Gathering numbers of NHS trusts are investing in the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS), making it one of the more successful examples of NHS IT. Increasing storage costs could drive the use of the cloud. PACS is a ...
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Hadoop and MapReduce have long been mainstays of the big data movement, but some companies now need new and faster ways to extract business value from massive -- and constantly growing -- datasets. While many large organizations are still ...
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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In an effort to improve how MongoDB supplies its data to external applications, MongoDB keeper 10gen has extended the open source data store's query language, providing developers with more sophisticated ways to extract and transform data. ...
Tags: MongoDB, external applications, open source data store, query language
Today marks the official release of VMware's vSphere 5.1, and despite the point release, there's much more to this version than minor updates and bug fixes. In fact, this is a release that would have been comfortable wearing the number 6. ...
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Symantec today announced upgrades to its enterprise-class NetBackup software to focus on tighter integration with VMware and the ability to backup and recover virtual machines (VMs) more quickly. NetBackup 7.6 will include NetBackup ...
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Redis, an open source in-memory data store maintained by VMware, has been upgraded to be more stabile and make more judicious use of memory, two traits that should make it more appealing for enterprise deployments. “Redis 2.6 is ...
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As organizations continue to evaluate Hadoop for large scale data analysis, Hadoop software vendors are refining their products for enterprise use, addressing concerns around reliability and expanded use. This week, Cloudera and MapR both ...
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Running app Runtastic is using Compuware Dynatrace software from Compuware to ensure the software performs properly. The cloud-hosted mobile application supports over 1,000 devices.It provides sports data such as elapsed ...
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Broadband,phone and mobile company TalkTalk has selected business intelligence software provider QlikView's Business Discovery platform ahead of Tableau's rival offering because QlikView was"cheaper and easier to deploy". Further reading ...
Tags: TalkTalk, QlikView, cheaper and easier to deploy, Cullen
The government recently published its white paper on open data,with the newly-created Open Data User Group having met to discuss the next phase.But despite these moves,campaigners are worried that plans to create a£16bn stimulus to ...
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The newly updated version of the open source Jaspersoft business intelligence suite offers end users more controls on how they can format reports and dashboards, including the ability to filter results and remove unnecessary columns. ...
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