To cloud or not to cloud; new SDDC options with VMware; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | September 14, 2017 FEATURED STORY To avoid unclouding, consider five factors By Erica Mixon, Associate Site Editor Don't blindly hop on the cloud bandwagon. Develop a deep understanding of your infrastructure needs and ask the right questions to discover the best location for your workloads. (SearchDataCenter.com) Advertisement NEWS   Users seek higher-level analysis from Datadog deal An IT monitoring systems acquisition this week highlights a trend toward tool consolidation in large enterprises, and a thirst for better data insights. (SearchITOperations.com)   New private cloud choices give VMware shops SDDC options VMware shops eyeing a move to a managed private cloud have two new options, thanks to CenturyLink, Rackspace and VMware Cloud Foundation. (SearchDataCenter.com) EXPERT ADVICE   NVDIMM, DRAM advance toward software-defined memory Recent advancements around NVDIMM and DRAM suggest that expanded software-defined memory use is on the horizon for enterprise data centers. (SearchDataCenter.com)   VMware launches AppDefense to increase app security VMware AppDefense is an application monitoring system and cloud service that uses the VMware hypervisor to enhance security. (SearchVMware.com)   Manage Vagrant VMs with Ansible A Vagrant VM can be more easily managed by using the free IT automation software, Ansible. Master both Vagrant and Ansible with these strategies. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Learn version control basics for automated infrastructure The version control process gives an organization a meticulous record of all IT resource changes, as well as the opportunity to revert any failed updates. (SearchITOperations.com)   DevOps makes outsourced support difficult Keep the DevOps support help desk team up to speed on software updates to maintain smooth business operation through the barrage of rapid-fire software changes. (SearchITOperations.com)   Use Hyper-V PowerShell cmdlets to import and export VMs Import-VM and Export-VM are two useful PowerShell commands that can be used in place of Hyper-V Manager and SCVMM to import and export VMs. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   What kinds of affinity or anti-affinity rules exist? VM-host rules dictate affinity or anti-affinity between a VM group and host group, while VM-VM rules outline affinity or anti-affinity between VMs. (SearchVMware.com)   Best practices for fault-tolerant mainframe systems To support a growing number of apps, resiliency on a mainframe system is critical. Use these programming tips to make your mainframe more fault-tolerant. (SearchDataCenter.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Modern Infrastructure Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Data Center and Virtualization Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2016 TechTarget. All rights reserved.