Solutions Enablement at Supermicro. Sim discusses the vSAN market, and Supermicro’s latest Intel Select Solutions for VMware vSAN. Their new solution is a culmination of and collaboration between Supermicro, Intel, […]
Autodesk University is the flagship conference of the design software maker Autodesk. One of its most famous products is Auto-CAD, which is so data intensive it requires a workstation to run. The company used to set up a fleet of hundreds of these machines for Autodesk University, held each year in Las Vegas, to train […]
IT Best Practices: Intel IT is building a multi-cloud-ready enterprise network that can meet Intel’s constantly-changing network requirements. Increasing adoption of public cloud services, enormous data and network bandwidth demand growth, an increasingly complex cybersecurity landscape, and new business models and product lines are shaping a new approach to both our data center networks and […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Cloud to edge is much hyped as the next wave of digital transformation, and edge computing promises to remove many of the limitations of public and private cloud. But you need to have common, seamless frameworks to work at the edge, on premises, and in […]
In Copenhagen last fall, Nutanix held it’s European dot-NEXT conference. On day one at the first keynote, CEO Dheeraj Pandey talked about a concept with a lot of history at the company… 6 years ago his idea was: make infrastructure invisible. But the world of information technology has changed since 2012. Follow the enterprise cloud […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Bradley, a national law firm with business clients around the world, faced an all too common IT challenge – replacing an aging infrastructure. With 541 lawyers across multiple sites, new offices continuing to open, and ever-increasing demands on data, flexibility and scalability were top priorities […]
In this Intel on AI podcast episode: Recording live at the Intel AI Summit in San Francisco California, Deepak Dinkar Senior Practice Manager at Wipro Technologies, joins the Intel on AI Podcast to discuss how Wipro is working with Intel AI technologies to drive a wide array of innovative solutions. Deepak discusses how the Wipro […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: In this episode of Intel Chip Chat, Jim Gordon, GM of Ecosystem Business Development, Strategy and Communication for Intel, joins us to talk about Intel’s next generation Intel Xeon E processors and Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX). Jim talks about how Intel delivers the […]
“In the early days, people had no idea what hyperconvergence was,” recalled Steven Poitras, principal solutions architect at enterprise software company Nutani. Hyperconverged (HCI) infrastructure combines compute, storage and networking in a single location, vastly simplifying data center operations that conventionally house racks of servers, network switches and other hardware. HCI takes advantage of innovations […]
Today’s monolithic mainframe approach to computing will soon be shattered and dispersed because that’s the nature of computing, according to Nutanix CEO Dheeraj Pandey. This animation brings to life a talk Pandey gave to technology analysts at .NEXT in Anaheim, California in 2019. Follow the enterprise cloud tech revolution at The Forecast by Nutanix.
Zach Hilliard always loved cars and started his career as a diesel mechanic. Today he’s senior director of site reliability engineering for Cyxtera Technologies, a Texas-based provider of data centers around the globe. He sees the Uberization of data centers, where companies tap unused computing resources much like how Uber puts ride hailers into empty […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: In the past 5 years, SD-WAN and universal CPE has become the first focus to introduce network virtualization to enterprise customers with new business models. Sven Freudenfeld, Chief Technology Officer for the Telecom Application BU at Lanner Electronics, joins Intel Chip Chat Network Insights […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: we are joined by Sim Upadhyayula, Senior Director of Solutions Enablement at Supermicro. In his role, Sim works with various enterprises and service providers to understand their data center needs and identify solutions. Sim discusses Supermicro’s newly available Intel Select Solutions for SAP HANA and its […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: As AI expands into the mainstream, how will it succeed at the edge? Matt Jacobs, Senior VP Commercial Systems, Penguin Computing, Inc. talks about the growth of AI, its move from the data center, and easing customers into the edge space. An established leader in data […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Shadi Sahin, VP of Product Strategy at SAS, discusses trends in the data analytics sector and the new capabilities his team is bringing to market. SAS is focused on augmenting advanced and predictive analytics in the areas of computer vision and AI, allowing end-users to easily […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, Wilson Guo, Senior Technology Director at Inspur, joins us to discuss the company’s data center and cloud computing solutions. Inspur is one of the largest providers in China, providing flexible, scalable data center solutions for a broad variety of […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Two storage technology experts, Dr. Felipe Franciosi from Nutanix, and Nate Marushak from Intel, describe how the open source reference library called SPDK (Storage Performance Development Kit) brings higher performance to the hyperconverged data center today – and holds promise for the future. A decade […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Dan Rodriguez, Vice President of Intel’s Data Center Group, General Manager of Network Compute Division joins Chip Chat to talk about groundbreaking data centric portfolio of innovations optimized for network transformation. Fueled by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and complementary platform components, communication service […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: On this week’s episode of Conversations