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2-Node Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI: The right enterprise-grade solution for SMB, ROBO and edge deployments

It has been an exciting journey since Microsoft introduced software-defined storage with Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012. With the introduction of Microsoft Azure Stack HCI this year, our enterprise customers are excited and ready to take that next step in transitioning from a traditional SAN to a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI). HCI brings together compute, storage, … 2-Node Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI: The right enterprise-grade solution for SMB, ROBO and edge deployments

IT Hero Blog: Transitioning to a Hyper-converged Infrastructure: The Do’s and the Don’ts

For our IT Hero blog series, we’ve invited our customers to share their real-world experiences from deploying Windows Server software-defined solutions. This month our IT Hero is Matt Lehmann. Matt is an information technology manager for Automotive Product Consultants (APC) Integrated Services Group, a leading marketing services company for the automotive industry. Matt has over … IT Hero Blog: Transitioning to a Hyper-converged Infrastructure: The Do’s and the Don’ts

Faster Time to Value with Second Generation Intel Select Solutions for Windows Server Software-Defined Solutions and SQL Server

One of the challenges that IT administrators face is deciding which hardware and how much hardware to purchase for their data centers. This is especially true for IT administrators that have made the decision to switch to a Microsoft Windows Server-based hyper-converged infrastructure. It’s still relatively new and even with an ever-growing number of deployed … Faster Time to Value with Second Generation Intel Select Solutions for Windows Server Software-Defined Solutions and SQL Server

Howard on HCI: A Faster Path to Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack HCI

When Microsoft introduced Storage Spaces Direct with Windows Server 2016, I was really excited about Microsoft’s entry into hyper-converged infrastructure. No longer were IT administrators tied to purchasing expensive and proprietary SANs. They could now use industry-standard interconnects, x86 servers, and local drives. Microsoft promised simplicity, high performance, easy scalability, simpler operations, and lower costs … Howard on HCI: A Faster Path to Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack HCI

Post Show Recap: Microsoft Ignite 2018

What a great week for Team DataON and IT Heroes in Orlando for Microsoft Ignite 2018! This year’s event was exceptional. The convention center was more crowded. And there was an electricity in the air about the new enhancements and features coming in Windows Server 2019! Watch the Microsoft Ignite presentation Can your hyper-converged platform … Post Show Recap: Microsoft Ignite 2018

IT Hero Blog: Getting Started with Storage Spaces Direct

Jeff Chase, Senior Enterprise Architect, Bradley For those of you who are interested in moving off traditional compute/SAN converged infrastructure you are at the right place. Storage Spaces Direct provides an extremely high-performance hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) that can be tuned and used in a myriad of different ways. Over the course of the last 20 … IT Hero Blog: Getting Started with Storage Spaces Direct