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IDG Contributor Network: Gartner tips virtual data centers as future
As the amount of structured and unstructured data generated through digital growth increases, the need for places to put the stuff is also growing.And it’s going to be in Hyper-converged Integrated Systems (HCIS), according to Gartner analyst Michael Warrilow, speaking at Gartner’s Tech Growth and Innovation Conference in Los Angeles last week.Hyper-converged systems are where software tools are used on commoditized hardware. HCIS is the platform for shared computing and storage resources. It’s “based on software-defined storage, software-defined compute, commodity hardware and a unified management interface,” Gartner explains on its website.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here