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Microsoft unleashes its first NoSQL database into the cloud
Microsoft has just shipped out its first-ever non-relational database on Windows Azure, which also happens to be its first database product of any kind since releasing its legendary SQL Server. Called “DocumentDB”, the database is a complete departure from Microsoft’s relational roots, being a schema-free, NoSQL offering built entirely for consumption as a service on ...
Deadly Docker: Why containers are a threat to cloud virtualization
Few technologies have more disruptive potential than Docker. Although the company and its namesake technology are barely two years old, almost every major cloud vendor has, or is in the process of, providing support or integration with Docker. If you aren’t familiar with Docker, Brandon Butler at Network World has come up with one of ...
Twitter’s Big Data crunching ‘BotMaker’ muscles in on spam
If you’re an avid Twitter user, you might have noticed a significant drop in the amount of spam messages and tweets bugging you. That’s because Twitter’s introduced a new anti-spam system called BotMaker that’s helped it to achieve a 40 percent reduction in its key spam metrics. Twitter’s Raghav Jeyaraman describes in a lengthy blog ...
SDN? How about $$$DN? IDC predicts $8bn sales by 2018
The future of software-defined networking (SDN) is looking very rosy indeed, with the market segment set to rake in a healthy $8 billion by 2018, well up from the current pittance ($960 million) it’s set to bring through the door in 2014. This optimistic forecast comes from the analysts over at International Data Corporation (IDC), ...
PernixData gets a $35M funding boost in Flash storage race
Flash virtualization startup PernixData has grabbed another $35 million in series C funding. It’s yet another big bet on the impending disruption in enterprise storage as technology moves towards cloud services and virtualization. What differentiates PernixData from other storage startups is its ability to pool and virtualize high-speed storage like RAM and Flash into individual ...
VMware gobbles up CloudVolumes for real-time app delivery
VMware has just gobbled up a pre-VMworld 2014 snack, adding to its desktop virtualization stack by acquiring real-time application delivery firm CloudVolumes. The company kept schtum on how much money it shelled out, but was eager to talk about why it did. Kit Colber, VMware’s CTO, spoke enthusiastically about CloudVolumes’ “layering” technique which he describes ...
Google’s cloud adds Mesos clusters + Docker containers
Mesosphere, Inc. has announced that its Mesos clusters are now available on the Google Compute Engine, allowing Google Inc.’s cloud users to abstract basic devops, which simplifies the data center to look more like a single bit of hardware. For those who don’t know what the Mesos Project is, it’s a cluster management tool that’s designed ...
“Friendly” activist investor Blue Harbour bites into Rackspace
An apparently “friendly” activist investor has increased its stake in OpenStack leader Rackspace Inc., ahead of a possible sale. The Wall Street Journal reports that Blue Harbour Group LP., has slowly but surely accumulated a 6.4 percent stake in the company since the first quarter of this year, having previously disclosed a 2.5 percent stake ...
MongoDB now offers support for Community Edition of its NoSQL database
NoSQL database king MongoDB Inc., is wooing customers that want to run the Community Edition of its software in production environments with a new support option. “Our Production Support offering is now available as a standalone service – separate from our MongoDB Enterprise software,” wrote MongoDB marketing director Meghan Gill in the company blog. “This ...
Gartner’s Hype Cycle: Big Data’s on the slippery slope
Gartner has just released its annual Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, and it shows some interesting moves for two of the most important enterprise technologies – Big Data and the cloud. Organizations that make use of these technologies might therefore need to brace themselves as their usefulness comes in for closer scrutiny. Gartner’s Hype Cycle ...