Rackspace targets legacy servers; Top VMworld 2018 sessions; and more

Modern Infrastructure Digest News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | July 19, 2018 FEATURED STORY Rackspace continues its push into managed colocation By Ed Scannell, Senior Executive Editor Rackspace's managed colocation program lets customers move legacy servers into Rackspace's data centers. Once they are there, the vendor hopes IT pros will buy Rackspace's basket of add-on cloud and other managed services. (SearchDataCenter.com) Advertisement NEWS   Top 10 VMworld 2018 sessions to look forward to VMworld 2018 promises a tour of emerging technologies, established products, high level strategy and technical deep dives. Plan your conference around these top 10 VMworld 2018 sessions, which offer information on VMworld's multi-cloud strategy, NSX use cases and more. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Microsoft, Google cloud tools streamline K8s for devs Cloud platform providers want to help developers build applications on their cloud environments. Enter Microsoft Azure Dev Spaces and Google Jib, which make it easier to build apps using containers, Java and Kubernetes. (SearchCloudApplications.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Open source SIEM for the enterprise There are a variety of paid and open source options available on the SIEM market. With open source SIEM tools, admins can test functions without investing cash in a product. (SearchDataCenter.com)   VMware's history shapes future trajectory The history of VMware reveals a company capable of industry disruption, but also inflexibility; VMware pioneered server virtualization, but it was slow to adapt to the cloud. To see where this influential company might go next, study its history and examine its approach to new technologies. (SearchVMware.com)   Save costs with a test lab, but be wary of limitations The advancement of software-defined technology enables infrastructure testing on the cheap, but IT administrators need to be wary of limitations. Evaluate the costs of different testing methods and explore which scale is right for you. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Log analytics tools show dexterity in APM Fueled by AIOps, major log analytics tools can replace or supplement application monitoring software. But APM tools are pushing into the logs space as well. (SearchITOperations.com)   Use automation tools that learn while they work Heuristic automation is designed to prevent an error, issue or attack from replicating across an entire IT deployment to wreak havoc. But heuristics is still immature in management tools, so beware of over-reliance on the technology. (SearchITOperations.com)   Windows Server 2016 debuts new Hyper-V file format Microsoft introduced a new format to Hyper-V that's useful for shared disks in guest clusters and clustering between VMs. Expert Nirmal Sharma explains the basics behind the Hyper-V VHD Set and how best to optimize it using PowerShell and Hyper-V Manager. (SearchServerVirtualization.com)   Plan around the VMware hardware compatibility list The VMware HCL updates with each major software version and regularly drops support for different hardware. Upgrading can be expensive, but it can only be delayed for so long. Consider your options and learn how to make outdated hardware useful again. (SearchVMware.com)   Choose between HCI or CI When choosing converged or hyper-converged infrastructure, consider scalability, risk tolerance and cost. Learn about the differences between converged and hyper-converged infrastructure appliances in this tip. (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 2018 TechTarget. All rights reserved.