In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, the ability to deploy and manage server infrastructure efficiently is more than just a convenience—it's a competitive necessity. Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) emerges as a pivotal technology in this context, offering a...
UPDATE: At this time, this report has been swapped out for new Gartner research. RackN is a named vendor in the The Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for I&O Automation 2023. In fact, we were recognized in ten others as well (see the complete list below). Finally,...
RackN named in four Gartner Hype Cycles Last month, Gartner published 2022 Hype Cycle reports across several areas, including Compute, I&O Automation, ITSM, and Agile/DevOps [1-4]. Infrastructure Automation (IA) has been placed within the Peak of...
Last week, Broadcom announced its intention to acquire VMware. That has our industry wondering: what is the future of VMware? We know many RackN customers rely on VMware products, so we wanted to take a moment to explain how RackN helps secure and even strengthen your...
When you think about automation, what comes to your mind first? If you’re like most people, it’s the combination of provisioning and configuration automation. When you think about it, even though these actions are often done together, they are actually different types...
Our most successful customers embrace the concept of rebuilding their data center from scratch at any time. They often call this “repaving” their data center. However, it isn’t as hard as it sounds to repave a data center. Why Repave Your Data Center? A persistent IT...
If you're staring down a VMware price hike and reconsidering its use in your organizations’ infrastructure, you're not alone. We've been helping customers navigate this exact dilemma, and the alternatives to VMware have gotten clearer over the last year. Whether...
Recently, we’ve been focusing on Kubernetes Virtualization a lot, both behind the scenes with and in our content. Our latest complimentary Gartner® report offering, KubeVirt Will Require Radical Changes to Traditional I&O, is no different. The report, by analyst...
We recently conducted a survey to gauge interest in enterprises adopting Kubernetes on bare metal as an alternative to VMware. The results are in, and they’re pretty clear. There’s a strong push towards bare metal Kubernetes, but organizations are also very aware of...
Among the options available as alternatives to VMware, OpenShift stands out with its extra utility for developers. But the usefulness of OpenShift is a double-edged sword, creating issues when it's generalized. One of the key challenges we’ve seen is the tension...
Bare Metal is making a bold resurgence in the world of cloud-native Kubernetes. At the recent CNCF KubeCon, the spotlight on AI and virtualization brought Bare Metal infrastructure back into focus as a critical topic of discussion. Organizations are increasingly...
