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Sanbolic, a veteran data management specialist, launched the fifth release of its Melio storage framework this week. Melio5 delivers data center services through a distributed, high-availability abstraction layer that automates the management of commodity hardware. The platform takes care of the plumbing …
What Is the Software-Defined Datacenter? What’s It Mean for CIOs?
Software-led infrastructure is something we follow closely at SiliconAngle, given software’s importance in the data center for smarter, more efficient processes and cost savings. While this concept grows in popularity, the term is less than buzzworthy. But EMC may have changed the …
CIOs : Risks + Rewards for Startup vs. Vendor Hybrid Storage
In his latest piece on research project site Wikibon, Scott Lowe discusses the pros and cons of choosing a startup over a tier one vendor in the hybrid storage space. He details the risks that CIOs need to take into account when …
Top Cloud Picks: Pivotal, OpenStack + Dropbox Smear Campaign
This past week featured several major highlights, the most newsworthy of which was the analyst summit that EMC and VMware co-hosted in New York a few days ago. The event focused on Pivotal Initiative, the two firms’ joint cloud venture. Executives from …
Bilingual Analytics, Privacy Infringement + More : This Week in Big Data
This past week features three noteworthy updates in the Big Data realm: two product launches and one multi-dollar settlement. A UK-based firm called SDL introduced a machine translation tool that can process multilingual content, such as social media interactions, in real-time. Dubbed …
Pivotal Spin-Off a “Brilliant” Move for EMC + VMware. Profits Ahead
Interlaced data center giants EMC and VMware have teamed up on a fresh initiative that’s boldly positioning them on innovation and monetization. Appropriately named Pivotal, the brand new collaboration is just one of several major updates for both EMC and VMware these …
50% of BYOD Programs Lost Sensitive Data
Allowing employees to bring their own mobile devices to work has a very positive effect on productivity, but it also introduces great complexity to corporate networks. This exposes organizations to many security threats that are often left unaddressed, according to the latest …
Can EMC’s New Pivot Project Function with So Much VMware Overlap?
EMC and VMware recently held a joint analyst meeting in New York to show off the Pivotal Initiative, a set of spun off assets that will become an independent company on April 1st. Wikibon analyst Stu Miniman was at the event this …
VMware vs. Amazon : Competing Over (and with) the Public Cloud on Multiple Fronts
VMware is expanding its business to new markets, and pulling out of others, in an attempt to gain a more solid foothold in the cutthroat cloud market. The rivalry against Amazon is getting increasingly heated in the enterprise space, each cloud provider …
Egnyte Launch Combos Choice + Control : Integrate without Doing the Plumbing
Egnyte, a Silicon Valley-based file sharing specialist, announced a major update to its flagship offering this week. The company is touting a new feature that allows users of its EgnytePlus platform to easily integrate cloud services into their environments without having to worry …