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What You Missed in Big Data: New Software, Splunk Conference and HFOBD
A couple of major product updates in big data crossed the wire last week, along with highlights from Splunk’s annual conference and word of a new project called The Human Face of Big Data, which couples analytics with crowdsourcing. First up, EMC unveiled a partnership Alpine Data Labs. Alpine will integrate its cloud-based predictive analytics ...
This Week in the Cloud: Hosted Dashboards, Funding and Tech Support
This past week has proven to be anything but stale with product launches, funding and a notable acquisition – a little bit of everything. The first update comes from ComodIT. The Belgian startup launched its first product this week, a cloud management platform that goes by the name of Synapse Agent. It’s a command line ...
SAP’s Sneak Peak into its Next Generation Mobile Platform
SAP co-CEO Jim Snabe disclosed some of the new features that will be available with an upcoming release of its Sybase Unwired Platform, set to launch at the SAP SAPphire conference in Madrid a couple months from now. Snabe outlines a strong emphasis on customization with the latest version, an increasingly vital component now that ...
HP and Intel to Create a $10M Green System for the NREL
Hewlett-Packard are collaborating on the development of an eco-friendly data center for the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab. The NREL will make use of the high-performance computing environment to gain “progressive and deeper understanding of biological and chemical processes.” The whole project will set the government back by $10 million. The system ...
Brocade Tech Day Wrap Up: They Missed their Own Deadline but Still Ahead of Rivals
SiliconANGLE CEO John Furrier and Wikibon’s Stu Miniman just did a wrap up of Brocade Tech Day. The even has proven to be a very interesting one so far, with new products meant to reinforce the company’s position in the Ethernet market. Miniman started by reflecting on Brocade’s history. Thanks to a number of acquisitions ...
Most Companies Can’t Find Their Big Data. Here’s How Silverlink and Splunk Help
Silverlink Technologies CEO Stefan Wieczorek stopped by theCube with Jeff Kelly and Jeff Frick at this week’s Splunk Worldwide Users’ Conference (.conf2012) to chat about his company, the underlying software, and the big data vertical as a whole. Silverlink is a Brazilian-based service provider that specializes in Splunk. Its offering portfolio spans from pre-sale to ...
Testing Tools Take to the Cloud
Almost everything is moving to the cloud. Therefore, it’s no surprise that many companies have begun considering cloud-based testing tools. It’s clear vendors believe the cloud testing market will gain momentum; Spirent recently acquired testing-as-a-service provider Metrico. They might be waiting for a while. Cloud-based testing has multiple benefits, but it’s not yet a “must have” for ...
Cisco’s New Security Software for Hybrid Data centers, BYOD
Networking kingpin Cisco announced a number of new and updated solutions that address the security needs of the modern data center. The Adaptive Security Appliance 1000V, which also goes by the name of Cloud Firewall, stands out the most. Cisco touts it as an all-in-one cloud firewall that can enforce a single policy across both ...
Private Cloud Going Strong, Public Cloud to Hit $100BN by 2016
The cloud is big. Fresh market research from Renub and IDC show exactly how big it is. The analysts found that spending on public and private cloud services will continue to grow rapidly and top $100 billion by 2016. Renub Research’s “Private Cloud Computing Market & Forecast to 2015: Worldwide Analysis” report shows that application virtualization tools ...
Tax is Becoming Another Cloud Challenge
Technology isn’t the only thing companies need to consider when they move to the cloud. Enterprise tax consultancy and services provider KPMG published a survey that looks into a little-discussed element of the cloud – taxes. The consultancy explains that the cloud can impact a number of factors that may change taxation like the geographical location of physical ...