Network World

Why KVM-over-IP is becoming the backbone of modern infrastructure management

As IT teams manage infrastructure across data centers, colocation facilities, and test labs, software-dependent remote access ...

The Best Ethernet Switches

If your router is short on ports, you can add more with one of the best Ethernet switches. These are my top picks from what I ...
EDN

Rapid scale-up in data center: The case for distributed optical circuit switching

Distributed optical circuit switching (dOCS) gives data center operators a rapid scale-up option while the rest of optical ...
Virtualization Review

Navigating the DRAM Crisis: Memory Tiering in vSphere 9

Tom Fenton examines how vSphere 9 Memory Tiering combines DRAM with enterprise NVMe storage to help organizations offset soaring memory costs, increase VM density and reduce server spending.
Control Global

When digital communications became safety-critical: How a network switch failure affected control system logic and operator situational awareness

How network infrastructure failures, such as switch misconfigurations, can cause significant operational and safety issues ...
Electronic Design

Scalable GaN-Based IQ Solid-State Transformer Architecture Eyes AI Data Centers

Enphase’s new SST architecture, which aligns with NVIDIA’s 800-V DC roadmap, uses a meshed array of sub-1-kV bidirectional ...
theregister

VMware revives its free ESXi hypervisor in an utterly obscure way

VMware has resumed offering a free hypervisor. News of the offering emerged in a throwaway line in the Release Notes for version 8.0 Update 3e of the Broadcom business unit's ESXi hypervisor. Just ...
GitHub

Automated VMware Cloud Foundation Import Lab Deployment

This script automates the deployment of a functional vSphere and vSAN enironment that is managed by a vCenter Server (VCSA) appliance, which the script will deploy including the SDDC Manager appliance ...