Modern Infrastructure Digest | News and advice for creating tomorrow's data center | August 1, 2019 | | | | | FEATURED STORY | VMware lands on Google Cloud | By Chris Kanaracus and Ed Scannell | VMware's deal with Google follows a series of agreements between AWS, Google and VMware, and is the latest such deal among top-tier players to support each other's clouds. The question now is whether IBM and Microsoft will follow suit. (SearchCloudComputing.com) | | Advertisement | | | | | NEWS | | Acquisitions, CEO changes hint that backup is expanding | Backup trends in 2019 show an increased interest in expanding into security and data management. Numerous acquisitions, funding rounds and CEO changes have occurred in the backup world this year, and experts weigh in on the trends in backup we've already seen. (SearchDataBackup.com) | | | Steve Munford becomes Carbonite interim CEO | When former Carbonite CEO Mohamad Ali joined tech media company International Data Group, Steve Munford stepped in to become interim CEO. Carbonite's Q2 earnings report showed lower revenue from the data protection side of the business, but success from the recently acquired Webroot side. (SearchDataBackup.com) | | | | | EXPERT ADVICE | | Use log files to figure out why your ESXi host rebooted | There are a number of reasons why an ESXi host can unexpectedly reboot. When your ESXi host abruptly reboots, you can use ESXi host logs to unearth the potential causes -- such as a core dump or faulty hardware -- so you can troubleshoot the problem. (SearchVMware.com) | | Create reports that shed light on Office 365 user trends | Microsoft gives administrators access to many Office 365 reports that show the user trends for the different services, such as Exchange Online. These reports can help admins improve user adoption rates and tighten up potential security leaks. (SearchWindowsServer.com) | | | Use Ethernet to future-proof your infrastructure | As organizations increase the amount of data processing they do each day, some have started to require hyperscale data centers. Leaf-spine topologies, Ethernet and optics research drive the next generation of data center networking infrastructure. (SearchDataCenter.com) | | How hypervisor vendors' DR products, features stack up | The virtual disaster recovery market is seeing major changes in the types of vendors that offer DR products. Zerto and Veeam have conquered the DR market, but hypervisor vendors such as VMware and Nutanix have emerged, offering services with lower costs and better performance. (SearchServerVirtualization.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. | | |