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What is data architecture? A framework to manage data

CIO

Data architecture definition Data architecture describes the structure of an organizations logical and physical data assets, and data management resources, according to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF). An organizations data architecture is the purview of data architects. Cloud storage.

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Simplify your storage management by leveraging a universal storage layer

CIO

Many organizations spin up infrastructure in different locations, such as private and public clouds, without first creating a comprehensive architecture. Adopting the same software-defined storage across multiple locations creates a universal storage layer.

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Making your enterprise architecture framework work for you

CIO

More organizations than ever have adopted some sort of enterprise architecture framework, which provides important rules and structure that connect technology and the business. The results of this company’s enterprise architecture journey are detailed in IDC PeerScape: Practices for Enterprise Architecture Frameworks (September 2024).

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6 deadly sins of enterprise architecture

CIO

For all its advances, enterprise architecture remains a new world filled with tasks and responsibilities no one has completely figured out. Even at the lowest costs of cold storage offered by some of the cloud vendors, the little charges can be significant when the data is big. But all those gigabytes and petabytes add up.

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Accelerating generative AI requires the right storage

CIO

In generative AI, data is the fuel, storage is the fuel tank and compute is the engine. All this data means that organizations adopting generative AI face a potential, last-mile bottleneck, and that is storage. Novel approaches to storage are needed because generative AI’s requirements are vastly different.

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CIOs need a universal storage layer to manage multicloud complexities…here’s why.

CIO

In most IT landscapes today, diverse storage and technology infrastructures hinder the efficient conversion and use of data and applications across varied standards and locations. Multicloud architectures help organizations get access to the right tools, manage their cost profiles, and quickly respond to changing needs.

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Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure

TechCrunch

Fungible was launched in 2016 by Bertrand Serlet, a former Apple software engineer who sold a cloud storage startup, Upthere, to Western Digital in 2017, alongside Krishna Yarlagadda and Jupiter Networks co-founder Pradeep Sindhu. But its DPU architecture was difficult to develop for, reportedly, which might’ve affected its momentum.

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