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Hewlett Packard is jumping into the software-defined storage fray with a new scale-out StoreVirtual Virtual Storage Appliance (VSA) that offers data tiering and tight integration with VMware and Microsoft. The beefed-up appliance features auto tiering at the sub-LUN (logical unit number) level, …
The CIO Knows Best, Says Voonami’s Steve Newell
Voonami, a Utah-based provider of colocation, hosting and managed services, has successfully added 20 terabytes to its environment using hybrid storage arrays from Tegile. Steve Newell, a sales engineer with Voonami, discussed his company’s use case during last month’s Wikibon Peer Incite …
IT Trends Disrupting Enterprise Investment in Data Center Infrastructure
The many responsibilities of the CIO include determining if the company’s software needs are best served by an off-the-shelf solution, a customizable product that can be tailored to the organization’s use case, or an internally developed application. According to The 1610 Group …
HP Vertica Partner Strategy: Disrupting IT with Big Data and Open Standards
SiliconANGLE’s theCube hosted dozens of business and IT leaders during the recently concluded HP Vertica Big Data Conference. Among the guests were executives from HP Vertica and prominent partners such as Cloudera, which joined forces with the database maker to deliver plug …
Chartio Brings Plug and Play Data Visualization to Windows
Chartio, an emerging provider of cloud-based data aggregation and visualization software, has added support for Microsoft SQLServer and Azure to its flagship offering. The two solutions join an already lengthy list of supported platforms, among them MySQL, PostgresSQL, Amazon Web Services, Amazon …
SMB Mobilization Drives Double-Digit Productivity Gains
More than 50 percent of small businesses that support BYOD have become more efficient thanks to mobile devices, according to the latest infographic from Citrix GoToMeeting. The company says 21 percent of business owners who let their workers use smartphones and tablets …
CloudPhysics Accelerates Data-Driven Cloud Management with New Funding
CloudPhysics announced Tuesday morning that it has raised $10 million in Series B funding from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and existing investors. The startup will use the new capital to boost marketing and accelerate the development of its flagship offering, a …
FreshBooks Launches Android App
FreshBooks is bringing accounting data to Android with a new application for mobile professionals. The free tool rounds out the company’s existing lineup of cloud services and iOS apps, which serve more than six million users across 120 countries. FreshBooks for Android …
Hortonworks Brings Hadoop to Windows
Microsoft and Hortonworks are bringing Hadoop to a billion users. The Big Data startup announced this week that the latest version of its open source Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) has been made available for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012. …
Hybrid Storage is Disrupting the IT Landscape
The Internet of Things is driving demand for cost-effective storage solutions that deliver both capacity and performance, according to Rob Commins, the vice president of Tegile. The executive told us that his company’s hybrid arrays marry the benefits of solid-state and traditional …