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Scality delivers ‘Amazon EBS-like’ VM storage with RING 5.0 | #vmworld
Object storage software startup Scality introduced version 5.0 of its RING software for software-defined storage at VMworld yesterday. The software has been given a number of enhancements, with Scality claiming its 95 percent faster at file operations and random IO. However, the big news is that RING now supports VM storage capabilities. For those unfamiliar ...
Was Google Images hacked yesterday?
If you happened to search for anything on Google’s Image Search yesterday, you might have noticed things were a little off. That’s because the site was apparently hacked, with the mischeivous attackers ensuring that every search resulted in repeated pictures of a fatal car crash possibly in Ukraine or Moscow. The bug apparently affected searchers ...
HP recalls 6 million defective laptop cords over burn risk
Hewlett-Packard Co. has issued a voluntary recall of more than six million AC power cords sold with HP and Compaq laptops and docking stations between September 2010 and June 2012 because of a potential fire hazard. The company issued a statement yesterday saying that “certain power cords shipped with notebook PC products and AC adapter ...
Google, NVDIA + VMware bring graphic-rich apps to the Chromebook
Google Inc., just won’t give up on its ambitions to unseat Windows from the desktop, no matter how hopeless it’s Chromebooks might look to business power users. It’s latest plan? It’s teaming up with VMware Inc., and Nvidia Corp., to bring some of the most demanding desktop apps to its low-cost, browser-based laptops. VMware already ...
All aboard the Hadoop horse: Can vendors make a difference?
Newly formed partnerships between large technology firms and Hadoop startups have refocused attention on the open-source data analysis software. But can such high-profile alliances give one framework the edge over the rest? The most recent of these partnerships went down last month, when Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a massive $50 million investment in Hortonworks Inc., At ...
Red Hat eyes up the cloud with CloudForms 3.1 | #VMworld 2014
Red Hat Inc., might already be a superpower where Linux is concerned, but it has no intention of resting on its laurels. It has ambitions to become a major player in the cloud as well, and to that end it’s launched an open hybrid cloud management solution called Red Hat CloudForms 3.1, unveiled yesterday at ...
VMware unveils its own OpenStack distribution | #VMworld
VMware has been focused on the software-defined data center for some years, but now the virtualization giant wants a piece of OpenStack too. Yesterday the company announced at VMworld 2014 its plans to integrate OpenStack application programming interfaces (APIs) with its cloud management software, so customers will be able to run OpenStack clouds using VMware’s ...
VMware embraces Docker to head off container threat| #vmworld
If there were any doubts about the disruptive potential of container technology, they’ve been cast aside by the news that VMware Inc., is teaming up with Docker Inc., Google Inc., and Pivotal Software Inc., to integrate it with VMware’s virtualization software. VMware announced the collaboration during CEO Pat Gelsinger’s keynote at VMworld 2014 yesterday. At ...
Forrester Research says it’s time to ditch physical storage arrays
It’s no secret within the storage industry that sales of physical arrays are slowing down. What with alternatives like cloud storage and virtual arrays proving themselves to be far cheaper and just as useful, it’s getting harder to justify the cost of a dedicated array for many apps. That’s what Henry Baltazar of Forrester Research ...
Intel, HyTrust team up on cloud data security
The advent of cloud computing has made geography virtually meaningless as it means we can store and access data from anywhere. But this doesn’t solve the problem of data security policies that require the enforcement of physical boundaries, a challenge that HyTrust Inc., and Intel Corp., are hoping to overcome with an initiative that’s focused ...