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IT InfrastructureBuyers Guide

Our guide to your IT essentials this spring

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR)

What's next for Big Data?

Wire in the blood.

Organisations are advised to start taking steps to immunise themselves sooner rather than later…

Big Data has never really done itself too many favours but there are indications that Big Data may at last be building to a head…

Wireless mobile infrastructure can no longer be regarded as bolt-on afterthought. But why is it taking it so long?

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ARTICLEBig Data:The House that Lack Built?... p16-17

ARTICLEGDPR: An ounce ofprevention ... p4-5

Contents

VENDOR PRODUCT PAGE

APCPower Management 24

UPS 24

CiscoNetwork Switches 6

Wireless Access Points 7

Crucial Server Memory 10

Dell EMCServers 12

All-Flash Storage 13

Eaton Power Management 25

Lenovo Servers 11

Mellanox

Network Adaptor Cards 9

Network Cables 9

Network Switches 9

Transceivers 9

Polycom Video Conferencing 19

ProLabs Transceivers 8

Seagate Hard Drives 14

SynologyAll-Flash Storage 15

NAS Servers 15

Vertiv Infrastructure Technology 18

VMwareHyper-Convergence 22-23

Virtual SAN 23

Vendor Index

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CONTACT USInsight contacts ... p27

ARTICLEWire in the blood ... p20-21

ARTICLEBig Data:The House that Lack Built?... p16-17

All-Flash Storage 13, 15

Hard Drives 14

Hyper-Convergence 22-23

Infrastructure Technology 18

NAS Server 15

Network Adaptor Cards 9

Network Cables 9

Network Switches 6, 9

Power Management 24-25

Server Memory 10

Servers 11-12

Transceivers 8-9

UPS 24-25

Video Conferencing 19

Virtual SAN 23

Wireless Access Points 7

Product Index

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GDPR: An ounce of prevention…

With General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) set to challenge the health of data repositories everywhere, organisations are advised to start taking steps to immunise themselves sooner rather than later…


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So here’s a comparison you probably won’t read elsewhere: GDPR is a lot like another infamous four-letter acronym. MRSA.

No-one had even heard of if a few years ago, it sounds kind of innocuous, but it’s going to get everywhere, potentially impact everyone, ignoring it is dangerous, and moving forward it’s going to be critical to the health of businesses the world over.

Unsurprisingly in the circumstances, GDPR is getting plenty of publicity. However, in the unlikely event you thought it stood for G** D***ed Public Relations or something, let’s go over the key points again.

By far and away the largest and most all-encompassing shake-up of European data protection rules to date (and as its name suggests) the GDPR is concerned with the protection of personal information.

Comprised of upwards of 50 Articles – all of which have far-reaching implications relating to the use and storage of personal data – it’s all about protecting the rights the individual concerning when, how and even whether their personal information is stored and used, and who has access to it.

Which brings us to what seems like a good place to clear up one or two myths.

First, necessity. Given the increasingly digital nature of today’s information landscape, and despite sniping in certain quarters, such legislation is not just required but probably long overdue.

Second, applicability. Unless your business stores no electronic information whatsoever, pertaining to anyone, from almost anywhere (and that would make it pretty much unique), GDPR is going to affect you. Definitely.

Third, compliance. Which is both mandatory and critical. Potentially to the tune of millions of Euros in punitive fines.

Lastly, exemptions. Specifically exemptions pertaining to Brexit. And let’s be especially clear on this point. To all intents and purposes there are none. Even assuming it actually happens, Brexit will absolutely NOT, as some have supposed, let UK companies off the legislative hook. GDPR applies to non-member countries trading within the EU as well. In other words, come 2018, we’ll need to comply too.

(Remember also, that even if Article 50 should be invoked, it’s likely to be many years before the UK makes a full and final official withdrawal.)

Given GDPR’s evident breadth, complexity, and scope of influence, the Information Commissioners Office recommends formulating a compliance strategy as soon as possible, and this is sound advice. But where to even start?

There are, in fact, a number of immediate steps organisations can take to begin staving off potential issues, to identify where the key data resides, and to get a handle on what their obligations are as regards handling and managing it.

Let Insight help you prepare for this challenge. Talk to one of our experts today who can guide you to the best solutions and services to help your organisation through these new regulations. Call now on 0844 846 3333

STEP 1. What is ‘personal’ data exactly and do we have any?

In the context of the new laws ‘personal data’ is any data that relates to a ‘data subject’ (i.e. a person) who can be directly or indirectly identified on the basis of that data, including device identifiers, cookies, and IP addresses. The business therefore needs not only a clear knowledge and visibility of all such data under its control, but to be able to demonstrate an understanding of the potential risks to that data how these risks might be mitigated.

STEP 2. Does GDPR apply to me?

While we’ve already covered this (the answer being a resounding yes) it is worth mentioning some of the key terminology that impacts its applicability. In addition to ‘personal data’ for instance, this includes concepts such as ‘territorial scope’, ‘the right to erasure’ (aka the right to be forgotten), ‘data subject access requests’, ‘data protection impact assessment (DPIA)’, ‘data portability’ and ‘consent’. The glossary of terms on eugdpr.org provides definitions and more information.

