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The OpenStack ecosystem saw another early distributor bow out this week when Cisco Systems, Inc. announced the acquisition of Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. in a deal that has in many ways been a long time coming. The move brings full circle a period …
MicroStrategy 10 brings new analytic capabilities to the Hadoop table
MicroStrategy Inc.’s has launched a major upgrade to its namesake business intelligence platform that promises to help organizations make more out of the vast troves of data they’re storing in Hadoop. That’s done through improved connector bundled natively into the new release. MicroStrategy …
Microsoft continues Linux embrace with SSH support
Another day, another show of support from Microsoft for the open-source community. A forthcoming update for the PowerShell utility in Windows revealed this week will introduce the ability to manage Linux services from the native command line interface using the Secure Shell protocol …
Couchbase launches SQL access layer for its NoSQL database
The ability to run structured queries again unstructured data has become a staple feature of analytic systems in recent years, particularly in the Hadoop ecosystem. But the trend is only now reaching the NoSQL world, where Couchbase Inc. is breaking new ground …
HP bakes Eucalyptus’ hybrid tech into the latest iteration of CloudSystem
Hewlett-Packard kicked off the second round of product announcements at its annual Discover summit in Las Vegas this week with the introduction of a landmark upgrade to its CloudSystem that introduces the ability to support applications originally built to run outside the firewall. …
Forget flash; Nantero says carbon nanotubes are the future of storage
Just as the traditional enterprise is starting to embrace the potential of flash, a startup called Nantero Inc. is breaking into the scene with an entirely new breed of storage that is described as hundreds of times faster. The launch is the …
Arkin releases ‘single-pane’ data center monitor and adds to cash pile
Half a year after emerging from stealth with $7 million in investors’ money and a promise to simplify how data centers are monitored, Arkin Inc. is finally launching its service to take on the numerous existing alternatives that its founders have deemed …
Another win for open-source as Cloud Foundry arrives on Microsoft’s Azure
Microsoft has become the most recent of the three top infrastructure-as-a-service providers to throw its weight behind Cloud Foundry with the release of a preview implementation that will allow users to take full advantage of the free middleware stack. The move marks the latest …
Pure Storage’s beefy new flagship flash array is faster, smarter and more efficient
Pure Storage Inc. is upping the ante for flash storage with the debut of a new flagship array that incorporates homegrown solid-state memory modules to provide massive improvements across every major operational metric. The launch comes on the same week as the …
SanDisk’s new 2TB SSD is a storage workhorse for cloud providers
Flash moved another step closer toward displacing mechanical storage in the data center this morning after the introduction of a dense new solid-state drive from SanDisk Corp. that can pack up to two terabytes of data on a single tray. It’s geared towards …