Chad Kime

Google’s Compute Engine, sometimes called Google Cloud Compute Engine, delivers on-demand virtual machines (VMs) to provide flexible computing needs within the Google Cloud. Google Compute Engine deploys VMs as needed and enables organizations to obtain computers on an hourly or even a second-by-second basis. See below to learn all about Google Compute Engine and where […]

Microsoft’s Azure Batch provides burst, scheduled, and on-demand access to cloud computing resources hosted on the Azure cloud platform.  As data scientists and application managers encounter resource constraints, they can turn to Azure Batch to deploy computers and clusters rapidly through automated processes. See below to learn all about Azure Batch and where it stands […]

Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) forms the basis for many Amazon Web Services (AWS) as well as the initial offerings that created modern cloud computing. Amazon EC2 has exploded from two options in 2006 into a matrix of offerings based on the CPUs needed, system memory, operating systems, and associated hardware for storage and networking. […]

Data center managers use automated deployments to enable rapid, consistent, and secure deployment of storage and computing power. VMware NSX helps those data center managers extend the automation advantages to network infrastructure deployment and centralize network operations and security in a single virtualized infrastructure. Virtualized networks create a software-defined (SD) environment that can encompass existing […]

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) acquired Aruba in 2015 and maintains the brand because of its strong reputation in Wi-Fi, switching, software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN), and other networking equipment. HPE Aruba Central accelerates the scaling of network infrastructure to support thousands of remote users, data centers, cloud applications, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and operational […]

For the most responsive and efficient networks, data center managers needed to deploy networking equipment and software without the heavy overhead burden of traditional operating systems. Network operating system (NOS) solutions were developed, so networks could deploy lightweight software to manage the most complex networks. Microsoft developed an NOS based on Linux and used it […]

IT network engineers can spend hours and days troubleshooting bad connections, updating equipment, and optimizing data flow. As the number of devices grows and the hiring of experienced IT staff becomes more difficult, IT managers need a better solution for network management. IT managers need a solution that can monitor, analyze, control, and secure the […]

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Artificial intelligence (AI) unlocks many capabilities that would have been unimaginable a short time ago. Amazon’s cloud-based Rekognition tool, part of the suite of solutions under the Amazon Web Services (AWS) umbrella, analyzes images and video to recognize faces, company logos, human sentiment, and more in real-time. Rekognition can be integrated into applications to provide […]

Document repositories continue to balloon, yet organizations need to rapidly search their contents to support customer service, technical support, and other time-sensitive business needs. In addition to speed, modern solutions must be able to handle many types of documents and extract information from images, audio, video, and the metadata of all files. Organizations turn to […]