Ken Brill, one of the founders of 7x24 Exchange International, an organization for those who design build, operate and maintain mission critical infrastructures, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award. The group recognized Brill for his...
IBM launches new big data analytics software and services, Hortonworks advances its Data Platform, and the TACC Longhorn system Hadoop cluster helps researchers data mine for science.
With trillions of end-point 'things', device cloud platforms, subnets for humans, machines, sensor networks and rampant innovation being fostered globally, the Internet of Things could have the same disruptive potential as the Internet itself. As...
The technology landscape has evolved over the past few years – and with that evolution comes a new demand for the IT pros with skills that fit with the future of IT and cloud administration.
Juniper develops new network analytics products, Splunk and Hortonworks combine products to move and analyze big data, and Blue Coat acquires Solera Networks.
In today's cloud and virtualized environment, the U.S. military is fully embracing the new infrastructure push, using cloud for servicemembers' email as well as other moves to be more efficient and more agile with their infrastructure, while...
SAP HANA (High Performance Analytics Appliance) is the powerful in-memory database technology from German enterprise software powerhouse SAP. Now HP and IBM are rolling out new solutions to help customers leverage HANA in big data analysis.
WalmartLabs makes two acquisitions to further its eCommerce strategies, Hortonworks launches its Hadoop Data Platform for Windows, and visualization company Tableau Software announces its initial public offering.
The National Security Agency (NSA) finds itself facing millions of dollars in taxes on the electricity usage in its Utah data center as a result of a new law passed by state legislators, according to local media reports.