software-defined storage

Compare Microsoft Azure Stack HCI & VMware Cloud Foundation

Many organizations are considering leaving VMware for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI. Most VMware customers should be confident that Azure Stack HCI can adequately replace their VMware deployment. While VMware and Azure Stack HCI are both hybrid cloud solutions with similar components and features, they diverge in their support for cloud integration, services, and pricing.  Download … Compare Microsoft Azure Stack HCI & VMware Cloud Foundation

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

DataON Named ‘20 Most Promising Microsoft Solution Providers 2018’ by CIO Review

DataON has been named one of the ‘20 Most Promising Microsoft Solution Providers 2018’ by CIO Review, a leading enterprise technology magazine. We strive at DataON to deliver our customers high performance and high-quality Microsoft solutions in the industry. And we’re growing every year.But it’s our customers who make us. When I ask them why … DataON Named ‘20 Most Promising Microsoft Solution Providers 2018’ by CIO Review

Post-Show Recap: Experts Live Netherlands

XCES and DataON was a gold sponsor at Experts Live Netherlands in June. Experts Live is the biggest Microsoft community event in BeNeLux, with over 1000 attendees. It held its inaugural event in 2009, and now hosts 7 international events, reaching over 5000 people. This event featured two keynotes and more than forty breakout sessions … Post-Show Recap: Experts Live Netherlands

Gartner HCI Report, WSSD Solutions… Microsoft is ready for prime time!

Ben Milbourne Three weeks ago, Gartner published their highly anticipated 2018 Magic Quadrant for Hyperconverged Infrastructure.  It’s the first time that Gartner has included software-only, “bring-your-own-hardware” hyper-converged systems, and Microsoft debuted at the forefront of the “visionaries’” quadrant: The report goes on to state, “In its 2018 release, Microsoft will strengthen its data deduplication capabilities with … Gartner HCI Report, WSSD Solutions… Microsoft is ready for prime time!

New S2D-5000 Servers with Intel Purley Processors, Certified for Windows Server Software-Defined (WSSD)

In 2017, Intel launched their new Xeon Scalable processor family. The new “Purley” platform has been hailed as “the biggest data center advancement in a decade,” offering breakthrough performance to handle compute-hungry tasks including real-time analytics, virtualized infrastructure, and high-performance computing. Since then our customers have been asking, when will DataON offer products with Purley … New S2D-5000 Servers with Intel Purley Processors, Certified for Windows Server Software-Defined (WSSD)

TL;DR Webinar Report: What’s New in Windows Server version 1709, and Intel Select Solutions

As some of you may have heard, there’s been lots of commotion about Storage Spaces Direct being dropped from Windows Server’s latest build, version 1709. When Microsoft announced this, rumors immediately started floating around like, “Storage Spaces Direct will be repackaged and sold as a subscription-based service like Office365.”  Or even, “Storage Spaces Direct is … TL;DR Webinar Report: What’s New in Windows Server version 1709, and Intel Select Solutions

Georgia K-12 School District Gives Microsoft and DataON Straight-A’s On Their Report Card

Cherokee County School District (CCSD) is a high-performing public school system in Georgia, with 41 schools, 42,000 students, and over 4800 employees. They needed a new storage system that could support heavy VM usage, as there are nearly 50,000 students and staff that access the system daily. HR, payroll, central records, and student registration systems … Georgia K-12 School District Gives Microsoft and DataON Straight-A’s On Their Report Card