| | November 20156CIOReviewCopyright © 2015 CIOReview. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewNOVEMBER 19 - 2015Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 November 19 - 2015, Vol 04 SE 101 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Server SpecialCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesT:510. 565. 7627Alex D'SouzaBrian JacksonJoe PhilipDerek JamesGeorge. Ngeorge.n@cioreview.comGeorge Thomasgeorge@cioreview.comVisualizersStephen ThomasSukirti AgnihotriManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeCIOs today are wading through an increasing number of IT solutions that are shaping the modern digital world ecosystem. One of the main constituents of this ecosystem is servers that are under-pinning almost the entire IT system. Meanwhile, as the CIOs have a tricky task of delivering the IT services their organizations require within the allocated budget, over time it involves having to de-liver more with less. That is one of the reasons why server virtualization has been so successful--it allows more virtual servers to be produced from a single physical one, and it ensures that the physical resources are uti-lized more effectively and efficiently. This also satisfies the need of customers who demand maxi-mum performance on giant workloads at minimal cost.But what about the physical servers themselves? Can organizations get more bang for their buck there as well? The good news is that yes, and the solution is already in use in very large organiza-tions like cloud providers. Driven by the zeal to cater to increasing demands, these organizations are exploring the open source technologies alongside virtualization and the nascent containerization concepts.Server technology today is being integrated with open source technologies such Software Defined Networking and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) to bring more transparency and agility into computing and networking domains. Further, network controllers, load balancers, and policy management are being trimmed to perfection to yield the best results for both the customers and the server vendors.The introduction of these new server infrastructures and platforms means that traditional tasks, such as virtualization and high-performance computing, along with business applications will be more and more accessible on the cloud, giving companies enhanced freedom. In the months ahead, businesses can expect to be given more flexibility from server suppliers, while new workloads are set to be addressed for the first time. On that note, we present to you a special edition on server technology. In this edition, we are featur-ing insights from thought leaders in this space along with a list of selected vendors who are success-fully overriding the challenges in this ecosystem with their innovative solutions.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comEditorialExploiting the True Potential of ServersSatyakam
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