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MicroScope July 2019: The effects of Brexit on business

Business as usual? 

The effects of Brexit are still largely unknown, Billy Macinnes asks professionals what they’re expecting

SAN vs NASvs hyper-converged for virtual machine storage 

Discover the pros and cons of file and block access storage arrays versus the new breed of all-in-one server/storage architecture for storage of virtual machine systems and data

Barracuda discusses channel overhaul 

At its Discover 19 event, Barracuda talked about the restructure of its channel and the effects of simplifying its partner programme, with a focus on training and certifications to help partners reach the right level

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    For all the benefits possible through virtualization projects, many server virtualization projects have been discontinued when organizations run into challenges. Most organizations rarely are able to virtualize more than 20% of their IT infrastructures due to problems mapping, diagnosing and troubleshooting storage devices.

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    Winning storage use cases in the Computer Weekly European Awards


    Antony Adshead takes a look at what made the winning entries stand out from the crowd in the Computer Weekly European User Awards.

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    • Further education college graduates to near all-virtual with Dell Compellent SAN
    • Angry Birds firm handles massive growth with Riak NoSQL database
    • Movie FX house gets Avere NAS caching for Gravity production
    • Cancer Research boosts IOPS with EMC XtremSF PCIe flash


     

    The Computer Weekly European User Awards honours IT professionals across Europe that have excelled in their approach to using technology in Networking, Security, Software, Storage and Datacentres.     

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