in the Cloud, Ron Kunkel, data center group solutions marketing manager at Lenovo, joins us to talk about Lenovo’s new Intel Select Solution for Microsoft SQL Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW). Ron provides an overview of Lenovo’s broad data center portfolio […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Media is undergoing a rapid evolution going well beyond the traditional streaming of content over a TV screen. People are addicted to their screens and expect their content to be rich, immersive, personalized and available anytime, anywhere and on any device. Delivery to these new […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Learn about the operating mode capabilities included with Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory: memory mode and app direct mode. Kristie Mann, Product Line Director for Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory in Intel’s Data Center Group, talks about the innovative capabilities of Intel Optane DC Persistent […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Join Jesse Schrater, Director of Data Center Security Marketing at Intel, for this informative episode on the new blockchain Select Solution from Intel. Jesse talks about the impact that blockchain will have in the enterprise computing space because of the new business models it makes possible. […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Dr. Ziya Ma, vice president of Intel Software and Services Group and director of Data Analytics Technologies, gives Chip Chat listeners a look at data center optimization along with a preview of advancements well underway.nnIn their work with the broad industry, Dr. Ma and her […]
Intel Chip Chat – Network Insights audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Ulf Jönsson, Portfolio Strategy Manager for Cloud & NFVi at Ericsson joins us in this archive of a livecast interview from the SDN & NFV World Congress at The Hague, Netherlands, and shares Ericsson’s current focus on 5G ready network. Ulf explains why the […]
To better meet Intel’s business requirements while providing internal customers with optimal data center infrastructure capabilities and innovative business services, Intel IT has overhauled its data center strategy. Its data center transformation strategy is to run Intel data center services like a factory, affecting change in a disciplined manner and applying breakthrough technologies, solutions, and […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: IT must prioritize modernization initiatives that can help shed the burdens of legacy infrastructure, boost operational efficiency, support emerging workloads, and maintain the security of the enterprise. To do this successfully requires a holistic approach that both innovates and modernizes hardware and software investments. The […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Many enterprises are sold on the idea of hybrid cloud but unsure how to bring their strategy to life. Todd Christ, Enterprise Solutions Architect for the Data Center Group at Intel, explains how Intel and Microsoft are working together to develop solutions for Azure Stack […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Alexis Bjorlin, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Intel’s Connectivity Group, joins us to discuss how Intel is driving end-to-end data center networking connectivity through cutting edge solutions including Intel Ethernet, Intel Omni-Path Architecture, Intel Silicon Photonics, and more. She illustrates how Intel’s connectivity […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Heather Kirksey, Vice President of OPNFV, and Bryan Madden, Marketing Director for Intel’s Network Platforms Group, joined Chip Chat to talk about a compelling new paper outlining the total cost of ownership (TCO) savings resulting from a virtualized central office (VCO). Fewer than five percent […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Lisa Spelman, Vice President & General Manager for Intel Xeon products and Data Center Marketing at Intel, joins Chip Chat to review all the big news from the recent Intel Data Centric Innovation Summit. In this interview, Spelman discusses Intel’s view of data-centric computing and […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Laurie Horenstein, a Program Manager for the Intel Foundation and Michael Hall, a Director in Data Center Group Marketing, join Chip Chat to talk about the Intel Employee Service Corps. IESC is a volunteer program started in 2009 where teams of 5-7 Intel employees are […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Jesse Schrater, Product Marketing Manager for Intel’s Data Center Group, joins us to discuss the forces impacting data center security, and what Intel’s fundamental approach to security is. Jesse explains that effective data center security starts with a secure platform. Once the platform is secure, […]
In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Beyhan Çal??kan, CEO and Founder of NGX Storage, joins us on Intel Conversations in the Cloud to discuss how to solve storage problems with a unified architecture. Beyhan talks about what NGX Storage can solve both in traditional storage and the cloud storage market with their […]
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Data-rich, compute-hungry workloads require a holistic approach to how enterprises architect their data centers to become engines of business transformation. Lisa Davis explains how Intel is bringing next-gen capabilities to enterprises looking for a future-ready infrastructure platform that can serve the hybrid-cloud, data-fueled era.
IT Best Practices: Intel IT’s disaggregated server architecture allows independent refresh of the CPU/DRAM and NIC/Drives modules, without replacing other server components such as fans or power supplies. Annual estimated CAPEX savings is at least 44%.
In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Kannan Mani, Worldwide Principal Architect for Enterprise Data and Analytics Platforms, at HPE, joins us live from HPE Discover 2017 in Madrid. Mani is responsible for making sure that HPE’s customers and partners can effectively deploy performant HPE-based analytics solutions. In this interview, Mani discusses […]