STEP 3. Okay, so we have ‘personal data’, but where is it precisely?

As crucial to compliance as knowing what ‘personal data’ you have, will be knowing where it is. This will demand a quite granular analysis of the data stored in corporate repositories (on premise and in-cloud), on employees’ personal devices, even as hard copies in filing cabinets. Firms will also need details of personal data being stored by their suppliers, sub-contractors, and partners or by any other parties processing such data on their behalf.

Step 4. Get it mapped

Organisations should then draw up a data ‘map’ – a 360 degree view of every piece of physical and digital information across the enterprise – which means they can locate, assess and monitor any item of personal data quickly and easily.

Step 5. Classify and understand it.

Now you know where it is, but what are you allowed to do with it? How long can you keep it? Keeping retention policies up to date so that they properly reflect your legal, regulatory and contractual obligations is essential. As is destroying personal data, when required to do so, in an appropriate manner.

STEP 6. Promote awareness and stay awake.

From employees to contractors to suppliers, the whole business needs to be made and kept aware of its obligations. Retention policies need to be kept fluid, dynamic, and responsive, and to be seen to be.

Above all though, get on top of it now.

Four-letter acronyms are quite bad enough.

Don’t let GDPR become a four-letter word.



To see the full suite of products and solutions available from Cisco please visit the online webshop at uk.insight.com/shop/cisco

Unify your Wired and Wireless NetworksWhat are Cisco Catalyst 3850 Switches?Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series switches are the industry’s first Gigabit Ethernet switches to integrate wired and wireless LAN networking and management capabilities in a single platform. This integration, combined with Cisco Identity Services Engine and Cisco Prime Infrastructure, forms the foundation of Cisco Unified Access. Cisco Unified Access is the ability to set and enforce consistent management policies across both LAN and WLAN network domains from a single system. Cisco sums up these Cisco Unified Access capabilities using the slogan, “One Policy. One Management. One Network.”

The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch family includes both gigabit access switches and new gigabit Small-Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) fibre switches. The fibre switches are suited to aggregation and fibre-to-the-desktop applications. Both access and fibre switches run the same software, with the same features, and the same Cisco Unified Access management platform. They are fully stackable together for up to 480 Gbps of bandwidth.

Best-in-Class Stackable Access SwitchThe Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch currently offers superior 480 Gbps stacking bandwidth to meet network demand, including gigabit desktop and 802.11ac wireless. The switch delivers advanced capabilities such as a high-performance 24 and 48 port Gigabit Ethernet (GE) switch, 480 GB stacking, Power over Ethernet Plus, StackPower, and Flexible NetFlow on all ports. In addition, Catalyst 3850 Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) fiber switch models are now available that support both stacked and standalone aggregation. This provides easier management and feature consistency.

Converged Wired and Wireless Access

The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switch brings Cisco IOS excellence to wireless by extending wired infrastructure features, resiliency, granular QoS, and scalability. It provides built-in wireless controller capabilities with 40 G wireless throughput, support for 50 access points and 2000 wireless clients per switch or stack, and support for 802.11ac.

WITH LAN BASE SOFTWARE - PRICES FROM

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WS-C3850-24T-L 24 350 W / no PoE 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE Yes* 0001824668 £1952.99

WS-C3850-48T-L 48 350 W / no PoE 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE 4 x 10 GE Yes* 0001824666 £3348.99

WS-C3850-24P-L 24 PoE+ 715 W / 435 W 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE Yes* 0001824665 £2071.99

WS-C3850-48P-L 48 PoE+ 715 W / 435 W 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE 4 x 10 GE Yes* 0001824662 £3588.99

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WS-C3850-24T-S 24 350 W / no PoE 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE Yes 0001824663 £2440.99

WS-C3850-48T-S 48 350 W / no PoE 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE 4 x 10 GE Yes 0001827288 £4316.99

WS-C3850-24P-S 24 PoE+ 715 W / 435 W 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE Yes 0001827290 £2519.99

WS-C3850-48P-S 48 PoE+ 715 W / 435 W 4 x 1 GE 2 x 10 GE 4 x 10 GE Yes 0001827289 £4494.99

* LAN Base models require purchase of a separate StackPower cable.

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What primary problems do the Catalyst 3850 Switches solve?

They reduce the management complexity and cost of LAN operations. Instead of running two parallel networks (wired and wireless), you can now run just one.

They increase your productivity and business efficiency. The Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches offer robust and resilient wired and wireless networking to meet your business needs, including gigabit desktop connections and 802.11ac wireless communications.

They future-proof your switch investments and introduce software-defined networking (SDN) capabilities beyond the data centre. They achieve this through the Cisco Unified Access Data Plane (UADP) ASIC, which also allows the switches to evolve to support new protocols as they emerge.

