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The Internet of Things is growing at an accelerating pace. This week a startup called Renew launched an initiative to transform London’s trash cans into high-tech geolocation trackers, Citrix got the word out about the benefits of BYOD for small businesses, and …
Weekly Security Review: Funding and Privacy
Cybersecurity was a major focal point this week. Cyvera received funding for its zero-day attack prevention technology, hackers found a way to compromise legitimate apps, and Edward Snowden leaked new details about the NSA’s domestic snooping operation. In related news, Consumer Watchdog …
Weekly Cloud Review: Vulnerable Messaging and Scale-Out Storage
This past week featured a good number of cloud developments. Opscode unveiled a new version of its flagship automation platform, security researchers discovered a critical flaw in Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) and Hewlett-Packard announced a new scale-out appliance. Mega CEO Vikram Kumar …
Weekly Big Data Review: Visualization and National Security
The Big Data space saw a lot of action this week. Tableau held its first earnings call, CloudPhysics raised funding for its data-driven IT operations tool, and Nimbus pulled the curtains back on two new powerful flash systems. In other news, DARPA …
Court Throws Out Mark Hurd Lawsuit
A U.S. District Judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit over the lewd conduct of former HP CEO and chairman Mark Hurd, who resigned in 2010 after a marketing consultant named Jodie Fisher accused him of sexual harassment. The accusations turned into a …
WANdisco Earns Dell’s Seal of Approval
WANdisco, a rising star in the increasingly crowded Big Data space, announced that its newly released Non-Stop NameNode software has been certified for integration and interoperability with Dell PowerEdge servers. Non-Stop NameNode WAN Edition is a networking solution that does away with …
Looker Nets $16M for Browser-Based Data Modeling
Next generation business intelligence is the name of the game for Looker, a Santa Cruz, CA-based startup that offers a browser-based development environment for data scientists. The platform is built around LookML, a proprietary language that lets analysts recycle queries, manipulate metrics …
HP Unveils Scale-Out, Software-Defined Storage Appliance
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 …