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HP Discover Infographic: NASCAR Knows What You’re Thinking
Big Data is a big deal for companies like NASCAR, which have to keep a close eye on social media to keep their audiences engaged. Steve Phelps, NASCAR’s Chief Marketing Officer, shared his company’s social media analytics use case at this week’s HP Discover gathering in Las Vegas. The heart of NASCAR’s Big Data operation ...
How the Internet of Things is Changing Our Lives : Infographic
The billions of connected devices and sensors that make up the Internet of Things have transformed the technology landscape and revolutionized our day-to-day lives in the process. The impact of this mega-trend on the American consumer was brought into the limelight at this week’s HP Discover event. According to an infographic that went out on ...
The Insider’s Take on Software-Defined Storage @ HP Discover
Storage as an operating system and infrastructure must become more flexible, according to HP Enterprise Group EVP Dave Donatelli. He and Craig Nunes, the company’s vice president of marketing, weighed in on software-defined storage in a Q&A session with SiliconAngle founder John Furrier. Donatelli believes that storage is where “all the features and function come ...
IBM Edge Day 2 Recap: Software-Defined Storage, Flash and Everything In-Between
On Wednesday, the Wikibon crew gathered in theCube to conclude a long day of interviews with an in-depth discussion about software-defined storage, open-source technology and flash. Wikibon co-founders Dave Vellante and David Floyer provided their perspectives on the major highlights from Day 2 of IBM’s Edge conference together with senior analyst Stu Miniman. David kicks ...
Datalink Principal Architect Discusses ONTAP and Software-Defined Data Centers
NetApp recently bolstered its presence in the software-defined data center with the launch of Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2, the latest release of its flagship storage platform. Datalink’s Jason Anderson provided his take on the new version and shared how Datalink customers are approaching software-led infrastructure in an exclusive chat with SiliconAngle founding editor Mark “Rizzn” ...
Apple iOS 7: Clean and Modern…and Android User-friendly
As expected, Apple released the latest version of its mobile operating system at this week’s WWDC. The consumer tech behemoth also launched iRadio, an iTunes music subscription service that bears a passing resemblance to Pandora. SiliconAngle Web Producer Mark Zamora spent a day assessing the new software and shared his findings in a recent NewsDesk ...
HP’s in the Open but is HAVEn Safe for CIOs?
The success of Hewlett-Packard’s new data analytics platform will depend on integration and its ability to generate business value, writes Wikibon analyst Jeff Kelly. The recently unveiled HAVEn (short for Hadoop, Autonomy, Vertica, Enterprise Security and “n,” as in the number of apps that will run on top of the solution) is pegged as a ...
LenovoEMC Repackages Iomega Lineup to Boost Partnership
LenovoEMC, a joint venture between the Chinese consumer tech giant and the Hopkinton, MA-based storage solutions provider, sacked the Iomega brand in an effort to “emphasize” the two companies’ partnership. The announcement coincides with the news that Acronis will provide PC backup for select Lenovo products. As a part of the identify transformation, the StoreCenter ...
Civil Liberty Groups Team Up Against PRISM
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), reddit, Mozilla, FreedomWorks, and the American Civil Liberties Union have joined an 86-strong coalition of civil liberties organizations and Internet companies that oppose the NSA’s recently exposed data gathering operation. SiliconAngle’s Mike Wheatley called PRISM a “massive, warrantless government surveillance program.” The coalition went a step further and denounced PRISM ...
Breaking Analysis: What ONTAP 8.2 Means for NetApp
NetApp is pushing into the software-defined storage marketplace with Clustered Data ONTAP 8.2, the latest release of its storage operating system. The platform was designed with software-led Big Data environments in mind: it facilitates non-disruptive maintenance and load balancing, supports a wide variety of modern technologies, and can reportedly scale up to 69 petabytes and ...