Hard disk drives have been staples of the computing experience for decades. For example, the sound of an HDD whirring into action was a hallmark of using a PC in the 1990s and 2000s. However, in recent years HDDs have lost ground to the solid-state drives that are standard in mobile devices and increasingly common in laptops, too. Virtualized storage has also made inroads into IT departments and data centers:
Virtualization has been around for decades, but only with the rise of cloud computing has it become a widely known concept and a multi billion-dollar commercial market. IT research firm Gartner estimated that the server virtualization market grew 5.7 percent from 2015 to 2016, reaching nearly $6 billion in value. While server virtualization is now a mature sector, other forms of virtualization - such as network and data center virtualization (i.e., software-defined data centers) - are still evolving. Up and coming technologies such as software-defined networking are set to reshape how IT departments conduct their daily operations in the year ahead.
March Madness is the widely used shorthand term for referring to the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, an annual event that begins every March and ends in early April. It is one of the most watched sporting events each year. The 2015 edition drew almost 20 million viewers for the 10:45 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. block for a game between the University of Notre Dame and the University of Kentucky.
Even though it is a staple of modern IT, virtualization is not well-understood by everyone, and this lack of knowledge can prevent technical teams from virtualizing their key assets, such as servers, desktops, and data centers. Organizations cannot afford to miss such opportunities, now that software-defined data centers are becoming central to business operations:
Since President Trump has been in office, many technology companies have been concerned about the proposed changed to the H1B Visa. For those who are not familiar with the H1B Visa program, let’s start with the basics.