Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. In an era defined by data, the world of software development is experiencing a profound ...

Architectures for software-defined data centers can address the need for flexibility and agility, but implementing them is difficult and calls for coordinating a host of complex features including ...

Volume, velocity and variety characteristics of information assets are not three parts of Gartner’s definition of big data, it is part one, and oftentimes, misunderstood. Most people only retain about ...

Truly Software Defined Data Centers (SDDCs) are still a work in progress for most organizations. In theory, an SDDC allows compute, storage and networking to be automatically provisioned on demand and ...

The ongoing evolution of the data center is a prime example of how technology never stands still. Server rooms used to be filled with an array of various systems (each system generally performed one ...

One of the biggest new ideas in computing is “big data.” There is unanimous agreement that big data is revolutionizing commerce in the 21st century. When it comes to business, big data offers ...

Driven by a very strong belief in the future of software-defined data center technology, Bank of America is steering its IT to almost total virtualization, from the data center to desktop. The ...

As part of its tactical network modernization strategy, the Army has begun development, integration and Soldier-driven assessments to determine whether integrating commercial off-the-shelf solutions ...

Database programs let users create and edit single files interactively at the keyboard. However, as soon as they want data in one file to automatically update another, programming has to be done. That ...