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Networking Evolves for Virtualization, Cloud Computing Demands
As more data centers go virtual and cloud computing – both public and private clouds – gains adoption, HP believes the network needs to become flatter in order to keep up. Specifically, the industry needs to remove unnecessary layers from the network to reduce latency and increase performance of federated applications and virtual machine mobility, ...
Storage Optimization Increases Efficiency, Saves Cash
The recession may be technically gone, but it is from forgotten. This is especially true for cash-strapped IT departments whose budgets remain flat. So why consider optimized storage? Simple. “The recession is still fresh in peoples minds and if you can optimize storage you can save some money,” said Wikibon Chief Analyst Dave Vellante. Vellante ...
HP 3PAR, StoreOnce Experience “Triple-Digit Growth,” says Scott
While investors and the media focused much of its attention on HP’s decision to get out of the PC and mobile computing business, the company’s storage division is “going great guns,” according to one executive. Speaking to Wikibon Chief Analyst Dave Vellante and SiliconANGLE.com Founder John Furrier live inside theCube at VMworld 2011 in Las ...
Funding Keeps Flowing to Hadoop Start-ups
So last week I wrote about MapR’s approach to Hadoop. MapR’s Jack Norris explained that the company is focused on improving the core Hadoop infrastructure rather than supporting Hadoop deployments with consulting services. And unlike Cloudera, MapR is keeping the hood closed on its proprietary Hadoop storage and MapReduce layers. Looks like three top Silicon ...
Virtensys Tackles I/O Bottlenecks in Virtualized Environments
It’ not what VMware wants to hear, but I/O is one of the big bottlenecks in virtualized server environments. But one vendor’s challenge is another vendor’s opportunity, according to Stephen Spellicy. Spellicy is vice president of marketing and business development at Virtensys. The start-up, which was founded by Xiotech alumni, focuses on I/O virtualization. Speaking ...
Rejecting “Closed Source” Label, MapR Contrasts Its Hadoop Approach to Cloudera
Here’s the simple version of the story: Cloudera’s enterprise Hadoop distribution, CDH3, is open source, while MapR’s enterprise Hadoop distribution, M5, is closed. The reality is more nuanced, according to Jack Norris, MapR’s Vice President of Marketing. Open source, Norris said, doesn’t simply mean that the source code of a given technology is freely available for ...
LinkedIn Users Upset Over “Social Ads” Should Just Get Over It
The recent mini-controversy surrounding LinkedIn’s “social ads” initiative should serve as a reminder to Big Data practitioners out there: Just because big data makes something possible doesn’t mean you should do it. But users also need to come to grips with the world we live in today: There’s no such thing as total privacy and ...
Cloudera Looks to Put Its Seal of Approval on Hadoop Ecosystem
With its new partner certification program, Cloudera is trying to foster a large and thriving Hadoop ecosystem with itself at the center. A certification from Cloudera means that the hardware or software in question has been tested and validated to work with Cloudera’s Distribution including Apache Hadoop. The certification program is mutually beneficial to Cloudera ...
Is a Focus on Big Data Something Congress Can Agree About?
As the debt ceiling fiasco clearly illustrated, Democrats and Republicans in Washington can’t agree on much of anything these days. But one area where there is consensus is on the need to improve government efficiency. That means opportunity for both cloud service providers and big data. As a percentage of the federal budget, IT spending ...
Dell Make’s It’s Opening Big Data Move with Cloudera Partnership
There’s been plenty of speculation over the last few months as to when and how Dell would make its Big Data play. Now we know. As my colleague Alex Williams reported earlier today, Dell and Cloudera are partnering to deliver and end-to-end, purpose-built Hadoop cluster that combines Cloudera’s Distribution of Apache Hadoop with Dell’s PowerEdge ...