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Weekly Big Data review: App development and BI
Not wanting to be overlooked amidst the Hadoop ecosystem’s bold push into the cloud, several prominent vendors decided to stay on the sidelines of the Big Data Week festival. Unified monitoring provider Zenoss led the charge with a major upgrade to its Service Impact solution, which provides near real time insights into application dependencies across ...
Clustrix releases flagship database for online download
Database maker Clustrix has finally released its flagship platform as a standalone download, enabling customers to deploy the software in their own data centers. Previously available only on AWS, the platform comes in two versions: a free community edition that’s limited to 12 cores, and a commercial edition that starts at $1200 per core per ...
Cisco doubles down on video as part of bold Internet of Things push
Networking giant Cisco is sharpening its focus on online video with the H.264 codec for high-definition streaming. The company recently announced that it has open sourced the software in a bid to enhance media quality across both consumer space and the enterprise, where it competes with its line of IP Phones and TelePresence video conferencing ...
Dell now officially private
Twenty five years after making its stock market debut, Dell is now officially private again. Founding CEO Michael Dell and investment partner Silver Lake on Tuesday completed the acquisition of the company for $24.9 billion, two months after activist investor Carl Icahn ended his campaign to derail the privatization process. Under the terms of the ...
Abhi Mehta on Big Data apps | #BigDataNYC 2013
Two years ago, Cloudera’s Mike Olson predicted that 2013 would be the year of Big Data applications. The months have come and gone and an application ecosystem has yet to emerge, but Tresata CEO Abhi Mehta says that’s about to change. He believes the industry is finally moving up the stack. Starting with a little ...
Dell shows off first 64-bit ARM server
Low-cost and low-power mobile processors are making their way into data centers as organizations adopt hyperscale architectures to keep up with the rapid growth in unstructured information. Hardware maker Dell is pushing into this space as part of an effort to stay competitive in the increasingly commoditized server market. The company is demonstrating its first ...
Hands-on review : Eye-Fi Mobi 32GB + iPhone 5s
Eye-Fi has expanded its line of connected photo memory cards with the 32GB Mobi, an improved model that makes it much simpler to upload photos from your camera to the web. Available for $99, the device requires minimal setup; you only have to download the accompanying mobile app and input your card’s 10-digit code to ...
HP takes Blu-Ray industry to court over price-fixing
Hewlett-Packard has filed suit against seven of the largest optical drive makers in the world, accusing them of colluding to artificially inflate market prices over a six-year period. The hardware titan, which bought billions of dollars worth of drives in that timeframe, says that it has fallen victim to the conspiracy. “HP paid higher prices ...
Building Blocks Series : Data visualization | #theCUBE
Data visualization is a hot sector, and it’s not hard to see why. By abstracting large volumes of information into easily consumable charts, organizations can clear productivity bottlenecks and let their users focus on driving value instead of getting bogged down in the raw numbers. In the first episode of SiliconANGLE’s new Building Blocks series, ...
Jaspersoft extends embedded BI with visualizations, performance enhancements
With the latest release of its namesake business intelligence solution, Jaspersoft has introduced new data visualization capabilities that give users faster access to data insights. The update marks a notable milestone in the evolution of embedded BI, which is gaining significant traction among the 75 percent of business users who don’t use traditional alternatives from ...