Chris Evans

Cloud Computing is one of the hot topics of the moment and everyone has an opinion on it. The term “Cloud” covers a number of deployment scenarios, including PaaS (Platform as a Service), SaaS (Software as a Service) and IaaS (infrastructure as a Service). In this article I’ll discuss the latter, including the use of […]

In the world of x86 server virtualization, there’s no doubt that VMware’s vSphere dominates. This 2010 IDC virtualization report shows VMware as the only company in the upper right segment of Gartner’s Magic Quadrant. However Citrix (with Xen Server) and Microsoft (with Hyper-V) are close behind. So, could the Microsoft solution be “good enough” for […]

There’s no denying that virtualization platforms such as VMware and Hyper-Vhave revolutionized the way in which computing resources are deployed. Physical servers were usually under-utilized and took time and effort to deploy. These servers also consumed data center space, power and cooling. Virtualization reduced hardware costs, reduced the environmental requirements by saving on power and […]

One solution to managing large volumes of data is to implement Storage Area Network Services or SAN services. Yet SANs and SAN services are traditionally seen as expensive solutions. Despite the potential expense, however, the need for SAN services is growing – rapidly. To whit: • Earlier this month IDC announced figures on the 4th […]