Catalyst 3850 Switch features

40 Gbps Uplink Bandwidth

FRU fans, Power Supplies

Stackpower

480 Gbps Stacking Bandwidth

Up to 50 APs/2000 clients per stack, and 40G per switch

Wireless CAPWAP

Termination

Granular QoS/ Flexible NetFlow

Line Rate on all Ports

Full POE+

Up to 2000 clients per stack

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Don't be stuck behind the competition with an old, outdated wireless network. Upgrade to the new 802.11ac Wave 2 wireless access points, and enjoy the fastest wireless speeds available today.

Customers pay for purchases with their smartphones. Schoolchildren read textbooks on tablets. Wireless video cameras monitor security. Employees no longer bother to plug in Ethernet cables.

Wireless usage like this is only going to accelerate as Internet of Things (IoT) traffic from billions of devices and new mobile apps hits the airwaves. By 2019 the majority of fixed IP traffic will be Wi-Fi (53 percent), exceeding wired traffic by 21 percent. How can you keep pace with this surge in Wi-Fi traffic?

Cisco can help. Our 802.11ac Wave 2 access points support the very latest Wi-Fi standard technology. Transmitting data at speeds beyond 1 Gbps, they provide the performance and functionality you need to support mobility for your customers and employees into the future.

Accelerate your business with a digital-ready wireless network. Which solution is right for you?

Cisco Aironet 2800 Series • Designed for medium-sized to large enterprises

• Supports 802.11ac Wave 2

• Offers innovations for high-density environments

• Cisco Mobility Express and controller based

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Cisco Aironet 1832i AC1200 Controller Based Dual-Band WiFi PoE Access Point (1200Mbps) AIR-AP1832I-E-K9 0005079296 £251.99

Cisco Aironet 1832i AC1200 Controller Based Dual-Band WiFi PoE Access Point with Mobility Express (1200Mbps)

AIR-AP1832I-E-K9C 0005079078 £251.99

Cisco Aironet 1852i AC2300 Controller Based Dual-Band WiFi Access Point (2300Mbps) AIR-AP1852I-E-K9 0004733977 £361.99

Cisco Aironet 1852i AC2300 Controller Based Dual-Band WiFi Access Point with Mobility Express (2300Mbps)

AIR-AP1852I-E-K9C 0005079116 £357.99

Cisco Aironet 2802i AC1300 Controller Based Dual-Band WiFi Access Point (1300 Mbps) AIR-AP2802I-E-K9 0005898604 £489.99

Cisco Aironet 2802i AC1300 Controller Based Dual-Band WiFi Access Point with Mobility Express (1300 Mbps)

AIR-AP2802I-E-K9C 0006098405 £489.99

Cisco Aironet 1850 Series • Designed for small to medium-sized networks


• Supports flexible deployment models


Cisco Aironet 1830 Series • Low-cost AP for small to medium-

sized networks


• Supports flexible deployment models


Cisco Wireless 802.11ac Wave 2 - Optimised, Simple, Secure

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ProLabs SFP-10G-SR-C and SFP-10G-LR-CProLabs Compatible SFP+

Product Name SFP-10G-SR-C SFP-10G-LR-C

Compatible to SFP-10G-SR SFP-10G-LR

Form Factor SFP+ SFP+

Transmission Mode Multimode Fiber Single Mode Fiber

Reach 300m 10km

Data Rate 10G 10G

Application 10GBASE-SR 10GBASE-LR

Wavelength 850nm 1310nm

Cable Connector Dual LC Dual LC

Optical Output Power -7dBm to -1dBm -8dBm to 0.5dBm

Receiver Sensitivity -12.5dBm -14.4dBm

DOM (Digital Optical Monitoring)

Enabled Enabled

Designed For� Various switches Various switches

Product Code 0003733091 0005995199

PRICE EX VAT £144.99 £286.99

Product Name EX-SFP-10GE-SR-C EX-SFP-10GE-LR-C

Compatible to EX-SFP-10GE-SR SFP-10G-LR



Reach 300m 10km

Data Rate 10G 10G







Enabled Enabled

Designed For� Juniper EX 3200 Juniper EX 3200; 4200

Product Code 0002621021 0002672870

PRICE EX VAT £143.99 £286.99

Product Name 10G-SFPP-SR-C 10G-SFPP-LR-C

Compatible to 10G-SFPP-SR 10G-SFPP-LR



Reach 300m 10km

Data Rate 10G 10G







Enabled Enabled

Designed For� ProLabs Brocade Various switches�

Product Code 0005995133 0005995132

PRICE EX VAT £143.99 £286.99

Product Name J9150A-C J9151A-C

Compatible to J9150A J9151A



Reach 300m 10km

Data Rate 10G 10G







Enabled Enabled

Designed For� Various switches Various switches

Product Code 0005995193 0005995194

PRICE EX VAT £132.99 £264.99

ProLabs Optical TransceiversProLabs offers an extensive range of optical and copper transceivers to fit your requirements. All transceivers are standards-based and comply with the MSA (Multi-Source Agreement). Transceivers range from 100BASE-FX to 100Gb products and cover optical and copper transceivers such as GBIC, SFP, Xenpak, X2, XFP, SFP+, QSFP and CFP.

