Data Center

Observium review: a great UI, price, won’t run on Windows

Observium’s network monitoring software is mature platform with good documentation, but won’t export data from its Web interface.

A new telepresence robot takes the stage

Ava from Ava Robotics, a startup with deep technical ties to iRobot, brings her charming personality to the telepresence marketplace.

VMware’s vSAN 6.6 review

vSAN is an attractive, if expensive, choice for hyper-converged storage

Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem: Which is better?

This IT Central Station report compares real users’ feedback on Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE BladeSystem

FlexPod vs. Oracle Exalogic converged-infrastructure gear

What do users really think of all-flash arrays?

Read real users’ feedback on all-flash arrays courtesy of IT Central Station

How rack servers from HPE, Dell and IBM stack up

Beam me up and over — test-driving telepresence technology

Telepresence — the next best thing to being there — and sometimes better.

Turbonomic vs. VMware: Virtualization management tools compared

IT pros share their experiences working with Turbonomic and VMware vRealize Operations

VMware vs. Micro Focus: Network virtualization software compared

IT practitioners share what it’s like to work with two of the leading network virtualization platforms