In this sponsored post, our friends over at Silicon Mechanics discuss how form factor, latency, and power can all be key limitations, but find out how key advancements in technology will allow higher performance at the edge. For this discussion, the edge means any compute workloads taking place outside of both cloud and traditional on-prem data centers.
Supermicro Announces TPCx-HCI Benchmark Result
December 21, 2021 by
San Jose – Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a maker of high-performance computing, storage, networking solutions, and green computing technology, announced the first published TPCx-HCI benchmark result, with a measured performance of 4,790.18 tpsHCI at $49.60/tpsHCI. Working with AMD and VMware, Supermicro used 3rd Generation AMD EPYC processor-based servers and VMware vSphere 7.0 Update 2, […]
Sunlight and Altos Computing Align for Edge-to-Core Hyperconverged Applicances
June 1, 2021 by
Cambridge, UK – June 1, 2021 – Sunlight.io, a developer of virtualization technology for data-intensive applications, today announced an OEM partnership with Altos Computing, a subsidiary of Acer Inc., to deliver the industry’s fastest and most efficient hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) appliances. Under the agreement, Altos will embed Sunlight’s NexVisor Hyperconverged stack on its Brainsphere appliances. By combining the power […]
Intelligent Fabrics for the Next Wave of AI Innovation
September 10, 2020 by
In this sponsored post, our friend John Spiers, Chief Strategy Officer at Liqid, discusses how resource utilization and the soaring costs surrounding it are a constant push and pull issue for IT Departments. Now with the emergence of AI and machine learning, resource utilization is far more front and center than it has ever been. Managing legacy hardware in a hyperconverged environment just as you always have is not going to cut it, because the people and hardware costs associated with these extremely heavy workloads are tremendous. Intelligent fabrics and composable infrastructure software deliver a solution to the problem that allows IT providers the ability to pool and deploy their hardware resources to adapt to the workload at hand, then re-deploy as required for a balanced system that can address the demands of AI and machine learning.
Lenovo Data Center Group Releases Cloud-Based Business Agility Solutions for the New, Smarter Normal
September 3, 2020 by
Sept. 3, 2020 – Research Triangle Park, NC – Today, Lenovo Data Center Group (DCG) announces a range of new and updated hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions and Lenovo Cloud Services to enable customers to keep pace with evolving business needs. As remote work becomes the new, smarter normal, businesses need to adapt their hybrid cloud […]
HPE Unveils AI-driven Hyperconverged Infrastructure
October 28, 2019 by
Today HPE announced advancements to HPE SimpliVity, the company’s flagship hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform, ushering in a new generation of HCI powered with artificial intelligence to simplify virtual machine (VM) management and free IT staff to focus on innovation. “The future of HCI is AI-driven, and HPE has the most advanced intelligence” said McLeod Glass, VP & General Manager, SimpliVity and Composable Software, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Lenovo ThinkAgile System Certified for SAP HANA on Hyperconverged Infrastructure
October 3, 2018 by
Today Lenovo announced that it is one of the first server vendors certified for SAP HANA for hyperconverged infrastructure. “With Lenovo’s ThinkAgile HX7820 four-socket system certified for SAP HANA, enterprises can now take advantage of SAP HANA workloads on a hyperconverged infrastructure that moves with agility for the business of your enterprise. With the speed of in-memory databases, you can gain faster access to integrated data analytics and machine learning, while scaling performance for storage, compute and networking.”