ProLabs EX-SFP-10GE-SR-C and EX-SFP-10GE-LR-CProLabs Juniper Compatible SFP+

ProLabs 10G-SFPP-SR-C and 10G-SFPP-LR-CProLabs Brocade Compatible SFP+

ProLabs J9150A-Cand J9151A-CProLabs Compatible SFP+

To see the full suite of products and solutions available from ProLabs please visit the online webshop at uk.insight.com/shop/prolabs

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To see the full suite of products and solutions available from Mellanox please visit the online webshop at uk.insight.com/shop/mellanox


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SN2000 SeriesMellanox SpectrumTM -based 10/25/40/50/100GbE Open Ethernet Switches

The SN2000 switches provide the most predictable, highest density 100GbE switching platforms for the growing demands of today’s data centres.

The SN2000 switch series is an ONIE (Open Network Install Environment) based platform for allowing a multitude of operating systems to be mounted on it and utilising the advantages of Open Networking and the capabilities of the Mellanox Spectrum™ ASIC.

ConnectX-4 Lx EN Adaptor Card2.5 Times the Bandwidth for the Same Cost as Other 10GbE Adapter Cards

Mellanox ConnectX®-4 Lx EN 10/25/40/50 Gigabit Ethernet Adaptor Cards supporting RDMA, Overlay Networks Encapsulation/Decapsulation and more.

ConnectX-4 Lx EN provides an unmatched combination of 10, 25, 40, and 50GbE bandwidth, sub-microsecond latency and a 75 million packets per second message rate. It includes native hardware support for RDMA over Converged Ethernet, Ethernet stateless offload engines, Overlay Networks, and GPUDirect® Technology.

The adaptor reduces application runtime, and offers the flexibility and scalability to make infrastructure run as efficiently and productively as possible.

LinkX™ Cables and TransceiversThe Mellanox LinkX product family of cables and transceivers provides the industry’s most complete line of 10, 25, 40, 50 and 100Gb/s interconnect products for Cloud, Web 2.0, Enterprise, telco, and storage data centres applications.

Products are available in both Ethernet and InfiniBand protocols and SFP & QSFP form factors.

• Freedom of NOS choice, no vendor lock-in

• A predictable data centre

• Zero Packet Loss

• Future proof solution; enhanced scalability

• Support speeds of 10/25/40/50 and 100 GbE

Open networks. Future proof solutions.The demand for more computing power, efficiency and scalability is constantly accelerating in the HPC, Cloud, Web 2.0, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and Storage markets. To address these demands Mellanox provides complete end-to-end solutions (silicon, adaptor cards, switch systems, cables and software) supporting InfiniBand and Ethernet networking technologies.

DAC splitter cables & adaptors

LinkX has solutions for any data centre speed and reach from 0.5m to 10km providing lower latency, lower power, and better ROI than many competitors.

Copper Direct Attach Cables (DAC)

Active Optical Cables (AOCs) Multi-mode and single-mode transceivers - including Silicon Photonics.

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Crucial ECC Registered DIMM - DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) 288pinEnhance Server Reliability

Crucial server memory is extensively tested to mission-critical standards and backed by a limited lifetime warranty.

• Up to 20% more energy efficient than 4Gb-based modules

• Validated for the latest Intel® Xeon® processor product families

• Compatible with OEM servers and warranties

• Quality tested to mission-critical server standards

Crucial 32GB Load Reduced DIMM - DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) 288pinCrucial® LRDIMMs eliminate channel ranking limitations

Crucial® LRDIMMs eliminate channel ranking limitations, enabling more memory bandwidth and energy efficiency than standard RDIMMs.

Crucial 4GB RDIMM - DDR3L 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) 240pinGet more out of your current infrastructure

Maximising a server’s installed memory capacity with high-density Crucial® RDIMMs, you can quickly and affordably make your network faster and more efficient.

Crucial RDIMM - DDR3L 1600 MT/s (PC3-12800) 240pinGet more out of your IT budget

Designed for leading platforms, compatible with OEM systems and warranties, and backed by a limited lifetime warranty, Crucial RDIMMs make it easy to maximise server deployments by maximising memory capacity.

• Increases server performance

• Optimised for the latest Intel® Xeon® processor product families

• Compatible with OEM servers and OEM warranties

• Operates at 1.35V

£ 136 99ex VAT

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Capacity: 16GB

£ 71 99ex VAT

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Capacity: 8GB

• Higher component densities enable greater installed memory capacity per server

• 100% component and module tested to mission-critical server standards

• Compatible with OEM servers and warranties

• Get more out of your IT budget with Crucial RDIMMs

• Speed up server applications

• Run more virtual machines

• Increase overall system reliability with ECC parity.

£ 82 99ex VAT

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Capacity: 8GB

£ 131 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0002090782

Capacity: 16GB

£ 310 99ex VAT

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Capacity: 32GB

£ 36 99ex VAT

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Capacity: 4GB

Increase the performance of your servers

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Lenovo ThinkServer TS140 If your business is moving up from a desktop environment to its first server, you'll find everything you need in the TS140 - an affordable, durable server with impeccable productivity and manageability features.

