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5 alternatives to VMware vSphere virtualization platform

Network World

Enterprises running high-performance databases often require external storage arrays, and Nutanix has addressed that need by certifying storage with SAP HANA and Oracle RAC. Software features offered at no additional charge include high-availability clustering, built-in disaster recovery, replication and software-defined storage.

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Cloud Roundup: VMware, IBM, Oracle

Data Center Knowledge

VMware launches vCloud Hybrid service for disaster recovery, The Hartford selects IBM to build private cloud infrastructure, and Oracle adds database backup and storage cloud services to its portfolio of Platform and Infrastructure services. Cloud Computing IBM Oracle VMware'

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Enterprises reevaluate virtualization strategies amid Broadcom uncertainty

Network World

Equally, it is a focus of IT operational duties including workload provisioning, backup and disaster recovery. Standalone hypervisor There are a number of standalone hypervisors on the market, including Microsoft Hyper-V, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager, and open-source KVM.

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Buyer’s guide: Data protection for hybrid clouds

Network World

Data protection is a broad category that includes data security but also encompasses backup and disaster recovery, safe data storage, business continuity and resilience, and compliance with data privacy regulations. However, disaster recovery requires third-party integrations.

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Bin Dasmal’s CIO on sharpening an agile mindset to strengthen business outcomes

CIO Business Intelligence

The upgrade has allowed the business to optimize the total cost of ownership by approximately 25% to 30%, while deploying serves with the highest standards of security in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, shifting the cost model from CAPEX to OPEX. Why did you choose to work with Oracle above other providers?

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Cost still biggest driver for multicloud, study finds

CIO Business Intelligence

The study, commissioned by Oracle, looked at the activities of 1,500 enterprises around the world using IaaS or PaaS offerings, or planning to do so within the next six months. His choice of clouds — Oracle’s OCI and Microsoft’s Azure — was constrained by Reale’s reliance on Oracle’s Exadata platform.

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Flexential: Perfecting a platform methodology for enterprises’ multi-cloud future

CIO Business Intelligence

One platform – The FlexAnywhere Platform The result of the company’s platform design philosophy is the FlexAnywhere Platform , a seamlessly connected ecosystem that empowers enterprises to achieve their infrastructure goals in a highly flexible environment that can change as their hybrid, multi-cloud strategies evolve.