Former Judge Aids EFF In Retrieving Megaupload User Files
Most of us have moved to the cloud–we put our most precious data, photos, videos, files, in the cloud like it’s a bank where we put our money in. But there’s a huge difference.…
What We Learned From The Amazon Web Services Apocalypse
By now, you’ve no doubt heard about yesterday’s Amazon Web Services outage (tracked on Twitter with the inauspicious hashtag #AWSpocalypse), during which a power outage disrupted cloud service delivery from its Northern Virginia data center,…
Network Virtualization: the Next Big Thing in Transforming IT Infrastructure
With servers and storage well into the process of virtualization, networks are next, Wikibon CTO David Floyer advises Cisco CEO John Chambers in his latest Alert, “Network Virtualization – Transition or Transformation?”. The increasing…
Intel Eyes More Internet-Connected Devices
By Saroj Kar
Intel Corp., arguably the largest chipmaker in the world, is considering creating an increasing number of internet connected device ecosystems, such as home entertainment, for major growth opportunities. The company’s chief financial officer, Stacy…
Vendor Messaging Versus Business Reality in the Storage Market
The Cube’s Dave Vellante and Stu Miniman sat down with Randy Kerns, Senior Strategist, Evaluator Group, a Colorado-based IT analyst firm that specializes in storage and information management at this year’s Dell Storage Forum.…
Microsoft Announces Major Upgrades to Hyper-V at TechEd 2012
Microsoft announced major upgrades to Hyper-V to make it competitive with VMware at TechEd 2012, June 11-14 in Orlando, writes Wikibon Analyst Scott Lowe in his latest Alert, “Virtualization, Cloud and Mobility are in…
This Week in the Cloud: Big Events, Flash and Mobile
This week featured the 2012 Dell Storage Forum, an annual gathering that, this year, represented a very solid commitment to storage on behalf of the vendor. The company backed this strategic shift with a…
A Summary of the Virtualized Converged Market: Why We Need Application Expertise
For some reason May and June has become conference season in the IT industry. While not every major conference happens in these two months, a large number do, including EMC World, HP World, the…
Infochimps a Key Contributor to Serengeti and Not Shy about It
Infochimps is a big data firm that is known for its analytics platform, as well as the data set and API market it operates. The company is also behind a number of open-source innovations…
Big Data Must Shift from Creativity to Scalability and Reliability
By Jeff Pike
Geoffrey Moore of Mohr Davidow Ventures and author of many books including Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, and Inside the Fault Line, delivered the keynote at the Hadoop Summit 2012. Moore also took…