Paul Rubens

Paul Rubens is a technology journalist based in England and is a Datamtion and eSecurity Planet contributor.

Three Forces Driving Edge Computing

The fuse has been burning for several years, but now, in 2021, edge computing is about to explode in enterprise adoption. The cause? Three things: the virus pandemic, 5G networking, and the...

Big Data Visualization

Big Data visualization calls to mind the old saying: “a picture is worth a thousand words.” That's because an image can often convey "what's going on", more...

What is Software as a Service (SaaS)?

Of all the various services offered via cloud computing, from storage to security to backup, it's Software as a Service (SaaS) that has proven to be the...

Hadoop and Big Data Without Storage Headaches

Given the storage needs of Big Data, many things can be the cause of storage headaches, but few are as likely to cause more acute ones than...

10 Reasons Why Disaster Recovery Plans Fail

When Hurricane Sandy struck the Atlantic coast in October 2012, Allied Building Products' data center in New Jersey was submerged in four feet of water in a...

Microsoft’s Virtualization Offering Marches Forward

The competition in the red-hot virtualization market is only getting fiercer, as Microsoft moves to elbow in and grab more share from VMware. The server virtualization market...

Windows 8 Touts Workstation Virtualization

Based on Windows 8, virtualization -- once the province of businesses with big bucks -- will become a default option for mainstream computing. Paul Rubens discusses the...

The Microsoft-VMware Virtualization Battle

In the virtualization market, VMware certainly had the first-mover advantage over Microsoft, yet the Redmond giant appears focused on closing the gap. Tech pundit Paul Rubens calls...

Virtualization’s Benefit is…Security? Really?

Some industry observers view virtualization as a factor that lessens security. But not a new start-up launched by some savvy insiders. Paul Rubens details the new idea....

Building the Optimal Private Cloud Computing Deployment

Private cloud computing deployments are getting a lot of attention as companies see the benefit of an in-house cloud infrastructure. Paul Rubens discusses the building blocks of...

The True Cost of a vSphere Deployment

Virtualization saves money -- or so we're told. But how much does it save (if any) and how do we calculate the true costs? Paul Rubens discusses...

Citrix and Microsoft Gain on VMware

VMware has clearly held the top spot in the burgeoning virtualization market, running ahead of competitors Citrix and Microsoft. Yet the race appears to be shifting, reports...

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