Blogs
Earlier today, Nicira publicly emerged as a company from stealth mode with more than just an idea, but with a product and several customers actually using it. While many find that approach old school, I like the fact that they are more than just PowerPoint slides and buzzword bingo press ...
It’s now February although you’d never know it from the balmy winter here in Boston. Aside from Valentine’s Day, February is significant because it is when security geeks from around the world get together in San Francisco for the RSA Conference.
The show doesn’t start until 2/27 but you can feel ...
This week, ESG Lab published its Lab Report on the new Riverbed Steelhead EX + Granite.
It was a privilege to work with two ESG Lab Engineers, Tony Palmer and Ajen Johan, to do some hands-on with the new Riverbed technologies.
To me, the really cool part of Granite is how it ...
Today, CommVault is holding a virtual event to announce some of its latest innovations for the Simpana 9.0 product. I had the opportunity to do some early hands-on testing of a few of the new capabilities during an ESG Lab Review -- including its new "OnePass" technology and its ability ...
At the beginning of WWI, battlefield tactics had not advanced much since the U.S. Civil War. The general goal was to continually advance on the enemy with waves of infantry attacks and eventually break through the lines by overwhelming enemy defenses.
It didn’t take long until both sides ...
As organizations continue to consolidate data centers and increase their use of server virtualization technology, IT departments are forced to respond by building out massively scalable data center network environments. However, are data center networks evolving fast enough to survive (in current form) in a rapidly changing world? Jon ...