• 1 x Intel® Xeon® E3-1226V3 / 3.3GHz (3.7GHz) (Quad-Core)

• 4GB (installed) / 32GB (max)

• 1 x 1TB Hard Drive

• 1 year warranty

World-Class Servers for World-Class BusinessesDrive your business forward with a server that matches your needs. Reduce costs and complexity by investing in a system that handles today's workload and expands to accommodate future growth.

To see the full suite of products and solutions available from Lenovo please visit the online webshop at uk.insight.com/shop/lenovo

£ 414 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0004227615

Lenovo System x3550The System x3550 M5 is a cost- and density-balanced 1U, dual-socket business-critical server, offering improved performance and pay-as-you grow flexibility along with amazing features that improve server management capability. The energy-smart design with powerful high-performance processors, a large capacity of

£ 1078 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0005987610

Lenovo System x3650With the powerful, versatile x3650 M5 rack server, you can run even more enterprise workloads, 24/7, and gain faster business insights. Integrated with powerful processors, fast DDR4 memory, and massive storage capacity, the x3650 M5 helps your business.

• 1 x Intel® Xeon® E5-2620V4 / 2.1GHz (3GHz) (8-core)


• Hot-swap 2.5" drive bays

• 3 year warranty

£ 1231 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0006128997




• 3 year warranty

high-performing DDR4 memory, and an improved feature set are ideal for business-critical applications and cloud deployments.Combining balanced performance and flexibility, the System x3550 M5 is a great choice for small and medium businesses and up to the large enterprise.

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Dell EMC PowerEdge T20 The quiet and compact PowerEdge T20 mini tower server packs large internal storage capacity and capable performance designed to deliver efficient and worry-free operation in your small or home office.

• Intel® Xeon® E3-1225V3 / 3.2 GHz (3.6 GHz) (Quad-Core)



• 1 year warranty

£ 346 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0004477929

Dell EMC PowerEdge R630Maximise data centre efficiency with an ultra-dense virtualisation or database engine that supports up to 24 flash SSDs in a 1U chassis. The R630 can be easily configured as a reliable, general-purpose server for business-critical applications, with automated management and high-availability features

• 1 x Intel® Xeon® E5-2630V3 / 2.4GHz (3.2GHz) (8-core)

• 16GB DDR4 SDRAM

• 1 x 300GB (hot-swap) Hard Drive

• 3 year warranty

Dell EMC PowerEdge R730Optimise and accelerate your workloads.

Adapt to virtually any workload with a scalable server featuring an optimal mix of memory, storage, processing and GPUs.




• 3 year warranty

Dell EMC PowerEdge T130Powerful, compact, agile. Powerful 1-socket, mini-tower first server for small office/home office and SMB to consolidate data and drive applications faster.

• Intel® Xeon® E3-1220V5 / 3GHz (3.5GHz) (Quad-Core)



• 3 year warranty

£ 707 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0005450347

£ 1297 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0006214490

Meet the newest Dell EMC PowerEdge serversThe next generation of Dell EMC™ PowerEdge™ servers offers an industry-leading server platform with unmatched systems management capabilities, workload-optimised storage and versatile configurations so applications - and businesses - run better.

To see the full suite of products and solutions available from Dell EMC please visit the online webshop at uk.insight.com/shop/emc

£ 1681 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0005988612

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To see the full suite of products and solutions available from Dell EMC please visit the online webshop at uk.insight.com/shop/emc

¹ Modernize with All-Flash brochure. http://www.emc.com/collateral/brochure/h15054-modernize-with-all-flash.pdf

² XtremIO Ranks #1: The Research Proves It http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/emc xtremio-ranks-1-research-proves-it.pdf

u 50% or more lower TCO, CAPEX and OPEX1

u 99.9999%1 always-on availability1

u 6x more data storage than traditional disk-based storage systems1

Dell EMC's family of industry-leading All-Flash products are purpose-built with the most advanced features available. They're designed to push your business in the only direction that matters: forward.

Accelerate your IT transformation with the #1 All-Flash market leader2 — Dell EMC.

Accelerate applications and business results with All-Flash

All-Flash is fast becoming the foundation of the modern data centre. See how high-performance storage can be simple, flexible and affordable with Dell EMC’s broad All-Flash portfolio.

From entry-level to enterprise, we’ve got the offerings and expertise to help you match the right All-Flash solution, powered by Intel®, to your workloads. Take advantage of advanced technology that delivers reliable low-latency performance and sharpens your competitive edge with these benefits:

Take the Leap to the Modern Data Centre with Dell EMC All-Flash Storage

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Versatile. Fast. Dependable.Providing killer speed, quality and the highest capacities for both desktop and mobile computing. With huge capacities up to 10TB and 7,200 RPM, BarraCuda Pro provides that extra kick.

