Azure Local (Azure Stack HCI)

Five Things about NVIDIA Networking for Azure Stack HCI

NVIDIA acquired Mellanox Technologies in April of last year. Its line of NIVIDIA® ConnectXTM network adapters and NVIDIA® SpectrumTM switches are now part of the NVIDIA family, helping ensure NVIDIA’s positioning as the leader in end-to-end networking. NVIDIA continues to make strides, providing superior validated networking solutions for Azure Stack HCI. Here are five things Five Things about NVIDIA Networking for Azure Stack HCI

Western Digital Delivers Extreme Server Performance, Mobility and Military-Grade Toughness at the Edge

Western Digital’s new server offerings are more mobile and tougher than ever before. The new Ultrastar Edge and Ultrastar Edge-MR servers enable organizations to deploy remote data capture and analytics at the edge. By processing the data closer to the source, organizations can lower latency and reduce the amount of traffic on the network backbone. Western Digital Delivers Extreme Server Performance, Mobility and Military-Grade Toughness at the Edge

Extend Windows Server 2008 and Windows Sever 2008 R2 Extended Security Updates (ESU) with Azure Stack HCI

On January 14, 2020, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 reached the end-of-life support lifecycle and will no longer receive security updates. This can cause security or compliance issues and put business applications at risk. Although many have migrated to newer platforms, this can be problematic for some organizations that continue to use Extend Windows Server 2008 and Windows Sever 2008 R2 Extended Security Updates (ESU) with Azure Stack HCI

DataON K2N-224 for Azure Stack HCI selected a finalist in SeachStorage’s 2020 Enterprise Data Storage Products of the Year

Storage magazine & SearchStorage has named the DataON K2N-224 switchless solution for Azure Stack HCI a finalist for its 2020 Products of the Year awards! “Microsoft has a compelling offering with its Azure Stack HCI. DataON builds on Azure Stack HCI to deliver comprehensive offerings that span from the edge to the data center to the cloud. DataON K2N-224 for Azure Stack HCI selected a finalist in SeachStorage’s 2020 Enterprise Data Storage Products of the Year

Howard on HCI: DataON & Microsoft are Starting a New Era with Azure Stack HCI!

Last Thursday Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure Stack HCI, the new subscription service for hyper-converged infrastructure from Microsoft Azure. It’s the next step in the evolution of software-defined infrastructure from Microsoft, bringing together the familiarity and flexibility of on-premises virtualization with powerful new hybrid capabilities. It’s come a long way from the early Howard on HCI: DataON & Microsoft are Starting a New Era with Azure Stack HCI!

Five Things to Know: How Azure Stack HCI with Remote Desktop Services Makes VDI Better

COVID-19 has changed the way we interact and do business. With social distancing in place, more and more employees are working remotely, and this has got organizations asking, should we be rethinking our IT strategy and consider implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)? Maybe you’re thinking it, too. VDI has a lot of benefits, but Five Things to Know: How Azure Stack HCI with Remote Desktop Services Makes VDI Better

New inventory page for DataON MUST for Windows Admin Center on Azure Stack HCI validated nodes

In addition to all the exciting news around the new Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, DataON is bringing a new level of hybrid cloud monitoring, management, and maintenance to the DataON MUST extension for Windows Admin Center. DataON MUST extends the capabilities of Windows Admin Center, a locally deployed browser-based apply for managing hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI), New inventory page for DataON MUST for Windows Admin Center on Azure Stack HCI validated nodes

Five Things Blog: 25 Cool Things You Can Do with Azure Stack HCI

The time has come to refresh your infrastructure. You want to eliminate your legacy storage, consolidate your infrastructure, and deploy a software-defined hybrid cloud solution. It must be simple, highly scalable, and highly resilient. It must support the latest technology, provide cost-conscious options for the edge, and deliver the performance that demanding SQL Server workloads, Five Things Blog: 25 Cool Things You Can Do with Azure Stack HCI

Five Things about Intel® Optane ® SSDs and Why They’re Awesome for Azure Stack HCI

You’ve done the research and chosen Azure Stack HCI for your hyper-converged infrastructure. Depending on your workloads, you have a short list of storage possibilities like all-NVMe 3D NAND solid state drives (SSDs) or hybrid storage consisting of 3D NAND SSD cache and hard disk drive (HDD) capacity tiers. But there is another type of Five Things about Intel® Optane ® SSDs and Why They’re Awesome for Azure Stack HCI