IBM will extend its Elastic Storage technology with two new products as the company moves to offer software-defined storage in several forms.
Intel targets data centre with Xeon server chips
Intel has designed its latest server chips to provide the building blocks to modernise “legacy data centres” by providing more processing cores, throughput and power-saving features.
Crafting space
Last month in London, EMC gave the media a peek of what is coming in the future for the technology leader and what is available now to help CIOs manage their data.
Framing the future
On 8th April, IBM celebrated the 50th anniversary of System/360, its mainframe system which transformed the computing world. James Dartnell reports from the Mainframe50 conference in New York City where the infrastructure giant celebrated the milestone with the release of new cloud and Hadoop services.
IBM to unveil software-defined storage product line
On Monday, IBM will take the wraps off a portfolio of products for software-defined storage, an area where established vendors and startups alike are already claiming the future has arrived.
Open up
Open-source storage solutions that used to be considered extremely niche have been used for various new applications, and these applications are getting users across the world excited about the possibility of doing things a little differently.
Red Hat: ME enterprises should not be fooled by the false ‘open’
IT analyst firm Gartner placed ‘Software Defined Anything’ in its list for Top IT Trends for 2014. Within the storage market, software-defined storage is rapidly gaining importance and becoming a growing market trend in the Middle East.
Intel unveils Knights’ Landing at supercomputing conference
Intel has unveiled a raft of new innovations and software tools to tap the power of Big Data at the Supercomputing Conference 2013 held in Denver, Colorado.
NetApp upgrades flash, hybrid dedicated storage products
NetApp is upgrading its lineup of dedicated storage systems, rolling out a faster all-flash array and improved platforms for branch offices and large enterprises.
Amazon: New analytics tool can scrutinise massive amounts of data
Amazon Web Services this week released its new cloud-based data analytics tool Kinesis, which can analyse large amounts of data in real time and be paid for by the hour.
The Big Data reshuffle
Can Big Data programmes be run using traditional IT teams, or do organisations need to take a new approach to hiring?
Boeing CIO moves to Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank has appointed Kim Hammonds as chief information officer (CIO) and global co-head of group technology and operations (GTO).
Demand for data experts to double by 2017, say analysts SAS
The demand for big data experts in large companies is expected to more than double by 2017 to 69,000, according to a study sponsored by data analytics specialists SAS.
HP to tackle cloud, security, Big Data, mobility at GITEX 2013
HP aims to showcase an enormous range of enterprise solutions at GITEX Technology Week 2013, with cloud, security, Big Data and mobility forming the crux of the vendor’s participation at the show.
Capgemini allows companies to move data analytics into Amazon cloud
Capgemini has launched an on-demand analytics platform via Amazon Web Services (AWS) to give companies a cost-effective way to handle their Big Data.
Intel to customise chips for Big Data applications
Software is becoming an important building block in chip design, and customization will help applications gather, manage and analyse data a lot quicker, said Ron Kasabian, general manager of big data solutions at Intel.
IBM, universities partner on 'big data' skills training
IBM is hoping to help create the next generation of “big data” specialists through a series of partnerships with universities …
WD unveils WD Se hard drive line
WD has announced availability of its innovative WD Se line of hard drives, the first designed for scale-out data centre deployments.
Do-it-yourself Big Data
Gulf Air shunned the expensive solutions of the big vendors jumping on the Big Data bandwagon, and became the first Middle East organisation to implement the technology by embracing open-source software with an in-house team.
Oracle quietly slashes BI software prices
Oracle has quietly cut the list price of its flagship BI (business intelligence) Foundation Suite significantly, possibly in response to increased market competition.