Network World Storage Alert | | | | DNA could replace hard drives, tape and other storage mediums one day. It's not as far-fetched as it sounds, and significant progress is being made, including new, zero-error individual-file data retrieval. Read More ▶ | | | eGuide: Citrix Systems Inc Yes - cloud has gone mainstream. It's just too hard to ignore all its benefits: agility; closer collaboration between IT departments and business units; faster feedback loops; easier design of products and services. Cloud allows you to investigate machine learning, chatbots, the Internet of Things, and other disruptive technologies. Read More ▶ | The future of data centers will rely on cloud, hyperconverged infrastructure and more powerful components Read More ▶ | | A storage area network (SAN) provides a pool of storage resources that can be centrally managed and allocated as needed, but how is a SAN different than NAS and how does how it segregate storage traffic? Read More ▶ | | | End users describe how rack servers from HPE, Dell and IBM stack up Read More ▶ | | Increasing demands on the network to scale to unprecedented levels and at the same time become more customized to specific use cases has led to the emergence of new networking technology. As new ways of applying software to control the network arise, they've come with an influx of open source projects to support them. Read More ▶ | | Research/Infographic: QTS The growing importance of data analytics and cloud - the result of big data coming from ubiquitously networked end-user devices and IoE alike - has added to the value and growth of data centers. Furthermore, the increasing need around resources from the business perspective has led to the development of powerful cloud data centers called hyperscale data centers. Read More ▶ | Join the Network World Communities As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook ▶ Network World on LinkedIn ▶ | Get ongoing access to our exclusive Insider content — in-depth articles available only to Insider members. You get access not only to Network World's Insider content but to selected Insider content from Computerworld, CIO.com, InfoWorld, CSO, and other IDG publications. Sign up at no cost today! ▶ | | | |