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AWS Users: There’s a 98% Chance You’re Doing it Wrong
CloudCheckr says that the overwhelming majority of AWS subscribers have failed to address at least one major configuration issue in their deployment. The cloud management solutions firm reached this conclusion after conducting a survey that compared assessments of 400 client accounts with over 125 internally used best practices. According to the study, 98 percent of ...
Mirantis Open-Sources OpenStack Deployment Library
Mirantis, one of the largest OpenStack systems integrators, just released an extensive library that it has been using internally to speed up deployment at client sites. The startup used the package, called FUEL, to configure and implement OpenStack for PayPal, WebEx, NASA and a number of other high-profile organizations. “At PayPal, we are committed to ...
Confused by the Mixed Storage Vendors of Gartner’s Latest Magic Quadrant?
Every business looking to get ahead could use some magic. In an article published this morning, Wikibon chief analyst Dave Vellante discussed the significance of the latest Gartner Magic Quadrant for General-Purpose Disk Arrays. He talked about the new format and detailed how it reflects the transition that the storage market is undergoing on this ...
Oracle Snaps Up Tekelec, Focuses on Smart Broadband Software
This morning Oracle announced that it has acquired Tekelec, a Morrisville, North Carolina-based firm that develops solutions for communications networks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tekelec has been around since 1971, well before Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle with his Ampex colleagues. The company sells network signaling, policy control and subscriber data management solutions ...
Big Data Review : Massive Funding, Launches + New Gigs
The past week brought big news for Big Data, with two firms securing multi-million dollar funding rounds, and Google rolling out new features to BigQuery. In addition, 10gen enhanced its flagship NoSQL database and Sqrrl hired a new CEO to help accelerate its growth. MapR, a leading Hadoop distributor, received $30 million in series C ...
HOW TO: Drive Down the Actual Cost of Oracle with Flash Storage
Following rather dismal earnings for Oracle’s third-quarter, the question of its sales tactics versus the cost of its actual product portfolio have come into question. Oracle’s facing disruption from new advances in software-led infrastructure, and it’s starting to show. Yet the cost of Oracle database licenses accounts for a sizable percentage of storage TOC, Wikibon ...
Google Fiber Not Committing to Broadband Market Yet, Slowly Pushing Industry Disruption
One of Google’s most buzzed-about side project is Google Fiber, the one-gigabyte internet package that the search giant rolled out in Kansas City North and Kansas City South. SiliconAngle contributing editor John Casaretto discussed the service and its importance for web users across the nation in a recent NewsDesk segment (full video below). Casaretto starts by ...
This Week in the Cloud: Storage, Espionage and Offline Usability
This week Sanbolic unveiled the latest new release of its flagship product, Amazon had two major updates, and Kyt Dotson discussed the viability of the cloud for gamers. A few days ago Sanbolic launched the fifth version of Melio, its flagship storage management platform. Melio5 qualifies as a full-blown software-led infrastructure solution, thanks to a ...
Where DreamWorks Meets Converged Infrastructure : HP
Hewlett-Packard just released a case study that details its collaboration with DreamWorks Animation on the production of The Croods, an animated family film that debuted in theaters today. The studio has been a client of HP since 2001. The vendor says that The Croods required over 80 million render hours to generate visual images from ...
Why Microsoft Debuts Hadoop Offering a Year Behind Schedule [VIDEO]
This week Microsoft finally unveiled HDInsight, its long-awaited Hadoop service. Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly discussed the launch and what it means for cloud-based analytics with Kristin Feledy on the SiliconAngle NewsDesk show. Microsoft promised that it would roll out the offering at this time last year, but it was only made available to select testers a ...