The Rise of the Machines

Appliances in the datacentre IT appliances are increasingly being introduced into datacentres to perform a diverse set of tasks in place of general-purpose servers. In the era where commoditisation and consolidation are common trends, this runs contrary to much conventional wisdom. It’s our opinion that appliances offer a number of benefits: applied appropriately, they can greatly improve the performance, scalability, cost and environmental impact of corporate IT.

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Whose opinion?

Nig Greenaway

Nig has worked in the IT industry for over 35 years and has concentrated on solutions for central and local government since 1985. He is active in the industry standards area having worked on the UK’s e-Government Interoperability Framework since its inception and represents Fujitsu on a number of government and industry forums. In his spare time he enjoys playing guitar (although his family are less enthusiastic) and playing five-card crib.