Following major announcements from Amazon Web Services in recent weeks around data warehousing and management, Rackspace today announced new capabilities for database hosting and management. A NoSQL database as a service (DBaaS) from a ...
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SAP could be close to announcing the general availability of its foray into the PaaS (platform-as-a-service) market, NetWeaver Cloud, which will go up against rival offerings from the likes of Oracle and Salesforce.com. NetWeaver Cloud ...
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The G-Cloud looks set to become the future model for the way government buys its IT – with a new framework in the pipeline that will include secure email services for the NHS – and calls for it to become a blueprint for all new ...
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Facebook has beaten some of the limitations of the Apache Hadoop data processing platform, its engineers assert. Facebook has released source code for scheduling workloads on the Apache Hadoop data processing platform. Engineers at the ...
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HP is continuing to suffer as a result of Oracle dropping Itanium support while Dell's enterprise strategy gains momentum, according to the latest market data from Gartner. The company posted worldwide server supplier revenue of $3.7bn, ...
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As China's economy has boomed in recent years, several of its technology firms have also flourished on a global scale. Further reading Google must do more to allay competition fears, says EU antitrust chief Microsoft loses EU antitrust ...
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Aldata, a retail and distribution optimization company, and EYC, a customer engagement specialist, both part of the Symphony Technology Group, have announced their merger into a new company, Symphony EYC. Symphony EYC combines the ...
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IDG News Service - IBM has teamed with AT&T to offer secure shared cloud services to customers over private networks rather than the public Internet, the companies said Tuesday. The service to be delivered from early next year is targeted ...
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A global taskforce comprising government authorities and industry body The Green Grid have selected three new metrics to improve a datacentre's energy-efficiency. The metrics are Green Energy Coefficient (GEC), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF) and ...
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The implementation of the BMC software will deliver a consistent customer experience across all CyrusOne data centres Global enterprise data center services provider CyrusOne has implemented BMC's Remedy OnDemand IT Service Management ...
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Models Offer Rugged Durability and Customizable Features for Public Safety Market FREMONT, CA, September 28, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- GammaTech Computer Corp., a major international manufacturer and supplier of innovative notebook and ...
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The VMworld Europe 2012 winners are: Best virtualisation and server consolidation project: Tiger Wheel & Tyre Best virtualisation and server consolidation project: The National Trust Best virtualisation for disaster recovery project: ...
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This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach. The latest challenge confronting IT organizations is managing the ...
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) recent storm-related outage, which left Web sites including Netflix, Pinterest, and Instagram inaccessible, is just the latest in a string of costly cloud failures. Since 2007, a total of 568 hours of downtime at ...
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Dell and VMware announced a partnership this week through which the two companies will sell a bundled system with server, network and storage components in support of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Dell's new vStart for VDI is ...
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