Microsoft (MSFT) announced that the latest version of its data platform, Microsoft SQL Server 2012, has been released to manufacturing. The company also disclosed additional details regarding its plans to release an Apache Hadoop-based service for...
High-performance storage specialist Amplidata, which makes object storage solutions for "big data," has completed an $8 million round of funding from investors Big Bang Ventures, Endeavour Vision, Intel Capital and Swisscom.
A recent survey of IT and industry executives found that only 27 percent of industry leaders surveyed understood what “big data” means, and there are considerable gaps between knowledge and practice.
Oracle launches Big Data Appliance and Netra Sparc T4 Servers, Dell delivers new storage solutions, Cloupia supports NetAp FlexPod, SGI reaches $90 million in ICE X orders in eight weeks.
As enterprises adopt Big Data, the volume of data and its storage and processing is growing and impacting WANs in enterprises, says new report from Infineta Systems and Internet Research Group.
At Oracle OpenWorld, hardware is a key focus. "When we first bought Sun, a lot of people said we would get out of the hardware business," said Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. "I guess we didn't get the memo."