• Perfect for photos and gaming

• Slim, sleek mobile storage solutions

• Performance enhancing Multi-Tier Caching Technology™

• Run applications superfast

• 5 year warranty (BarraCuda Pro)

To see the full suite of products and solutions available from Seagate please visit the online webshop at uk.insight.com/shop/seagate

The Guardian Series - Specialised Drives

Tough. Ready. Scalable.For everything NAS! IronWolf is enhanced with AgileArray technology for optimal reliability and agility. Multi-user technology and extreme workload rates allow IronWolf to perform and scale up with your enterprise.

• Multi-bay and NAS-ready for growth

• RAID optimised maximising responsiveness

• Advanced power management saves energy

• Confidently upload and download data

• Workload up to 300TB/year

Smart. Safe. Secure.Don’t miss a thing! Engineered for 24/7 video recording, enhanced by ImagePerfect™ firmware for smooth, clear video streaming. SkyHawk storage keeps you in the frame and scales with your needs.

• Supports up to 64HD cameras

• 180TB/year workload rating

• 3× the workload rating of desktops

• Stores over 2,000 hours of HD video

• Capacities up to 10TB

AVAILABLE IN500GB-10TBCAPACITIES

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£ 40 99ex VAT

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£ 54 99ex VAT

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Synology FlashStation FS3017Synology's first All-Flash NAS solution

Synology RackStation RS18017XS+Synology's largest RackStation

Synology DiskStation DS3617xsSynology's largest desktop NAS

£ 10865 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0006775275

£ 4084 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0006849505

Synology's latest business NAS devices

Synology RackStation RS4017XS+Synology's first 3U RackStation

£ 4209 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0006849458

£ 1883 99ex VAT

ASK FOR: 0006775274

• Intel® Xeon®, Quad Core 2.2 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz CPU

• Scales up to 360TB

• Certified for VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V, and OpenStack

• Covered by a 5 year warranty & SRS

• Intel® Xeon®, Quad Core 2.2 (base) / 2.7 (turbo) GHz CPU

• 16GB DDR4 ECC, expandable to 128GB


• Supports VMware, Windows, Citrix & OpenStack Cinder


• 2 x Intel® Xeon®, Six Core 2.4GHz CPU





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Dogged with growing pains and largely flattering to deceive through its formative years, there are indications that Big Data may at last be building to a head…

Big Data has never really done itself too many favours has it?

Least of all by giving itself a big build up by calling itself something like Big Data.

Big Data. It just sounds well, Big doesn’t it? But like a great many ‘world-changing’ technology ideas before it, the truth is that while it has promised much, it has so far delivered relatively little in terms of real and measureable results – at least seen in the context of the initial hype.

In understanding why, it is useful to look at it, says one commentator, in terms of architecture. Though civil architecture as opposed to the data variety:

“Louis Sullivan, a famed architect of early skyscrapers, is generally thought about as someone who managed to design buildings in both an innovative and practical way.

“Credited with the statement ‘form ever follows function’, he used this mantra as a guiding principle, and it helped him create buildings that catered both to aesthetics and practicalities such as how space would be utilised and the services that it would need to deliver to the people using it. As a result, many of his creations have stood the test of time and remain in use today. Indeed, many are considered treasures of architectural practice.”

“But imagine a building of which the opposite was true. One that, having been first unveiled, receives all kinds of construction industry accolades for reflecting say, the style of the era, and becomes celebrated for its boldness and artistic merit.”

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“People’s high opinions of this building would soon change to disappointment, frustration and annoyance if they discovered that it couldn’t deliver on basic needs like power, heat, light, water, security, easy access to key areas and facilities; elevator services to the higher floors.”

And unfortunately, it seems, such a situation has too often been the case when it’s come to early attempts at Big Data projects. Too many apparently having been built not on Sullivan’s premise of form following function, but with function following form.

In short, Big Data wasn’t quite so big yet after all. It had some growing up to do.

The core of the problem tended to be over-excited vendors of course. Specifically their assumptions that their big, beautifully constructed data structures, so elegantly pulled together and built from sources across the business, would yield exciting, new, previously impossible insights by default.

Only they didn’t.

In fact they quickly turned out to be little more than facades (in the kindest possible sense). Why? Because they were too often designed using the old enterprise data warehouse philosophy of “if you build it they will come” and because, as a result, they incorporated little in the way of solid functionality.

There was too much data. Too much scope. Too many possibilities.

Alternatively, a modern, artistic, technically elegant solution that doesn’t pay sufficient heed to functionality may be pretty to look at, but it is of no practical use.

Instead, proper consideration, insight and collaboration are required.

What sources of data are needed in order to best tackle and solve specific business issues? What datasets are most pertinent and why? What analytical techniques are most appropriate? What format should the results be delivered in? Such hypotheses need to be built, tested, applied and honed incrementally.

The good thing is that, with initiatives such as digital transformation now driving their thinking, businesses may now be in a better place, and possessed of the kind of more contemplative mindset, that will allow such strategic planning to happen.

Which leads us to a prediction.

The next 12 months are going to be a pivotal time for Big Data. A period in which it will start to come full circle as organisations begin to revisit their data lakes and Big Data repositories and take a fresh look at the kind of pain points such facilities can help them remedy.

