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This Week in Big Data: From Infochimps to Twitter’s Flash DBs
This past week has seen a few interesting updates from the analytics space. The first item on our list is the Infochimps Dashpot launch. The dataset marketplace operator has been offering the Infochimps Platform to customers since earlier this year, and Dashpot represents a very large extension to the solution. The main focus is to make ...
Peter Koliopoulos Barbara Spicek Talk VSPEX and Partner Relations
Peter Koliopoulos of Arrow and Barbara Spicek of Brocade each gave their perspectives on cloud, virtualization and big data at a Cube interview from the VSPEX launch event this week (see full interview below). EMC’s new converged architecture aims to make it easier for clients to setup a deployment, and that applies to partners re-distributing ...
This Week in Cloud: VSPEX, HP and OpenStack
The past week had its fair share of cloud-related updates, with a few big developments that managed to get the blogosphere’s full attention– including ours. The biggest highlight is probably the announcement of VSPEX, EMC’s new converged infrastructure cloud architecture. The offering is based on storage from the company and DataDirect, although it offers considerably ...
VMware’s Hatem Naguib Talks VSPEX, Converged Infrastructure
Hatem Naguib, the executive in charge of managing VMware’s VCE-associated relations with EMC, Cisco and the joint venture itself, hopped onto theCube to share his unique angle. Naguib talked about VSPEX and drew a broader picture of how converged infrastructure and virtualization are shaping enterprise IT. Naguib started off by sharing a bit of insight ...
VMware COO on State of PaaS, Cloud Foundry and Its Momentum
Early SiliconANGLE contributor Robert Scoble stopped by VMware just in time for the Cloud Foundry’s one year anniversary to talk with Tod Nielsen, the virtualization giant’s chief operating officer. The video was posted on his Google+ page. SiliconANGLE interviewed Nielsen on several occasions at VMWorld 2010, and one particular session was dedicated to how the ...
Fusion-io Sees Real-Time and Small Analytics as Drivers in 2012
2011 was a very successful year for a lengthy list of companies, including flash storage solutions maker Fusion-io. Reflecting on 2011, the company outlined three key areas of disruption related to its industry in a blog post late last month. The first area of growth Fusion highlighted is its own contribution to the flurry of ...
Live Broadcast from EMC VSPEX – Big Deal in Convergence Infrastructure @SiliconAngle.tv
Today storage giant EMC announced the VSPEX Proven Infrastructure cloud reference architecture line-up. It’s a big deal for several reasons. VSPEX has been developed in collaboration with Brocade, Cisco, Intel and VMware as well as a couple unexpected virtualization partners, including Citrix and Microsoft. This decision translates into more openness for customers that will be ...
SunGard Rolls Out Hot Patching Service for PaaS
SunGard made an addition to its SunGard Availability Services managed IT suite, in the form of a new service designed to streamline the process of rolling out updates to live client environments. The idea behind the new offering, named Managed Workflow, is quite simple: whenever a user wants to patch software or make provisioning-related changes, ...
Simplifying Converged Infrastructure Solves Crowded Ecosystems for IT Vendors
The converged infrastructure is a fast-growing arena, expected to become an industry worth over $400 billion by 2017. The stakes are high as more companies seek simplification in this sector, and the major IT vendors are looking to get in on the bounty. Research firm Wikibon has decided to focus on converged infrastructure this week ...
SolidFire Adds OpenStack Support with Early Release
SSD-based storage systems maker SolidFire has added integration with the OpenStack cloud OS, and its block storage now works with the Nova service included in the latest Essex version of the platform. It’s an early release though, as stated clearly by the company, which probably means there’s more than enough room for improvement and further ...