In a survey carried out on the sidelines of GITEX Technology Week 2011, 64% of respondents said they wouldn’t be …
Microsoft adds Hadoop support to SQL Server, data warehouse
Microsoft is responding to the “Big Data” movement by adding support for the open-source Hadoop framework for large-scale data processing …
Data centre startup Plexxi lands additional funding
Stealthy data centre start-up Plexxi has landed another $20 million in funding as it continues development of a network fabric …
Structuring data
Comprehensive data management – bringing together structured and unstructured information – within an organisation is popularly touted as the next …
Everybody wants to be connected to Exadata: Polk
Oracle wants to triple the number of installed Exadata database machines to 3,000 in its current fiscal year, and it …
Global data doubling every two years: study
EMC today announced results of the EMC-sponsored IDC Digital Universe study, “Extracting Value from Chaos”—which found the world’s information is …
Intel adds sensors to aid data centre cooling
Intel is adding new sensors to its server chips to help companies improve the efficiency of data centre cooling systems, …
How hot is your data?
According to industry commentator James Taylor, “Analytics simplify data to amplify its value”. The problem is that data today for …
Citrix founder’s new startup targets data sprawl
Citrix founder Edward Iacobucci is launching a startup calledVirtualWorks Group that plans to organize the mountains of data overwhelming modern …
‘Big-screen’ mobile broadband to triple: Ovum
The number of connections for ‘big-screen’ mobile Internet devices used for business will almost triple over the next five years …
How Facebook tested its new data centre
When Facebook built its first company-owned data center in Prineville, Oregon, designing and managing the facility was only part of …
InfoFort to offer new data security services
InfoFort, an Aramex company, has announced plans to introduce a new Secure Data Destruction service to its wide portfolio of …
Cisco jumps into portable data centre market
Cisco Systems launched its first containerised data centre, coming late to the party but offering some unique management features that …
Cisco enters portable data centre market
Cisco Systems launched its first containerised data centre on Monday, coming late to the party but offering some unique management …
How hot is your data?
According to industry commentator James Taylor, “Analytics simplify data to amplify its value”. The problem is that data today for …
How hot is your data?
According to industry commentator James Taylor, “Analytics simplify data to amplify its value”. The problem is that data today for …
Greenpeace slams Apple’s ‘dirty’ data centre
Apple has come in for stern criticism in environmental group Greenpeace’s ‘How Dirty is your Data’ report, issued this week. …
Facebook shares data centre secrets
Facebook is sharing some of the secrets that help make its data centre one of the world’s most efficient. The …
Firms forking out £1.9m per data loss
UK firms will fork out on average £1.9m a year for every data loss they experience says Symantec. Research by …
Teradata trumpets business analytics at first regional conference
By Dave Reeder “We start this as a journey. This is our first conference in Dubai – it won’t be …