As more apps move to the cloud, I&O leaders responsible for networking are turning to new WAN edge solutions to address connectivity in their hybrid environments. And in a market crowded by many vendors, not all are created equal. We recommend that organizations use the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure to identify a shortlist of vendors that […]

Learn what the most popular use cases are for purchasing and deploying an SD-WAN according to a survey of your peers. As adoption increases and the market matures, CIOs and IT managers are looking closely at vendors who can offer a more flexible model of delivering connectivity solutions with a software-driven model. This report from Futuriom, details the top reasons […]

With many companies preparing for a large-scale shift to remote work, many employers, leaders and technology professionals are asking themselves: How do I work from home effectively? This guide will provide you with the resources you need to succeed in your role even while you WFH, including: • Tips on how to be an effective remote worker• Tools you can […]

This whitepaper explores how the popular NoSQL databases Couchbase and MongoDB™ differ significantly in their approach to query. Among many key differences, you’ll learn why: • Couchbase provides the power and familiarity of SQL, while MongoDB requires developers to learn a proprietary language• MongoDB puts the burden of optimizing queries on the developer while Couchbase’s declarative language shifts the burden […]

NoSQL Document databases are challenging conventional RDBMS thinking with regard to scale, flexibility and performance. The question remains, do their query languages address the needs of developers as well or better than tried and true SQL?  This report takes the query language challenge to Couchbase and MongoDB using MySQL as the reference baseline.  This report from independent firm, Altoros, uses […]

As businesses continue to grow their infrastructure and operations, IT teams need the ability to extend their data center to the public cloud in a coherent and consistent manner to support business growth. The public cloud offers many advantages to organizations worldwide, such as: • Access to on-demand capacity• Usage-based pricing• Global scale• Cloud-native services

How do customers maximize their existing IT investments while leveraging the benefits of the public cloud? By adopting a hybrid cloud strategy and leveraging platforms that make hybrid cloud a reality. Read this infobrief to learn how Zenrin, Playtika, and Dell Technologies leveraged VMware Cloud™ on AWS to extend their data centers and make hybrid cloud a reality in their […]

As organizations extend on-premises data center environments to the public cloud, there are several factors that need to be considered to effectively integrate on-premises data centers with the public cloud in order to realize cloud benefits. The goal of this paper is to help our customers understand these factors and identify the right cloud platform while identifying potential challenges.