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Big Data and Hadoop Get Bigger, Amazon Web Services Slash Prices
Big data is getting bigger, and Hadoop is becoming the tool that will allow companies to make full use of their growing amounts of data, says Peter Fenton of Benchmark Capita. Fenton is a partner at the venture capital firm which owns the majority stake of HortonWorks, a startup that separated from Yahoo’s Hadoop dev ...
This Week in the Cloud: Hortonworks, Storage and IT Consumerization
This past week in the cloud featured a handful of updates from the biggest segments in the industry, first of all from the open-source segment. Yahoo spun off their Hadoop business, launching Hortonworks. The new branch, backed by Benchmark capital, is taking on the enterprise sector, joining companies like Cloudera in offering their own renditions ...
Top iPad, Android Business Tablet Apps: MicroStrategy Tops the List
The app marketplace is evolving, and the office is quickly following customer trends as more and more apps surface to address business needs. This week, mobile BI app MicroStrategy tops our list. iPad MicroStrategy Mobile for iPad MicroStrategy for iPad is a mobile BI app that leverages location data with some pretty good reviews, ranked ...
Hadoop Summit Recap: Yahoo, Cloudera and Everything in Between
Hadoop Summit 2011 was held this week, and featured some pretty major developments, including what analyst Alex Williams dubbed Yahoo’s smartest play in years. Yahoo’s Hadoop division separated from the company to form a new startup, Hortonworks, backed by Benchmark Capital. Hortonworks will be offering Hadoop-related services such as developer training and certification. On the ...
Skype Video Chat Catches Up to Competitive Android Scene
Skype had a significant update today. The VoIP giant rolled out video chat support for four Android-powered devices, and announced that there are plans in place to extend the new features to more devices “very soon.” Currently, HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Nexus S holders have access to ...
Universities Find Research Benefits in HP Big Data Solutions
Hewlett-Packard’s landed another academic partner to utilize its storage and big data solutions. The University of Utah’s Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) selected HP storage technology and servers handle big data processing for its research projects and accelerate information delivery. “Our research groups use the CHPC resources to quickly collect and analyze information for ...
Karmasphere Gets Good Vibes with Latest Hadoop Team-Up
Hadoop-powered big data analytics companies Karmasphere and Think Big Analytic announced today at the Hadoop Summit they’re partnering up to develop and provide joint offerings. These products will be designed for companies that leverage Hadoop to carry out unstructured data analysis. “Our partnership with Karmasphere offers technological capabilities that map to our clients’ business objectives,” ...
Social Enterprise Matters, In Case You Didn’t Know
Social business software maker Jive released a report today suggesting that social enterprise is being considered a strategic priority by more and more execs. The study, called Jive Social Business Index 1H 2011, surveyed 301 executives, 301 working millennials and 300 general knowledge workers. “Social Business is increasingly becoming a strategic initiative for enterprises, especially ...
HP Expands Storage Business Amidst Company Shifts
Hewlett-Packard is making storage a very major aspect of its outlook, especially as it shifts in manufacturing and services strategies to reflect today’s enterprise and consumer markets. The company is currently the largest storage vendor in terms of sales, and is constantly working on further growing its market share. HP has recently reached an agreement ...
Cisco Needs to Offer Value to Investors, One Way or Another
Networking giant Cisco has seen its stock decline drastically throughout the past four quarters; something that, according to Barron’s, means this can be a good time to buy shares of the company. Cisco has reached a low, and buying cheap now may prove to be a good choice if the company will manage to regain ...
