Mike Leone
ESG Senior Analyst Mike Leone covers converged and hyperconverged infrastructure, data platforms, data management, data analytics, and the emerging blockchain segment. Mike joined ESG as part of the validation team, where he provided third-party validation of claims made by vendors. In his analyst role, Mike draws upon his enthusiasm for bleeding edge technology as well as his engineering and marketing backgrounds to help IT vendors improve everything from product development and marketing to go-to-market strategies and roadmap adjustments.
Background
Cloud usage is becoming a mandate within organizations looking for ways to manage data growth and improve operational efficiency, while reducing costs. The challenge for organizations is understanding how to consume cloud storage because, by itself, the cloud is often viewed as just infrastructure or a platform-as-a-service. A software layer or software-as-a-service to make cloud storage consumable and relevant to an organization’s needs and ongoing strategy is missing. The market wants an easy way to not only consume cloud storage, but also to put data in or pull it out without being locked in.
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This ESG Technical Review documents and analyzes MapR-DB performance test results. Testing evaluated the performance and scalability of MapR-DB running in the cloud, and we compare results with other leading NoSQL database offerings.
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This ESG Lab Report documents the validation of ClearDB’s Aventra IRON technology. ESG Lab leveraged a combination of guided demos, audited performance results, and ClearDB self-experienced quantitative cost savings to highlight the ease of deployment, as well as potential performance and cost efficiencies gained using Aventra IRON software.
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This ESG Lab Review looks at how businesses drive outcomes with the use of Dell Technologies and Dell EMC assets. The Dell EMC assets include a turnkey platform consisting of Native Hybrid Cloud and Analytic Insights Module as part of Dell EMC Converged platforms and solutions. ESG Lab observed how Dell Technologies can empower organizations to:
- Define their approach to augmenting digital transformation with IoT (Internet of Things) and surveillance technologies with persona-driven use cases.
- Blend video-based, visual verification with IoT and enterprise data to move beyond traditional surveillance and security investigation and enhance customer experiences, identify overhead, respond to incidents, and collect evidence.
- Understand how to evaluate and extend an infrastructure for enterprise IoT—core, edge, and cloud—with data transparency and right-time intelligence.
- Accelerate maturity progression from proof of value to production, including multi-data center, mission-critical deployment.
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This ESG Lab Report validates Uila’s full stack management, visibility, and analytic capabilities. Testing focused on fast root cause analysis through application visibility, complete infrastructure monitoring with application context, and end-user experience monitoring for improved application interactions.
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This ESG Lab Report highlights the recent testing of Robin Container-Based Virtualization Platform. Using a combination of guided demos and audited performance results, ESG Lab validated the ease of use, performance, scalability, and efficiency of Robin Systems’ container-based architecture.
