Platform Framework Whitepapers and Ebooks

This sections provides whitepapers on Platform Framework that details on trends, analysis and latest happenings in the industry.

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IDC Futurescape
IT leaders have never had so much choice in their infrastructure strategies, both on-premises and in a hybrid or off-premises world. With this choice comes the potential to positively impact budgets, staffing, operational effectiveness, and business outcomes. This IDC study presents IDC's enterprise infrastructure top 10 predictions for 2018. Highlights include that by 2021, the following will be true: NVMe will replace SCSI as the protocol of choice in enterprise-class arrays; more than 25% of spending on AFAs in 2021 will derive from end-to-end NVMe-based systems. 50% of enterprise infrastructure will employ cognitive and artificial intelligence (AI) to improve enterprise productivity, manage risks, and drive overall cost reduction. Spending on hybrid cloud data services for data protection, integration and orchestration, security and compliance, and location optimization will total more than $60 billion. 65% of enterprises will be deploying universal encryption on server infrastructure to comply with data privacy, integrity, and confidentiality. This IDC study presents IDC's enterprise infrastructure top 10 predictions for 2018.
IDC: The Business Value of Cloud Management Platforms
This IDC Solution Brief provides insight for organizations looking to unify, automate, and proactively manage virtualized and cloud infrastructure and applications across on-premises and public cloud resources. It highlights VMware vRealize Suite, a comprehensive cloud management platform, as an example. IDC interviewed three organizations currently using a variety of VMware vRealize Suite capabilities to automate, monitor, and optimize their environments. One of these intervies is qith Chris Butler, a Senior Systems Administrator at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), a major university located in Rochester, New York.
The Case for O365 Back Up
Uncovering critical reasons why organizations need to backup Office 365 data This 5-minute, easy-to-read document explains why organizations need to protect Office 365 data. This report will teach you: • The big understanding between Microsoft’s Office 365 responsibility and the IT organization’s responsibility • 6 reasons why backing up Office 365 is critical • Who is in control of Office 365 data
Multicloud Storage for Dummies - 2nd HPE Special Edition
Multicloud Storage for Dummies consists of five short chapters that explore the following: - How the multicloud storage model aligns with modern business and IT initiatives - Common barriers to cloud adoption and how a multicloud storage model addresses them - How to build a multicloud data center - What to look for in multicloud storage services - Real-world multicloud use cases

Top White Papers

NVMe over Fibre Channel for Dummies
Download this easy-to-read guide to learn how NVMe can help you achieve better storage performance. You'll get insight into comparing NVMe alternatives, developing a low-risk NVMe adoption strategy, and increasing the performance of mission-critical applications.
Disrupting Security: Revamping IT Security Through SecOps and Incident Management
SecOps Revolutionizes Security Management We live in an age of never-ending cybersecurity threats—and they’re not going away anytime soon. To stay ahead of these threats, companies need to evolve their security operations. The practices and toolsets that worked for securing systems in the past are no longer enough. Staying secure today requires a total overhaul of security policies and practices. Organizations today require disruption in security management, which means not only modernizing security tools and best practices, but also involving more stakeholders in security ops, streamlining communication about security incidents, and coordinating responses efficiently and rapidly. It means embracing SecOps, a new approach to security management. In This eBook: The What and Why of SecOps How SecOps Revolutionizes Security Management Barriers to Adopting SecOps Leveraging Incident Management to Adopt SecOps