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Weekly Cloud Review: VMworld and the Software-defined Data Center
The cloud ecosystem marked many advancements at this week’s VMworld 2013 conference in San Fransico. VMware pulled the curtains back on half a dozen new cloud and software-defined data center solutions, a number of big name partners updated their offerings to support the latest releases, and Red Hat unleashed an upgraded version of its cloud ...
Internet of Things Review: Nokia Introduces Tablet, ARM Buys Sensinode
The Internet of Things is not slowing down anytime soon. Nokia announced a new Windows tablet, sources revealed that HTC is going after the Chinese market with a localized operating system, and ARM picked up a Finnish startup that develops software for connected devices. Apple, one of ARM’s biggest clients, also grabbed headlines with a ...
Tresata Open Sources “Ganitha” Machine Data Analysis Library
Big Data startup Tresata has released a set of algorithms that simplify machine learning and statistical analysis in large-scale Hadoop environments. Named “ganitha” after the Sanskrit word for mathematics, the library is built on the Scalding API for Apache Cascading, a Java-based data-driven development framework. The bundle includes Tresata’s homegrown K-Means clustering implementation and Apache ...
Broadcom Accelerates Internet of Things with Wearable WiFi Tech
Semiconductor maker Broadcom has introduced a new specification that enables connected devices to communicate over Wi-Fi without an access point or computer. The technology promises to open the doors for low-cost wearable gadgets that can exchange data via smartphones and tablets. Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) Direct, as the solution is known, has ...
Dell Goes All-in on Software-Defined Networking at #VMworld
Like many of its fellow IT titans, Dell announced a slew of new offerings at this week’s VMworld conference. The vendor unleashed an SDN-enabled switching platform and a set of improved network management tools, in addition to over a dozen integrations and product refreshes. Dell has expanded its S-series product family with the S6000, a ...
Samsung Unveils New Zero Client Stand at #VMworld
Samsung is showcasing its newest desktop virtualization solutions at this week’s VMworld 2013 conference in Fransisco. The centerpiece of the company’s exhibit is the NB-NH Cloud Stand, a recently launched zero client that packs a VDI-optimized Tera2 system on a chip (SOC) from Teradici. The NB-NH can hold any VESA-compatible monitor with a display size ...
Microsoft Points Retired, Much to the Delight of Xbox Users
The Xbox Live Arcade’s virtual currency system has finally been retired, Microsoft confirmed this week. The company is currently rolling out an update that will convert Microsoft Points in the Xbox Marketplace into local currency across all supported regions. “Today we started rolling out the official release of the 2013 Xbox Live Update,” a Microsoft ...
Nimble Releases vSphere Reference Architecture
Nimble Storage, a high profile hybrid array vendor, unveiled a converged infrastructure reference architecture at this week’s VMworld 2013 conference. Dubbed SmartStack for Business Critical Applications, the specification combines vSphere 5.1, Nimble’s CS-Series systems and Cisco UCS blade servers to “allow IT organizations to scale as needed to respond faster to changing business needs, while ...
NetApp Adds VMware Integration to Storage Software Lineup
NetApp has refreshed its software portfolio with new releases that introduce tighter VMware integration and nondisruptive migration of data for virtual machines, among other features. The storage vendor extended its Clustered Data ONTAP operating system with support for vCloud Suite 5.5, the latest version of VMware’s cloud management and monitoring platform. The integration aims to ...
VMware Pushes into the Software-Defined Data Center at VMworld 2013
VMware has unleashed a string of new and updated products at this week’s VMworld 2013 conference in a move to realize the ambitious software-defined data center (SDDC) strategy it announced last year. Below is a comprehensive list of the releases that have been announced so far. vCloud Suite 5.5 introduces a new version of vSphere ...
