It's been a week full of big events for big data and analytics. In the news: MapR closes $30 million in funding, Hortonworks expands its European operations, and Gartner sees Big Data entering "trough of disillusionment."
According to a report in Federal Computer Week (FCW), the CIA has agreed to a cloud computing contract with Amazon Web Services to build a private cloud infrastructure.
Web hosting provider DreamHost experienced an extended outages when power systems failed at its data center in Irvine, Calif. The incident created hours of downtime across Tuesday and Wednesday for many of DreamHost's more than 350,000 customers.
SunGard Availability Services believes business continuity services should be simpler for its customers to manage. It has launched SunGard Assurance(cm), a continuity management software as a service offering designed to be more user friendly for...