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NetApp is bolstering its FlexPod portfolio, a set of cloud-in-a-box appliances that include homegrown storage technology and networking equipment from Cisco. This week the company announced 8 new reference architectures, including 4 that are specifically designed to run Oracle workloads. The new …
How Flash is Changing App Delivery, Productivity in the Datacenter [VIDEO]
Wikibon co-founder and chief analyst Dave Vellante says that the gap between processor and disk speeds is “like the distance from San Francisco to Los Angeles”, a challenge that is mitigated – but not solved – at the expense of application response …
Hadoop Loop: Amazon, Oracle Make Their Mark in Big Data-as-a-Service
In one of its latest reports, TechNavio forecasts that the Hadoop-as-a-Service market, which was worth around $131 million in 2012, will grow at an average annual growth rate of 95.16 percent over the course of the next few years. The firm estimates that …
VMware Collaborates with Avaya in BYOD Space, Trims Fat
VMware is doubling down on the data center in response to growing competition from cloud providers, namely Amazon, and the increasing popularity of OpenStack in the enterprise. The channel is playing an important role in this agenda. This week, Avaya announced the …
Moonshot is Great for HP’s Big Data Line Up, But Needs More Unification
On Monday Hewlett-Packard pulled the covers off Moonshot, a revolutionary server built for ultra-efficient hyperscale environments. Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly discussed the debut of Moonshot on yesterday’s NewsDesk show with Kristin Feledy. Kelly says that the solution HP unveiled this week is …
Outsource Your Cloud? 5 Cloud Questions for SMB CIOs
CIOs working for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face unique challenges that are typically not encountered by their peers in the enterprise space, writes Scott Lowe, founder and managing consultant of the 1610 Group. Lowe argues that while the question of whether …
It’s Moonshot vs. ODMs : HP Has the Potential to Replace Today’s Blade Servers
Wikibon co-founder and CTO David Floyer appeared on the SiliconAngle NewsDesk show this morning to discuss the launch of Hewlett-Packard’s first Moonshot server, a power-efficient hyperscale box that is unique in the marketplace. Floyer says that HP has a history of introducing …
The True Perk of HP Moonshot is Built-In Support for Alternate Architectures, a Win for SLI
It seems the entire industry, from the enterprise to hardware manufacturers, is rethinking datacenter design, making smarter decisions at every layer of the stack. This week brought a new disruption from none other than Hewlett-Packard, with the launch of Moonshot 1500, a …
Facebook Home : A Brilliant Software Strategy Paving the Way for Twitter + LinkedIn?
Last week Facebook unveiled Home, a social interface “launcher” for Android that turns your phone into a full-blown social media hub, complete with a notifications, instant messaging and a real-time activity feed. The company also announced a partnership with HTC to release …
WANdisco Unveils New Version of Hadoop Distro
WANdisco, a relatively new name in the Big Data space, just unveiled the latest release of its Hadoop distribution. WANdisco Distro (WDD) version features a simplified interface, and introduces support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2, in addition to …