What’s the big IT story of 2016 going to be? All fingers seem to be pointing at Bitcoin, along with the blockchain architecture that empowers its distributed nature. There are two reasons why Bitcoin ...

What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

It's rare to see an enterprise that relies solely on centralized computing. But there are nevertheless still many organizations that do keep a tight grip on their internal data center and eschew any ...

Where we are today is not hybrid cloud rebranded. Hybrid was a transition strategy. Distributed is an entirely new operating environment, where cloud infrastructure and services are physically located ...

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In recent months, the attention of the IT community has focused on the unpredictability of failures in large systems and the ...

Mediacom Communications first to deploy new Casa Systems DA2200 nodes as part of its 10G Smart Home, demonstrating the cable industry’s vision for future gigabit connectivity and symmetrical services ...