With the performance improvements over the past few years with Intel x86 processors, we have seen a rapid movement to software-defined storage, software-defined networks, software defined data centres, and software-defined everything else. Add to this the cloud factor, and this dramatically changed the way we now design, specify and buy and use computer platforms.
The flip side of this is we now have a myriad of choices. So it’s a huge and sometimes difficult question to ask about which one is the most suitable for your application, or even for your organisation to base their future strategy on.
The established large players can provide a menu of products to choose from to cover every aspect of computing and networks, but choosing between them requires skill sets to implement them. What’s great about cloud computing is that it is all there for you to run up in an instant. Then there is the man in the middle – converged systems (SD- everything) and the hyper-converged players, such as Nutanix.
Cloud: Easy choice
Cloud computing makes an easy choice for start-up companies. Yet one should be careful. There comes a point where the cloud will start to become more expensive than a cap ex model. Inevitably your computing, performance and storage requirements grow, and with that your costs will grow too. Let’s also remember that the utility operational expenditure model of cloud computing is much like making the choice between hiring a car and renting one.
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Published by Data Centre News, March 2018. Features: David Trossell, CEO and CTO of Bridgeworks.


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