Source: https://expedient.com/tag/hyperscale-cloud/ # Archive of posts from ![Repurposing IT - How cloud-based VMware infrastructure enables better strategic focus](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/ph_blogPost.png) ## [Repurposing IT - How cloud-based VMware infrastructure enables better strategic focus](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-07-12-repurposing-it-how-cloud-based-vmware-infrastructure-enables-better-strategic-focus/) ![Doug Theis](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/doug-theis.jpg) Author[Doug Theis](#) Read Time 4 min Read How strategic is your IT team? Ask two questions to get a sense of your strategic value: Ask the employees in your organization whether they feel like Information Technology makes the organization run more effectively. As an IT professional, ask yourself whether your IT team helps your organization get the most out of its critical business applications. If... [Read Article](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-07-12-repurposing-it-how-cloud-based-vmware-infrastructure-enables-better-strategic-focus/) ![Hyperscale or Enterprise Cloud? Let Your Applications Decide – Part 2](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/ph_blogPost.png) ## [Hyperscale or Enterprise Cloud? Let Your Applications Decide – Part 2](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-06-18-hyperscale-or-enterprise-cloud-let-your-applications-decide-part-2/) ![Doug Theis](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/doug-theis.jpg) Author[Doug Theis](#) Read Time 4 min Read Hyperscale vs. Enterprise Cloud This is the second installment of a two-part blog post on the difference between “smart” and “dumb” applications. Part 2 covers the characteristics of “dumb applications” that are best suited to run on “smart hardware.” To learn more about “smart applications” (aka cloud native applications) running on “dumb hardware,” read Part 1. Dumb... [Read Article](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-06-18-hyperscale-or-enterprise-cloud-let-your-applications-decide-part-2/) ![Hyperscale or Enterprise Cloud? Let Your Applications Decide – Part I](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/ph_blogPost.png) ## [Hyperscale or Enterprise Cloud? Let Your Applications Decide – Part I](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-06-18-hyperscale-or-enterprise-cloud-let-your-applications-decide-part-i/) ![Doug Theis](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/doug-theis.jpg) Author[Doug Theis](#) Read Time 6 min Read Hyperscale vs. Enterprise Cloud While many think buying cloud services is as easy as choosing between AWS or Azure, educated buyers explore all the options – both hyperscale and enterprise clouds - and choose the environment that will maximize application performance while optimizing cloud spend. Often, this best-of-breed approach leads to complex multi-cloud and hybrid IT environments that... [Read Article](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-06-18-hyperscale-or-enterprise-cloud-let-your-applications-decide-part-i/) ![Learning from our Partners - Select Technology Vendors Present at Expedient's End-of-Year Meeting](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/ph_blogPost.png) ## [Learning from our Partners - Select Technology Vendors Present at Expedient's End-of-Year Meeting](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-01-14-three-key-vendor-partners-present-at-expedients-end-of-year-company-meeting/) ![Jonathan Rosenson](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/jon-rosenson.jpg) Author[Jonathan Rosenson](#) Read Time 2 min Read Executives from three major vendor partner companies presented perspective on their organization’s relationship with Expedient at our 2018 end-of-year company meeting. Participants included: Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy for Dell Technologies Vice President of Product Management, Cloud Software Business Unit for VMware Senior Director, Specialist Systems Engineering for Juniper Networks Each presentation showcased the... [Read Article](/knowledgebase/blog/2019-01-14-three-key-vendor-partners-present-at-expedients-end-of-year-company-meeting/) ![Key Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2018](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/ph_blogPost.png) ## [Key Takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2018](/knowledgebase/blog/2018-12-06-key-takeaways-from-aws-reinvent-2018/) ![Jonathan Rosenson](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/jon-rosenson.jpg) Author[Jonathan Rosenson](#) Read Time 4 min Read Nearly 50,000 technology professionals descended upon 6 convention centers in Las Vegas for this year’s AWS re:Invent conference to connect with peers and cloud experts for collaboration and learning about Amazon Web Services (AWS). Several team members from Expedient attended the week-long event to meet with partners and customers. The team participated in a variety of educational events including keynotes,... [Read Article](/knowledgebase/blog/2018-12-06-key-takeaways-from-aws-reinvent-2018/) ![Nobody Ever Got Fired for Buying Hyperscale... Until They Did](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/ph_blogPost.png) ## [Nobody Ever Got Fired for Buying Hyperscale... Until They Did](/knowledgebase/blog/2018-11-19-nobody-ever-got-fired-for-buying-hyperscale-until-they-did/) ![Doug Theis](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/doug-theis.jpg) Author[Doug Theis](#) Read Time 5 min Read One of the oldest and most well-known sayings in IT is “Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM.” The meaning is simple. Many IT leaders choose to play it safe when selecting vendors or products. By buying well-recognized brands, they feel that they are making a safe decision that won’t get them fired. Sadly, the same thinking is still prevalent... [Read Article](/knowledgebase/blog/2018-11-19-nobody-ever-got-fired-for-buying-hyperscale-until-they-did/) ![Expedient's Cloud Evolution - A Vision 5 Years in the Making](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/ph_blogPost.png) ## [Expedient's Cloud Evolution - A Vision 5 Years in the Making](/knowledgebase/blog/2018-09-13-expedient-cloud-evolution-a-vision-5-years-in-the-making/) ![AJ Kuftic](https://res.cloudinary.com/dvlpy3tua/image/upload/fl_sanitize/uploads/kuftic-aj.jpg) Author[AJ Kuftic](#) Read Time 5 min Read In 2013, Pat Gelsinger walked on stage at a capacity VMworld general session and introduced a vision for the next evolution of virtualization: the Software-Defined Data Center. A model where infrastructure provisioning would be disaggregated from the underlying hardware and defined simply by code. At the time, most people in the packed Moscone Center had very little concept of... 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