Technology 101: Dell & Keep It Simple Stupid

I’ve been covering IT for quite a while, starting around the time of the first white-collar revolt back in 1981. Ironically enough, the personal computer uprising was primarily initiated by IBM, who at that time was the epitome of a buttoned-down, my-way-or-the-highway approach. Among the vendors jumping on the PC bandwagon was Dell, and for [...]

Top of the Channel

OK, actually we’re among the top when it comes to channel-friendly technology vendors that increase data center efficiency in an environmentally and economically friendly manner. This according to the highly respected channel publication CRN, which today announced Silver Peak is one of the “CRN 2012 Data Center 100.” The growth of ‘big data’, cloud-based infrastructures [...]

Virtualization Breaks Networking, Server, and Storage Silos

This year, 2011, has been an incredible year of technology innovation and change, and 2012 promises to be even more exciting as the dynamics of networking, server, and storage technology further evolve and become interconnected. During the next few weeks, I’ll outline some of my expectations of change and disruption for the coming year and [...]

Extending Virtual ‘WAN Op Anywhere’ to HP Switches

Continuing our mission to deliver WAN optimization anywhere, Silver Peak today announced  the availability of our VX virtual WAN optimization appliances on HP 5400zl and 8200zl switches. We made the announcement in conjunction with the opening of the VMworld Europe 2011 conference being held in Copenhagen this week. The Silver Peak integration leverages Silver Peak’s [...]

HP Pulls Data Center Class WAN Optimization Into HP AllianceONE

Silver Peak is now a formal member of the HP AllianceOne Technology Program. In addition, we have been sponsored by the HP alliance team to be members of the Networking Specialty area within this program.  HP has recognized that Silver Peak is a complementary partner to their portfolio, in particular, their networking and storage solutions. [...]