Arthur Cole

Last week, I talked about broadband capacity on the global network infrastructure, which I concluded turns out to be more than adequate for the data needs of today and the foreseeable future. Within the enterprise, however, the threat of overburdening available network resources takes a back seat to the fear that networks will suddenly become […]

Solid state drives (SSDs) provide faster storage performance than their HD brethren. But that performance means nothing to the wider data environment if the surrounding network infrastructure runs too slow to accommodate it. Enter the next generation of SAS technology: a 12Gbps interface that essentially doubles performance over existing 6G solutions and provides a number […]

As the implementation and operation of software defined networks (SDNs) becomes clearer, one thing still largely unresolved is how SDN will relate to existing virtual LANs. Should SDN be seen as a clear replacement for the vLAN? Or will it simply augment it to provide a friendlier environment for scaled out virtual and cloud functions? […]

IT remains one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal economy, a feat that is the direct result of the continued high level of innovation in the sector. The name of the game these days is to leverage last decade’s investment in virtual technology to more advanced cloud architectures. Naturally, this process isn’t […]

When an entirely new datacenter architecture like the cloud comes along, it’s only natural for smart people to ask, “What is this thing?” But while a single definition that satisfies everyone has proven elusive, we at least have to give the IT industry credit for trying. What’s odd, though, is that many of the cloud’s […]