Articles & Analysis
Cloud & Virtualization Management, Hyper-convergence, EUCWhats New in Cisco CloudCenter (guess what feature they have dropped..?)
Our CMP consultant, Ronald van Vugt has just published an updated evaluation of the latest release of Cisco CloudCenter (ver 4.8). Head over to the comparison to check out his evaluation of its capabilities which...
Thank You! Recognition for WhatMatrix Community – Runner Up at DCS awards 2017!!
We had a great night at the DCS Awards yesterday, coming Runner Up in the crowded Special Awards "Innovation" category - amazing!!! We wanted to say THANKS to everyone who supported our nomination and ongoing efforts,...
vSAN 6.6, HPE Simplivity 380, Cisco HyperFlex 2.1 updated in online SDS & HCI comparison!
Jump here to see the up-to-date analysis of top rated SDS & HCI products Jump here to see the "What SDS & HCI Platform Landscape Report" (free download)In our ongoing efforts to provide you with the industry's...
Distributed Systems for Cloud and Big Data – a Guide to Consistent Hashing
BY JUAN PABLO CARZOLIO - Freelance Software Engineer @ TOPTAL In recent years, with the advent of concepts such as cloud computing and big data, distributed systems have gained popularity and relevance.One such type of...
RightScale moves into Top3 in Cloud Management Platforms + “Welcome Sheldon Lee-Wen”
We are delighted to welcome Sheldon Lee-Wen to our growing band of community-consultants at WhatMatrix. Sheldon joins the team of consultants driving the comparison of Cloud Management Platforms. Sheldon has extensive...
“SDS & Hyper-Converged” Comparison updated with Nutanix AOS 5.1
A quick post to confirm the update of the Nutanix comparison listing with the capabilities added with AOS 5.1. You can select the 5.1 related editions from the dropdown menu at...
A Data Engineer’s Guide To Non-Traditional Data Storages
BY KEN HU - DATA SCIENTIST @ TOPTALData EngineeringWith the rise of big data and data science, many engineering roles are being challenged and expanded. One new-age role is data engineering. Originally, the purpose of...
Cisco committed to closing the (hyper-converged) gap with the competition
If you’ve read the WhatMatrix SDS/HCI Landscape Q1 2017 report, you will have noticed that Cisco HyperFlex had to 'up the game' a bit throughout 2017 in order to rival some of the competition’s broad functionality and...
Virtualization Comparison updated with latest Citrix XenServer 7.1 – check it out!
We are glad to announce the addition of XenServer 7.1 to the Virtualization Category - explore the popular XenServer and compare it with other Virtualization solutions here:...
A Guide to CloudKit: How to Sync User Data Across iOS Devices
BY PAUL YOUNG - FREELANCE SOFTWARE ENGINEER @ TOPTAL#Apple #CloudKit #iOS These days, modern mobile application development requires a well thought-out plan for keeping user data in sync across various devices. This is...