Lessons learned at VMworld 2015

Kent Christensen, Practice Director on Friday, September 04, 2015

Now that the sessions, exhibits, and parties of VMworld are behind us, it’s time to take a few minutes and reflect upon what we discovered during our week in San Francisco.

Why Managed Services and Outsourcing Fail

Datalink on Thursday, September 03, 2015

It doesn’t take long to find articles and research discussing the high failure rate of outsourcing agreements. Some sources indicate that the failure rate is as high as 50%. I’m not sure that I agree with all of the information I’ve read on the matter, especially since very little context is provided on how these rates have been calculated.

VMworld 2015 update

Datalink on Tuesday, September 01, 2015

One major theme at this year’s VMworld is the continuing rise of the software-defined data center. No longer merely a buzzword, the concept is quickly becoming a reality. Ideas like software-defined networking are moving out of the lab and into the production data center.