AppTemplate: Data-Centric Infrastructure from NetApp

Data is fueling a new digital economy and compelling companies to rapidly adopt modern technologies such as Machine Learning, AI and Cognitive Science. Consequently, assembling the right blend of data from disparate sources using agile and flexible techniques like logical data warehousing to create purposeful, accessible insights is one of the greatest strategic tasks before us.

The Future of Virtualization project is an effort backed by the world's most important communications technology suppliers to create and deliver a single authoritative source for the entire virtualization ecosystem. This webinar will focus on the three indexes developed for the Future of Virtualization initiative – the Virtualized Deployment Index, the Virtualized Planning Index and the Virtualized Spending Index.

Containers have become the preferred application development and deployment platform for new applications in both enterprises and service providers. In addition, companies are also looking to repackage and deploy existing applications within container environments. However, one of the most common concerns brought up by CIOs, CSOs and infrastructure technologists alike, is that of potentially reduced security – especially when compared to VM platforms. The reality is quite different. Containers can be a vehicle for improving data center and application security, but it does take putting in the right processes and laying the right foundation.

While remote work may be at an all-time high, so is the scrutiny of corporate VPNs. SD-WAN services get all the network design attention, SAAS services get all the application platform attention, and a variety of cloud platforms are leading the way for file storage platforms. Once a bastion of network security, VPN scaling and security requires extensive planning and management.