Tag: data
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OCZ Technology Buys Storage Software Provider SANRAD
High-performance solid-state storage device maker OCZ Technology added a key ingredient to its software lineup Jan. 9 in announcing the acquisition of privately held flash caching and virtualization software/hardware provider SANRAD. Terms of the deal were not revealed by OCZ. Mountain View, Calif.-based SANRAD, founded in 2000, has its research and development center in Tel… Read more
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Asetek Combats Data Center Heat With Liquid Cooling
Heat is one of the biggest enemies in the data center, with the potential to cost both an enterprise and an IT department a lot of money. Heat generation in the data center contributes to system failures, reduces component life, increases environmental control costs and can be difficult and expensive to mitigate. Hardware vendor Asetek… Read more
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The State Of The Data Center
Categories: Cloud ComputingThe State Of The Data Center The 509,147 data centers worldwide occupy 285,831,541 square feet of property. No Title That’s the size of 5,955 football fields. No Title 1.2 trillion GB of data will be generated over the course of this year. No Title That’s like handing every person on earth 10 16GB iPods. No… Read more
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Apache Releases Hadoop 1.0
Categories: News and TrendsThe Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced Apache Hadoop 1.0, the open-source software framework for reliable, scalable, distributed computing. The Jan. 4 release marks a major milestone six years in the making, and has achieved the level of stability and enterprise-readiness to earn the 1.0 designation, Apache officials said. "In addition to the major security… Read more
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Data Management Software Revenue to Surge in 2012: Gartner
Worldwide master data management (MDM) software revenue will reach $1.9 billion in 2012, a 21 percent increase from 2011, according to IT research firm Gartner. And the market is forecast to reach $3.2 billion by 2015. The report found the overall MDM market is dominated by three major players–IBM, Oracle and SAP–although within the overall… Read more
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VMware View Bolts On Additional Virtual Desktop Control
VMware View 5 improves the end-user experience when employing PC over Internet Protocol display-compression technology by adding throttling that cuts back network usage. View 5 also added Persona, VMware s entry into user-profile management, a much-needed feature to keep up in the competitive virtual desktop arena. View 5 is focused on improving the user experience,… Read more