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Highlights

Oct 07, 2019

We define the most important hybrid cloud features for hyperconverged infrastructure and ID some vendors that provide those features.

HCI Security Should Factor into HCI Product Evaluations

Sep 18, 2019

HCI systems carry benefits and drawbacks from a security perspective. IT pros can’t ignore the factors impacting...

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Consumption Pricing Arrives

Aug 14, 2019

There’s a new pricing trend among hyperconverged infrastructure vendors: a consumption-based model, with on...

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Hyperconverged Infrastructure Vendors Research: Top Players

Jun 27, 2019

Evaluator Group’s latest research on hyperconverged infrastructure vendors assesses the top five offerings, plus niche players, including their differentiators.

Composable Infrastructure: Relief for Hyperscale Envy

May 06, 2019

Composable infrastructures dynamically configure physical resources, using APIs to map storage and networking components to servers to create bare-metal compute instances.

Hyperconverged Infrastructure Earns Enterprise Trust for Critical Use

Apr 10, 2019

Studies by Evaluator Group have tracked enterprise use of hyperconverged infrastructure for three years; the latest results suggest the technology has crossed a threshold of acceptance.

How to Compare the Cost of HCI Systems

Mar 06, 2019

Find out why traditional storage metrics aren’t adequate when it comes to evaluating HCI systems and how to assess costs.

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HCI Use Cases: Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence

Jan 16, 2019

HCI use cases are continuing to increase; read up on the role HCI can plan in edge computing as well as in advanced computing...

Microsoft’s Storage Spaces Direct: How It Differs from Other HCIs

Dec 11, 2018

Microsoft’s Storage Spaces Direct HCI, which reappears in Windows Server 2019, disaggregates the storage from the compute nodes...

The Value of Disaggregated Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI)

Nov 08, 2018

A disaggregated hyper-converged infrastructure approach delivers more flexibility and resource efficiency over traditional HCI...