Harnessing the necessary high performance compute power to drive modern biomedical research is a formidable and familiar challenge throughout the life sciences. Modern research-enabling technologies – Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), for example – generate huge datasets that must be processed. Key applications such as genome assembly, genome annotation and molecular modeling can be data-intensive, compute
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the rapidly expanding attack surface found in today’s “any-to-any” world, where individuals are using any device to access business applications in a network environment that utilizes decentralized cloud services. The 2013 Cisco® Annual Security Report highlights global threat trends based on real-world data, and provides insight and analysis that helps
Network administrators are encountering the highest levels of change in history as they attempt to balance security with productivity. Rapidly evolving business trends are challenging them to provide widespread but safe Internet access, allowing employees to use legitimate business applications while using their device of choice.
IT innovation is fueling change around the world. According to the 2013 Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) study, by the end of 2013, the number of mobile-connected devices will exceed the number of people on earth. One billion people use Facebook and Twitter. New tablets, smartphones, and other mobile devices are being introduced at a
EMC Corporation’s IT organization launched a transformational journey toward cloud computing beginning in 2004. In 2009, ESG published an initial audit of EMC’s achievements, documenting their impressive initial savings on equipment and power as well as improvements in productivity, efficiency, and resource utilization. We published an update in 2010 as EMC reached important milestones in
Prior to server virtualization, IT landscapes were plagued by server sprawl and underutilized capacity, which were brought on by data growth and the one-application, one-server requirement. In order to meet growing capacity demands, organizations added servers until that demand began to outstrip the ability to achieve economies of scale. Server virtualization provided a consolidation and
Cloud-enabled services are the next wave transforming how businesses capitalize on information technology, and that in turn drives the next evolution in the processes, roles, skills, and structure of IT organizations—the evolution to IT as a Service (ITaaS). Today’s CIOs must exercise extraordinary leadership to make the transition and unleash new business value.
EMC VSPEX is a proven flexible architecture solution that allows IT to quickly and consistently deploy a virtualized infrastructure to consolidate servers, applications, and desktop, while helping you reduce capital and operational expenses.
This ESG Lab Validation report documents hands-on testing of Symantec Backup Exec 2012’s advanced virtual server data protection. The report focuses on how Backup Exec 2012 measures up against best practices in virtual data protection.
The cloud can provide cost savings, flexibility and more for your business. From smooth customer interactions and seamless mobile operations to increased operational efficiencies – see how beneficial (and simple) it is to give your employees that freedom to work wherever, whenever.