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Cloudera, eHarmony Cover the Fundamentals of Data Nerding
Hadoop distribution maker Cloudera has been fleshing out its big data education program for quite some time now – its own contribution to this rapidly growing ecosystem, which is being held back by a serious shortage in the people who can put all the different parts together. In October last year the company’s data scientist ...
Broadcom Closes NetLogic Deal, Sees Opportunity in Wireless Tech
Networking chipmaker Broadcom announced a milestone last week, as it looks to wireless trends after a weak but not disappointing quarter. The company’s $3.4 billion acquisition of NetLogic, a former competitor, has finally been given the green light by regulators and the semiconductor maker’s shareholders, who received a compensation of $50 per share. The news ...
Is Oracle Wasting Its Time Fighting Google?
Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google for infringing of five Java patents allegedly being illegally used in Android. The database company is seeking a chunk of the increasing revenue the open-source mobile OS is generating for Google, but those plans have taken a backseat. Earlier this month we reported that Oracle has been permitted to ...
An Impossible SF Commute Spurs Virtual Work Days
On Sunday the San Francisco Bay Bridge reopened, just in time to accommodate the bulk of the early-morning traffic. Most vehicles crossing over in that particular timeframe include workers rushing to the office. This statistical fact makes for a few interesting discussion topics, especially when you wonder if the Bay Bridge construction hadn’t been completed ...
Fusion-io Boosts Webair’s Cloud
Flash storage provider Fusion-io recently released another one of its case studies, this time about how ioMemory helped data center operator Webair address the growing demands of its customers. Webair previously used traditional disk-based storage systems throughout its facilities in New York, Los Angeles, Montreal and Amsterdam. “One of the key factors in our decision ...
Avaya could Go Public in a $1BN IPO
Networking gear maker Avaya will become an even more serious threat to Cisco and Juniper Networks come April with reports of going public. That’s the timeframe two different anonymous insiders provided, according to a Bloomberg report. Avaya has been wanting to go public since the original June filing was turned in, but according to the ...
Cisco Bashes Juniper over Customer Service
Networking giant Cisco is still the biggest player in just about every segment of the networking market, but it’s facing a tough time as competitors are biting into its market, and investors merely expect results. This has put a lot of stress on the company, which is currently restructuring after eliminating its overly complicated internal ...
Gen8 Wrap Up: Why the Idiot-Proof Server is HP’s Best Yet
It was a busy week for HP with news of their latest server, Gen8. At the event we brought you live coverage with a host of analysts and executives expressing their thoughts on the new project, and here we take a look at this week’s highlights from the event. One of the best ways to ...
Cloud’s Growing Influence in Backup & Recovery
The cloud is one of the major trends doing a rather successful job at disrupting today’s IT environments from end-to-end, and backup and recovery is no exception. The latest testimony of that is SunGuard’s latest announcement: the launch of a new backup servics running on AWS, with several more in the works. The new “ bi-directional disaster ...
FalconStor to Report Q4 Earnings, Hopes to Reassure Shareholders
Cloud backup solutions maker FalconStor will soon hold its earnings call for its fourth fiscal quarter. The company, which has gone through a lot of turbulence in 2010 and 2011, will have to reaffirm shareholders and analysts that’s its still going strong in an industry that is rapidly evolving, thanks to a constant flurry of ...