Catching Up with Big Data: Manifesto Part 2
In part two of the Wikibon big data manifesto, Jeff Kelly compares traditional analytics and the tools associated with it with big data, and the need for new tools to effectively process the growing…
Fusion-io Reports Stellar Growth for 1Q 2012
Flash-based storage vendor Fusion-io held its second ever earnings call yesterday, reporting some impressive year-over-year growth. The company reported GAAP revenue of $74.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, a 175…
QLogic and Juniper Bring 10G Ethernet to QFabric
Networking gear vendor QLogic said today its 8200 Series 10GbE converged network adapters have been certified by Juniper Networks to meet the standards of QFabric environments. QFabric is a family of products and services…
SAP Gets Greener, One Kilowatt at a Time
Business software maker SAP is looking to break out of business as usual to deliver better results to its shareholders, as well as to achieve some extended goals. The company released its quarterly sustainability…
Pivot3 Gets New CEO Amidst Cloud Exec Shuffle
Pivot3, maker of storage and compute appliances, has appointed Rich Bravman as its new chief executive, effective immediately. Braveman is replacing Robert Fernander, who was Pivot3’s CEO since 2007 and will continue to play a…
ClickFox Highlight: Automating Customer Service
The WSJ wrote-up a brief overview of ClickFox, an emerging player in the big data space, which offers companies the ability to track consumer experience, rather than gauge interactions via a number of channels…
FalconStor Partners with Fujitsu to Integrate Storage Offerings
Cloud backup company FalconStor announced a milestone development today, entering into a comprehensive worldwide reseller agreement with Fujitsu to integrate its FalconStor Network Storage Server storage and virtualization management software with a part of the…
Jivox Raises $8.2M, Expands Board
Jivox secured $8.2 million in a second funding round led by Fortisure Ventures, with participation from existing investors Opus Capital and Helion Advisors. The India-based video advertising firm that aims to allow customers to…
Informatica’s New Universal Hadoop Parsing Tool
Data integration software maker Informatica unveiled HParser, “the first data parsing transformation solution for Hadoop environments” that runs natively inside MapReduce to increase the overall efficiency and performance of a deployment. The offering is…
HP’s Dwight Barron Discusses Moonshot Efficiency at theCube
Dwight Barron, the Chief Technologist of HP’s Hyperscale unit talked Project Moonshot during an interview at theCube with John Furrier and Dave Vellante. Moonshot is a new power-efficient breed of mini servers that accommodate hundreds…