In some instances, especially ones in which the data and information that’s needed can’t be clearly defined or easily delivered, this is likely to result in Big Data projects being rethought or shelved or possibly killed off altogether.

In others however, Big Data should really start to come into its own, with datasets being selected on the basis of the measureable, immediate value they can provide and their capacity to drive genuine business impact.

And it’s at this point that we’ll finally be able to add the third and arguably most critical element into the form/function equation. Fit.

....while it has promised much, it has so far delivered relatively little....


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If there’s one universal truth in this business (and there aren’t many), it’s that times, technologies and power bases inevitably change. And that that never changes.

Hardly what you might call an original or world-shattering revelation we know, but an important one nevertheless.

Take Apple. Once quite rightly seen as one of the tech market’s great innovators, it is now regarded by many commentators as a follower rather than a leader in many respects. A company that is becoming what it beheld. Who would have thought?

Even removing the head-phone jack from the iPhone 7 – a move that would once have been seen as a real curve-ball – doesn’t seem that radical when you really stop and think about it. Not with the whole world going firmly in one direction: wireless.

Next to Apple however – whatever its agenda – one species of business seems to have been conspicuously, stubbornly

and almost willfully slow on the wireless uptake. The Enterprise. A creature which remains resolutely ‘wired’ in its outlook.

While it’s true that most offices these days do offer Wi-Fi, it is often still held back for the use of senior management and visitors only. And even where it is available for all, connections are, typically, sketchy at best.

Such reluctance isn’t a huge surprise either of course. There are plenty of good reasons why enterprises should want to stick to being wired stalwarts. Greater reliability, security, speed, and at a lower cost. What’s not to like?

Another of the wired network’s great advantages, and one that seems particularly relevant in today’s increasingly insecure mobile world, is the control it provides. If a physical connection is needed to access the corporate network, the business can stay in full control of who and what gets online.

Wire also adds the further security benefit of keeping unauthorised visitors off the network while ensuring the plumbing isn’t overloaded with non-critical traffic.

Need to move a lot of data around? The wired network is the most prudent, least costly way to go there too.

But there are, of course, myriad reasons to go wireless as well.

Its huge flexibility and scalability for example. Increase your headcount in a purely wired context and each new employee or contractor will need a physical connection at their desk, each of which in turn will need to be set up and configured manually.

Not so with a wireless infrastructure.


The enterprise remains a determinedly ‘wired’ environment and wireless mobile infrastructure can no longer be regarded as bolt-on afterthought. But there’s a long way to go before latter replaces former…

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Then comes the question of dramatically changing device and usage profiles.

The well-publicised explosion in mobile device usage for example. Going back to Apple for a moment, it alone has shipped north of 100 million tablets since that technology’s renaissance in 2010. Many workers are now accustomed to using such devices in the office, with trends like consumerisation and BYOD making headlines aplenty as a consequence.

The employees in question (many of them much-vaunted and fickle millennials) simply expect to be able to access to corporate networks via these devices, and that means providing wireless access.

Eradicating the unsightly and costly cabling that habitually runs around an office, wireless networking is also neater, and allows network access to be extended beyond the physical confines of the office.

And yet at this point the needle swings back the other way once again.

While empowering employees to utilise their own devices in the work environment, to connect to the corporate network, and to move around the campus at will, brings obvious productivity benefits, it also causes huge headaches. The very openness of wireless means that it gives attackers another potential route into the business and means that elements like authentication, intrusion detection, prevention, reporting

and security event management (SEM) have to be factored in.

And so the argument goes on. And on.

All in all, it’s a real case of push-me, pull-you. But which to opt for and run with? Wired or wireless? Wireless or wired?

In common with the answer to our introductory question, the response is hardly an original one.

Because the answer of course, is Both.

Which in turn is because there remain many pros and cons for both the wired and the wireless enterprise.

Yes wired networking can be massively constraining, but it continues to make a great deal of operational and financial sense, and the fact is that wireless taking over as the norm is still quite some way off. Also, there is simply too much legacy infrastructure in situ to even think about some kind of rip and replace in most cases.

As such, a combination of wired and wireless remains the way forward. At least for the time being. The two managed in tandem so that common policies can be run across both, driving twin benefits and twin savings.

Yes, times, technologies and power bases do indeed inevitably change.

Some changes clearly come about faster than others, however.


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Hyper-Convergence Brings ResolutionConvergence solves some of these problems by bringing compute, management, and storage closer together and providing common software elements. But it isn’t a complete solution. Separate systems, workflows, and management platforms still exist, and provisioning and operational challenges remain.

Hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) takes it to the next level by physically converging compute, management, and storage onto a single industry-standard x86 server, forming a seamless, software-defined environment.

How Does This Evolution in Infrastructure Move Your Business Forward? Let’s take a look at five practical benefits of HCI.

Traditional infrastructure needs to evolve. Here’s why:

The silo effect leads to complication and cost. Silos created by storage and networking lack optimisation, which leads to overprovisioning and higher costs. They’re also complicated to manage, requiring specialised skill sets that put a strain on resources.

