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Server SAN vs. Hyperscale storage
Server SAN is a cost effective method of pooling compute and storage that is managed via a single software-defined interface. It can enable enterprises to effectively tear down silos and operate in an environment where processes are automated and technology is converged. Still, there are numerous competing technologies, including hyperscale storage. What advantages does Server ...
Server SAN: What it is and why it matters
One of the major challenges that faces any organization with digital data is how to maximize storage availability while minimizing the amount of time and money spent maintaining it. Server SAN is a concept of storage that does exactly that, reducing the amount of capital investment necessary to pool storage resources and limiting the number ...
Data Hygiene : Making the case for the right amount of clean data
How much Big Data is enough? Many people are under the impression that the more data you have, the more accurate your analysis will be. Rather than basing research off a small sample population, why not study the entire population? Many analysts who work with big data are now saying this is a false assumption. ...
Converged infrastructure boosts Oracle DBA productivity
Converged infrastructure boosts DBA productivity, according to a new Wikibon report. Wikibon’s research examined Oracle database administrators (DBAs) in particular and found that highly converged infrastructure lowered costs and raised productivity between 40 and 50 percent. Perhaps the most interesting nugget of knowledge that the Wikibon report uncovered is that the method of delivery matters ...
How Datalink helps customers converge public and private clouds
As more organizations seek to adopt cloud computing in any of its forms, many will find that it may not always be as simple to implement as one might think. Cloud providers often offer very generic services to companies that vary widely in business practices and in on-premise technology. Cloud service providers must offer more ...
HP reinvents approach to converged systems | #HPDiscover
In the second day of theCUBE coverage of HP Discover 2013 in Barcelona, co-hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante sat down with Tom Joyce, Senior VP and GM of HP Converged Systems. Joyce talked about some of HP’s current trends in converged infrastructure and where the Converged Systems division is headed in the near future. ...
HP unveils StoreOnce 6500 backup and free 1 TB storage | #HPDiscover
At HP Discover 2013 in Barcelona today, HP unveiled its latest backup solution, the StoreOnce 6500. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, HP also announced that it would be giving away one terabyte (TB) of free storage to anyone in attendance at the keynote address on December 11. This offer is in addition to the one terabyte ...
MarkLogic’s lead in NoSQL market won’t slow innovation
The NoSQL market is still relatively new, but the current trends suggest it is on pace to equal or even surpass traditional relational database management systems (RDMS). In this rapidly-emerging market, one company, MarkLogic, is clearly leading the race. With its latest improvements to its Big Data products, the company has given itself a significant ...
Splunk Poised to Become Big Data App King
When Big Data started to really take flight a couple of years ago, many inside the industry anticipated that major application development would follow. After all, what use is it to have access to so much unstructured data if you have no means to analyze and utilize it? While some Big Data companies have started ...
NoSQL Market Snapshot: Past, Present, and Future
As long as there have been computers, data storage and access has been an issue. At the height of the so-called “Web 2.0” era, SQL databases were the talk of the town. The LAMP stack (Linux Apache MySQL and PHP) was the savior of dynamic websites around the world. Even today, MySQL and other SQL ...
