The Convergence Conundrum: How to Keep It Cool

[Will Only the Strong Survive in the Cloud?]( [ITBusinessEdge]( April 07, 2017 Optimizing Infrastructure ISSUE HIGHLIGHTS [The Convergence Conundrum: How to Keep It Cool]( [Making the Most of Available Storage]( [Will Only the Strong Survive in the Cloud?]( [Confronting the Hyperscale Storage Challenge]( SPECIAL OFFER A New Approach to Threat Protection Read this white paper to learn the benefits of a proactive protection approach that unites infrastructure and security. [Download Now >]( [The Convergence Conundrum: How to Keep It Cool]( The density-power/heat paradox will likely be one of the primary inhibiting factors in scale-out data environments. Even as compute and storage resources are pushed to multiple micro data centers on the edge, centralized facilities will continue to grow, both in terms of infrastructure and data loads. [Making the Most of Available Storage]( No matter how scaled-out, hyperconverged or abstracted data center infrastructure becomes, one element remains the same: Servers need high-speed access to vast amounts of storage. This produces a paradox, however, because as more storage comes online, it takes longer to find and retrieve data locked somewhere within its volumes. [Will Only the Strong Survive in the Cloud?]( In the cloud, bigger is better. Hyperscale providers are gathering market share because their size allows them to provide lower service costs, which generates increased revenue so they can grow even bigger. But while this benefits the enterprise in costs and scale, are there any advantages to utilizing a smaller provider, and if not, will the inevitable market consolidation to only a few mega-providers prove to be a boon or a bane to the world economy? [Confronting the Hyperscale Storage Challenge]( Enterprises looking to scale out their own data infrastructure quickly run into a problem: While more computing and networking capacity can be squeezed out of existing hardware, storage cannot. WHITE PAPERS AND WEBINARS [All-Flash Data Centers for Dummies]( Read this eBook to learn how to contain your storage costs, attain storage simplicity, and achieve agility. [Why Your Enterprise Network Should Be a Top Priority]( In this white paper, discover new research that sheds light on the symbiotic relationship between hybrid IT and enterprise networks. [Your Cybersecurity Forecast: What's on the Horizon?]( Industry expert Andrey Pozhogin discusses how ransomware is evolving and people and businesses can protect their privacy. [Click here]( BLOGS IT Unmasked [Salesforce Applies Einstein AI to Sales]( Data And Telecom [Real Intelligence Needed to Understand Artificial Intelligence]( Infrastructure [How to Properly Manage Robots in the Enterprise]( [View on the Web]( FOLLOW US: [Google+]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( IT Business Edge Newsletter Information You are currently subscribed to the Optimizing Infrastructure newsletter as: {EMAIL} If you no longer wish to receive Optimizing Infrastructure, [unsubscribe here]( © 2017 ITBusinessEdge, property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 [Privacy Policy](