Tag Archives: Data

CenturyLink pushes software-defined networking into its telecom and cloud data centers as the basis for more user-centric services. InformationWeek: Cloud

The elephant of Apache Hadoop is increasingly acclaimed by thousands of developers and companies around the world. As big data and the demands of real-time analytics increase globally, the emergence of Hadoop has created new oceans to explore data. Now, … Continue reading →

One of the challenges of shifting to a new cloud storage provider is a very practical one: Uploading a lifetime’s worth of data takes forever. Microsoft’s Office 365 Import Service allows enterprises to take a shortcut: mail encrypted drives directly to Microsoft to … Continue reading →

A five-year-old effort by the U.S. government to cut IT costs through data center consolidations, cloud computing and other technology changes may be paying off, according to a report Tuesday by a government watchdog agency. In 2010, the federal government … Continue reading →

It is not always easy for organizations to stay in touch with customers, partners and employees through home communities. With Salesforce’s new Community Cloud, companies can create their communities, in the LinkedIn style, but for their customers, partners and employees. … Continue reading →

Microsoft Research distinguished scientist Victor Bahl has been spreading the word about micro-data centers (mDCs), also known by the adorable name “cloudlets,” as a key concept for optimizing the performance and usefulness of mobile and other networked devices via the … Continue reading →

VMware security partner HyTrust has been pushing new steps in virtual machine and virtual network operations, including role-based access. InformationWeek: Cloud

Velostrata emerges from stealth to showcase its hybrid cloud that keeps enterprise data behind the firewall while leveraging the public cloud’s power for compute. InformationWeek: Cloud

The big data platform MapR just introduced version 5.0 of its Hadoop distribution based on version 2.7 of the open source framework designed for the processing of very large volumes of data with the support for Docker containers. MapR 5.0 … Continue reading →

Intel, which is one of my oldest clients, recently held its developer forum. This year’s event was particularly well-done, but one thing stood out for me. It was a small part of their Internet of Things (IoT) session and it … Continue reading →

Google is sorry to report it’s lost some cloud customers’ data. Lightning struck four times near its St. Ghislain, Belgium data center, causing some Google Compute Engine (GCE) storage to go bye-bye, without sufficient battery backup to commit. Cue the … Continue reading →

Two Google big data toolsets have finally moved out of beta and into full commercial release, adding to its cloud portfolio a data analysis framework and a service for managing data streams in real-time. Google Cloud Dataflow, which could serve … Continue reading →

Two Google big data toolsets have finally moved out of beta and into full commercial release, adding to its cloud portfolio a data analysis framework and a service for managing data streams in real-time. Google Cloud Dataflow, which could serve … Continue reading →

The Linux Foundation announced the formation of R Consortium, with the intention of strengthening technical and user communities around the R language, the open source programming language for statistical data analysis. The new organization R Consortium became an official project … Continue reading →

Jumping into an increasingly competitive market, IBM has launched a cloud-based data warehouse service, which the company says offers a way for enterprises to analyze their operations while bypassing most of the headaches that come with running such a system … Continue reading →

Microsoft is planning to release a new suite of tools dubbed Cortana Analytics, which Satya Nadella claims will democratize big data. InformationWeek: Cloud

Cloud users made their feelings known in new research study by Forrester: Users say vendors must do a better job of assuaging compliance fears, build more support capabilities, and make customers feel wanted. The survey covered 275 IT decision-makers in … Continue reading →

In many popular consumer applications a user can take immediate action if he has obtained important information from large amounts of data. For business applications, it appears that, directly taking action in response to a data analysis not so easy. … Continue reading →

We’ve all heard the cry of data consolidation. After all, data within enterprises is strewn all over the place. So combining that sprawl of data would allow us to mine it more easily from a single location. The cloud provides … Continue reading →

Once the dreams of science-fiction, self-driving cars will soon allow passengers to specify a destination and let the car pick the best route based on factors such as time, traffic, freeways and fuel consumption. This kind of automation for an … Continue reading →

To bid for a massive U.S. government contract, Sungard has teamed up with Google to build a prototype cloud system that could store six years’ worth of U.S. stock and financial trading data and let regulators and stock traders scrutinize … Continue reading →

SANS Institute survey concludes 73% of big data systems contain personal information, recommends tighter controls. InformationWeek: Cloud

San Mateo, California (PRWEB) February 17, 2015 storageFOUNDRY announces the release of the Nautilus 4K (N4K), a high-performance version of their popular software-defined storage (SDS) series. The N4K is specifically designed for the real-time throughput requirements of digital media, high-resolution … Continue reading →

Sunnyvale, Calif. (PRWEB) February 09, 2015 PLUMgrid, a leading innovator of virtual network infrastructure for OpenStack® clouds, today announced that it has been recognized in The Channel Company’s annual CRN Data Center 100 list, featuring technology vendors whose solutions are … Continue reading →

Deerfield, Illinois (PRWEB) February 16, 2015 To unlock the great potential of Big Data for the public good, several important issues have to be resolved regarding quality, science and ethics. One common misconception is the belief that sheer volume of … Continue reading →

NEW YORK, NY (PRWEB) November 24, 2014 ShoreGroup today announced that it has achieved Data Virtualization Authorized Technology Provider (ATP) status from Cisco Systems. This designation recognizes that ShoreGroup has fulfilled all training requirements and program prerequisites to successfully design, … Continue reading →

Brookings, Oregon (PRWEB) October 29, 2014 For the 2014 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, Chetco Digital Instruments (booth 4188) is introducing a new extension to it’s HelmSmart.net Cloud data service that allows third party apps to directly connect to a … Continue reading →

How To Speak Data Center: kWh to BTUs In my first post on how IT can better communicate with their data center facility counterparts, I discussed the distinction between power and energy, and why that distinction matters when IT talks … Continue reading →

Monitoring Virtual Data Centers: How to Avoid the Virtual Blind Spot In many deployments, the lack of visibility into virtual data center security and performance may not become apparent until it's too late – for example, when a major performance … Continue reading →

Huawei: Should you put it in your data center? Doing so puts your own data and that of your customers at risk. It may also prevent you from closing deals with customers unwilling to take a chance that your gear … Continue reading →