Technology

Frustrated with slow processing rates, many organizations are looking to switch from hard disk drive (HDD) storage devices to solid-state drive (SSD) technology. But questions of SSD capacity and cost have hampered widespread adoption.

Thatchanging as new SSD solutions deliver superior performance and greater total cost of ownership. Long gone are the days when organizations measured affordability in dollars per gigabyte. New metrics, from cooling costs to energy consumption, are highlighting SDDstatus as the better bet over the service life of a hard drive.

Herea breakdown of how SSD can provide a superior TOC over a five-year lifespan:

Microsoft last week reshaped its portfolio of Windows 10 subscriptions for enterprises, but deferred discussing what, if any, price increases it will levy before October 1.

Along with announcements that it will raise prices on perpetual licenses of Office 2019 and Windows Server 2019, and the associated CALs (client access licenses), Microsoft also revamped its Windows 10 Enterprise subscription offerings.

Changes to Windows 10 Enterprise were spelled out in some detail, even though new pricing was not disclosed. "For Windows, we're taking steps to recalibrate the price and rename the per device/per user offers, optimizing on our strategy of Microsoft 365," Microsoft wrote in an FAQ.