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TechCrunch+ roundup: Big Data’s cloud backlash, CVC pitch tips, de-risking hardware startups

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Soon after, when I worked at a publicly traded company, our on-prem data center was resilient enough to operate through a moderate earthquake. You need to make sure that the data you’re tracking is coming from the right types of people.” 10 tips for de-risking hardware products Thinking about pulling the plug on your startup?

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ODC-Noord: The Netherland’s northernmost government data center is committed to a zero carbon future

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One of four government data centers in the Netherlands, Overheidsdatacenter Noord (ODC-Noord), the northernmost facility of its kind in The Netherlands, is located in the picturesque city of Groningen. The migration to software-defined data centers was an important step in the right direction, but it’s just the beginning.

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A forensic look into cloud success with Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan

CIO

Andy Nallappan has had a long career in IT, including CIO roles, but his current job at Broadcom is managing the company’s external cloud platform, DevOps, and SaaS operations across multiple software divisions. If you run your operations the same way as when you operated in data centers, the cloud will be three to five times as expensive.”

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MetalSoft aims to help manage server infrastructure through automation

TechCrunch

It’s tough in the current economic climate to hire and retain engineers focused on system admin, DevOps and network architecture. MetalSoft allows companies to automate the orchestration of hardware, including switches, servers and storage, making them available to users that can be consumed on-demand.

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Broadcom’s Andy Nallappan on what cloud success really looks like

CIO

Andy Nallappan has had a long career in IT, including CIO roles, but his current job at Broadcom is managing the company’s external cloud platform, DevOps, and SaaS operations across multiple software divisions. In our hardware business, the COO runs the supply chain. DevOps, the tools used to build the software; 2.

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Understanding the Future of the Data Center Edge

Dzone - DevOps

With the adoption of Kubernetes and microservices, the edge has evolved from simple hardware load balancers to a full stack of hardware and software proxies that comprise API Gateways, content delivery networks, and load balancers.

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Top 8 IT certifications in demand today

CIO

Certifications are offered in a variety of topics such as collaboration, CyberOps, data centers, DevNet and automation, design, enterprise networking, and security. The CompTIA A+ 220-1001 exam covers mobile devices, networking technology, hardware, virtualization and cloud computing, and network troubleshooting.

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