The IBM-Red Hat deal: What it means for enterprises

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Network World Data Center Alert Oct 30, 2018 The IBM-Red Hat deal: What it means for enterprises IBM hopes the acquisition of Red Hat will give its customers the tools to expand their use of cloud by creating and deploying cloud-friendly applications on a larger scale, a goal shared by IBM competitors Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • Rackspace launches disaster recovery as a service program • Virtual application delivery controller: Where it fits into the software-defined data-center network • Windows 10 glitch delays Windows Server 2019 • Understanding mass data fragmentation • Xilinx lines up three major Chinese hardware vendors as OEM partners Rackspace launches disaster recovery as a service program Rackspace's fully managed disaster recovery service promises improved business continuity for on-premises, colocation, and multi-cloud environments. Read More ▶ Virtual application delivery controller: Where it fits into the software-defined data-center network The application delivery controller (ADC) sits at a strategic place in the data center, in between the firewall and application servers, where it's able to see, route and analyze much of the inbound and outbound traffic. Traditional ADCs were sold as all-in-one hardware appliances; however, software-defined networking and virtualization have enabled more flexible deployments of ADC functionality. Over time, migration to a software-defined data-center network (SDDCN) will require the disaggregation of ADC features, increasing use of microservices-based ADC features, and more flexible licensing options. Read More ▶ Windows 10 glitch delays Windows Server 2019 So far, there's no issue with Windows Server 2019, but because it shares a code base with Windows 10, and Windows 10 has a problem, Microsoft has made the server unavailable for download until it clears things up. Read More ▶ Understanding mass data fragmentation Data is viewed as the primary source of fuel for digital transformation, but mass data fragmentation is holding companies back. Read More ▶ Xilinx lines up three major Chinese hardware vendors as OEM partners Alibaba Cloud, Huawei, and server vendor Inspur will begin offering data center platforms based on Xilinx's FPGA-as-a-service model, mostly targeting AI inference workloads. Read More ▶ Join the Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ Get the Deep Technology Insights You Need Get ongoing access to our exclusive Insider content — in-depth articles available only to Insider members. You get access not only to Network World's Insider content but to selected Insider content from Computerworld, CIO.com, InfoWorld, CSO, and other IDG publications. Sign up at no cost today! ▶

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