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HP bolsters Gen8 line to address rise of data-driven workloads
Hewlett-Packard is looking to make it easier for customers to tame the rapid growth in unstructured information with a new heavy-duty ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) server built to power databases and complex analytical workloads. Unveiled this morning, the DL580 is based on Intel’s high-end Ivy Bridge-EX architecture, which supports up to 15 cores and 30 ...
The role of the cloud : Realizing the vision for self-serve analytics | #BigDataSV
Over the past three years, Big Data has evolved from hype to reality in the enterprise, presenting a new paradigm for decision-making with the potential to drive competitive advantage as well as operational efficiencies. Alteryx COO George Mathew believes that the next phase of the analytics journey is putting the power in the hands of ...
Confirmed: Fusion-io founders back with a vengeance : bag total of $63M for stealth startup
Fusion-io co-founders David Flynn and Rick White have not been idle since their controversial departure from the storage drive maker last May. Four months after handing over the reins to new CEO Shane Robison, the executives secured $50 million for their next venture, an emerging provider of software-defined storage (SDS) solutions called Primary Data. Now ...
HP top brass, former CEO slapped with investor lawsuit
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman painted an optimistic outlook at her company’s Discover customer event last year, dedicating the largest portion of her keynote address to new market opportunities. The former eBay chief discussed cloud computing, Big Data and even upcoming technologies such as 3D printing, and detailed how HP is trying to stay ahead of ...
Alcatel-Lucent unveils cloud-based UC service + updates enterprise suite
Struggling telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent is following in the footsteps of rival Cisco and turning to the cloud for business growth. The company last week augmented its unified communications (UC) portfolio with a hosted solution geared towards helping small and medium-sized businesses reduce IT maintenance costs. The new OpenTouch Office Cloud platform is described as ...
Infochimps packages solutions + CSC services into integrated cloud analytics stack
Infochimps, the data-marketplace-turned-cloud-analytics startup that was picked up by IT consulting giant CSC last year, has repackaged its portfolio into an integrated suite featuring professional services from its parent company. Announced at last week’s O’Reilly Strata Conference in Santa Clara, the offering is based on an unspecified “open source-based Big Data Platform” – presumably Ironfan, ...
Guavus optimizes operations analytics platform for virtualized environments
Guavus, a venture-backed infrastructure analytics firm led by former NetApp product head Manish Goel, has reworked the Guavus Reflex Platform, its flagship solution, to run in virtualized carrier networks. The milestone update comes as the rapid growth in connected device drives telcos—along with cloud providers and large enterprises—to migrate from legacy systems to more scalable ...
Weekly Big Data review: Hadoop distros, cloud analytics and everything in between
This week’s O’Reilly Strata Conference saw the usual slew of Big Data announcements from around the industry, but a handful of vendors managed to stand out from the crowd despite the overwhelming buzz. The first is Hadoop distributor MapR, which unleashed a string of new and updated products on day 1 of the Santa Clara ...
CloudPassage nets $25.5 million to meet demand for software-defined security
Security automation specialist CloudPassage announced on Thursday that it has raised $25.5 million in a third round of funding led by existing backer Shasta Ventures, an early-stage VC notable for its investments in a number hugely successful tech firms including Mint and the recently acquired Nest. New investors Meritech Capital Partners and Seagate chief exec ...
Hewlett-Packard goes after BYOD with yet another corporate app store
Thursday morning, Hewlett-Packard unveiled an enterprise app store designed to give today’s increasingly mobile workforce unhindered access to company data across multiple devices while enabling CIOs to minimize the additional risk exposure. The solution supports both Android and iOS through native clients and includes a web interface for traditional desktops. HP Access Catalog is built ...