It doesn’t enable full automation. Legacy infrastructure requires tedious, labour-intensive tasks that rack up high operational costs and increase the risk of manual error.

Silos plus a lack of automation equal delays. Silos along with inadequate automation make deploying resources a lengthy process that takes weeks or days. Not surprisingly, most business users are frustrated by lag times in service delivery.

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Over the past few years, virtualisation has swept through the data center, resulting in greater flexibility and speed over legacy systems. But in many cases, virtualisation benefited only one layer, leaving much of the data centre still struggling to keep up with the pace of modern business.

1. Decrease Risk and Eliminate Management Complexity The right HCI solution does not require new management tools or training. This eliminates dependence on “tribal knowledge,” which is hard to capture and propagate across teams. It should also provide a straightforward infrastructure that is both easy to learn and allows you to leverage existing infrastructure and vendors. Simplicity is key.

2. Cut IT Spend Without the Need to Compromise By selecting the right HCI solution, you can achieve both high quality and cost savings. By lowering your TCO, you can repurpose budget for new, innovative projects, and get more projects approved faster due to smaller upfront costs.

3. Accelerate Productivity and Business Satisfaction

The best HCI solutions offer kernel-embedded storage to optimise the I/O path for high performance and high availability, meeting the needs of every end user.

4. Adapt Quickly in a Rapidly Changing Business EnvironmentThe right HCI solution enables elastic, granular, and non-disruptive scaling, and lets you deliver applications and infrastructure faster. It also gives you maximum flexibility to choose the hardware, software, licensing, and support that meet the needs of your business.

5. Future-Proof Your IT Infrastructure Today’s application-centric, data-driven era requires the support of a modern infrastructure. As technology continues to evolve, HCI allows you to keep up with changing demands from mobile, cloud, and developer environments.

Conclusion: The Time Is Now For Data Centre Transformation

HCI can eliminate complexity, improve productivity, and reduce expenses, while limiting your risk and preparing your infrastructure for the future. So why wait?

VMware offers the lowest-cost and highest-performing next-generation HCI solutions through proven VMware Hyper-Converged Software. The natively integrated software combines radically simple Virtual SAN™ storage, the market-leading vSphere® hypervisor, and the vCenter Server™ unified management solution with the broadest and deepest set of HCI deployment choices.

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Our hyper-converged solutions enable IT organisations of any size to avoid traditional IT challenges with radically simple infrastructure designed for cost-efficient performance and flexible use. Being software-defined, they use the industry-leading hypervisor and storage technologies from VMware to deliver converged compute, storage, networking, and management and monitoring capabilities in a flexible solution built for any virtualised workload, powered by reliable, industry-leading server hardware from HPE, all in a single bundle.

Whatever the size of your organisations, our low risk, proven software-centric hyper-converged solutions remove the purchasing complexity by providing a choice of three complete, pre-validated infrastructure bundles through a single supplier. We take the guess-work out of sizing and lower your TCO, not just by removing costly vendor lock-in constraints, but by greatly reducing your CAPEX and OPEX costs too, making it easy and cost-effective for you to scale up and out through a simple, modular approach.

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You can leverage your vSphere environment with the help of VMware Virtual SAN™ to create a software-defined, hyper-converged storage solution that is radically simple to manage and delivers high-performance at a lower TCO.

The VMware Virtual SAN Assessment helps you plan and accelerate this next step with a free, comprehensive analysis of how Virtual SAN can fit into your vSphere environment, adding breakthrough capabilities and dramatic new value.

How the Virtual SAN Assessment WorksThe VMware Virtual SAN Assessment uses a free SaaS-based VMware Infrastructure Planner (VIP) tool to run a free comprehensive analysis of your vSphere storage environment (i.e., I/O patterns). In just one week, the Virtual SAN Assessment uses the analysis to provide the following technical and business recommendations:

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STEP 1: PROTECTProtect valuable IT assets from power issues and ensure business continuity. Having the right UPS in place to protect IT assets against power issues and a business from unexpected downtime is the first step.

STEP 2: DISTRIBUTEImprove power distribution to increase efficiency and reduce operating costs. Power distribution takes care that the power from the UPS is distributed between IT appliances you have in a rack. The next generation of Eaton advanced rack PDUs (ePDU G3) incorporate monitoring and management capabilities.

STEP 3: ORGANISEOrganise IT equipment in an IT rack reliably and efficiently and reduce cooling costs. Racks and enclosures are among the first pieces of equipment deployed in a data centre or server room to house IT appliances properly and efficiently.

STEP 4: MANAGEIntegrate power management infrastructure with a virtual environment and manage it all through a single pane of glass. With power management software in place, clear visibility across entire power ecosystem is available to the user. And with intelligent power management software, integrating power management infrastructure with a virtual environment can be managed through a single pane of glass.

STEP 5: MAINTAINMaintain power devices properly to extend the life and achieve a greater peace of mind. An effective preventative maintenance strategy can be one of the most cost effective measures to be taken in a data centre. Eaton offers an extensive range of Distributed Services for new and running power devices.

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