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DH2i Launches out of Stealth with SQL Virtualizer
A new startup called DH2i launched this week, bringing with it a new software offering that aims to make SQL databases more cost-effective in the era of Hadoop and unstructured data. The idea is to prevent SQL sprawl, a term that defines general messiness in IT environments due to an overflow of unmaintained instances, by ...
Dell Fits Flash into its Hybrid Cloud Vision
Dell is one of several IT mega-vendors trying to modernize its portfolio in order to catch up with the competition, coming both the big vendors and the smaller companies spearheading innovation. Cloud is one of the areas the manufacturer is focused on, and its latest initiative is realized via a partnership with Morphlabs. The firm ...
The 5 Top Green Data Centers – HP is Getting There Too
In another one of those special posts on the Wikibon blog the research foundation looks into the seven most eco-friendly facilities out there. The green data center trend is picking up, thanks to vendor recognition from IBM and other hardware giants, along with adoption on behalf of some of the industry’s biggest names – from ...
Copperegg Updates Real-Time Monitoring SaaS
Copperegg has just revealed the newest release of its RevealCloud real-time monitoring software-as-a-service. The company proclaims its client base is in the hundreds range, deployed across thousands of servers, thanks to several advantages its product includes to differentiate itself from alternatives. Installation and setup is supposed to be pretty simple–there are customized alerts to automatically notify ...
DataDirect Reveals Two New Data Crunching Appliances
DataDirect Networks unveiled its two latest offerings today for general availability – the DDN SFA10K-M and SFA10K-ME appliances, designed to handle large data-driven workloads. “One of the key attributes of today’s Big Data is the lack of predictability of data growth across customer environments,” said Alex Bouzari, CEO of DDN. “Today’s announcement of our SFA10K-M and ...
GridGain is Heady on Analytics with Version 4.0 Platform
GridGain announced the fourth and latest release of its Java-based open source analytics middleware, which features several improvements and expanded support. Version 4 introduces a new tool appropriately named the Monitoring and Management Console, aimed to help admins manage and shape command-line- and GUI-based grid topologies. Another new addition is the GridGain CloudBoot, a deployment and ...
SAP Posts 2012 Prediction, Larry Ellison not a Good Sport
Late this week business intelligence software maker SAP reported its annual earnings for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. It also published its outlook for this year. Full year and non-IFRS (the international financial reporting standards, slightly different from the U.S’s GAAP) software and software-related revenue is forecasted to rise by 1o to 12 ...
Dell Expands its Turf with Open Cloud, ITNinja
Hardware maker Dell’s latest two updates are both growth milestones for the companies, across more than one industry. The first item was picked up by Wired this week, straight from the WorldHostingDays conference in Germany. Dell is expanding its open-source cloud strategy overseas, by making its OpenStack-based Cloud Solution available to customers in Britain, Germany ...
This Week in Cloud: HP’s Flash Dilemma, QLogic and some More IaaS
The main highlight of this week’s cloud roundup is storage wars, an area that we’ve been covering extensively. Hewlett-Packard in particular has had a few very interesting developments lately, namely the newest ProLiant server, and now it plans to put flash into it. Gen8 is the result of a massive R&D effort, and equally formidable ...
Hewlett-Packard Promotes Financial VP, Ramps Up Storage Efforts
Enterprise hardware maker and consumer electronics giant Hewlett-Packard has appointed Marc Levin to the role of senior vice president and controller. He will officially begin to carry out his duties under the new title starting May 1. Levin has been with HP for 24 years, a long tenure through which he has fulfilled several different ...
