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Big Data News: Cloudera, Splunk, Clustrix, Teradata
May 10th, 2013 : John RathNews from the worlds of big data, databases and data analytics includes announcements by Cloudera and Splunk, investment madeinto Clustrix and Terradata Analytics finished a deployment for a large retailer. Read More
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Why Data Centers are Shifting Towards Converged Infrastructures
May 9th, 2013 : Bill KleymanWith more virtualization, IT consumerization and a lot more data – the data center needs a new way of deploying high-density computing platforms. In this white paper, IDC (with sponsorship from VCE) outlines the rapid growth in high-density computing needs. By downloading this paper, you can learn how IDC found that higher utilization of IT [...] Read More
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Cloud Growth Slows at Rackspace, Which Cites OpenStack Transition
May 9th, 2013 : Rich MillerRackspace Hosting (RAX) said yesterday that its sales slowed in the first quarter, as customers are taking their time in adopting its new OpenStack cloud offering. Rackspace also faced headwinds in the face of pricing cuts from Amazon Web Services, and a sluggish environment for enterprise IT spending. Read More
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Dell Acquires Cloud Management Player Enstratius
May 6th, 2013 : Jason VergeDell has acquired Enstratius (previously known as Enstratus), a provider of enterprise cloud-management software and services provider that delivers single and multi-tenant cloud management capabilities. The acquisition brings much needed multi-cloud management capabilities into the Dell fold, as it looks to capitalize on the growing multi-cloud trend. Read More
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Cloud News: Amazon Offers AWS Certification
May 6th, 2013 : John RathAmazon (AMZN) announced the launch of the new AWS Certification Program with the first of several exams that will made available in 2013. In other cloud news, Penguin Computing announced its Icebreaker CS storage platform, while Software AG acquired cloud vendor LongJump. Read More
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How Cloud Computing Has Empowered The End User
May 6th, 2013 : Bill KleymanBecause of cloud computing and IT consumerization, there is now a distinct focus on the end user. Targeted data center technology is driving better performance, happier users and improved productivity. Here are some technologies that will benefit and thrive. Read More
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Ground to cloud with PSSC Labs cloud-ready data centers
April 30th, 2013 : Bill KleymanThe modern IT landscape has shifted towards the data center infrastructure. At the heart of the cloud, and – in reality – any organization, is the data center environment. More businesses are reliant on the functions of the core data center platform to help them function on a day-to-day basis. With more workloads, a lot [...] Read More
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The Billion Dollar Data Centers
April 29th, 2013 : Rich MillerYour iTunes downloads, Facebook posts and YouTube videos travel through small rural communities that are home to billion-dollar data centers from the world's largest cloud builders. Here's a look at these facilities and how they're changing these communities. Read More
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Will Google Glass Boost Demand for Cloud Computing?
April 29th, 2013 : Rich MillerWill Google Glass lead to frictionless sharing that alters the way data is stored, uploaded and distributed? Rackspace's Robert Scoble argues that it will. Read More
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Building A Cloud-Savvy Model for TCO and ROI
How Storage is Shaping The Cloud Data Center
Bringing Colo to the Customer: Modular Gets Local
Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center
