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There is a war going on in my internet!

There is a war going on in my internet!

By on October 24, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Editorial, Information Technology, Security

Somehow late in the game I have suddenly realized in the background of my life there was a war going on in my Internet and still is most likely, and without much fuss or noise it took place and I suspect is still going on. It is one of these new dimensions of war, it happens [...]

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Does Dell have a cloudy cloud strategy story (Part II)?

Does Dell have a cloudy cloud strategy story (Part II)?

By on October 19, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Editorial

This is the second of two posts (here is the first post) that are part of ongoing industry trends and perspectives cloud conversations series that looks at Dell and their cloud strategy story. So what does the first post have to do with Dell having a cloudy cloud strategy story? Simple, there have been some [...]

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How to Maintain Your Data Center under a Severe Power Shortage

How to Maintain Your Data Center under a Severe Power Shortage

By on October 18, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Editorial, Green Technology, Information Technology

As I reported, I will moderate a panel session with members of the Japan Data Center Council (JDCC), a consortium of more than 100 data center operators and vendors in Japan. The venue is the Silicon Valley Leadership Group’s upcoming 5th Annual Data Center Energy Efficiency conference, to be held at the Advanced Micro Devices [...]

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Does Dell have a cloudy cloud strategy story (Part I)?

Does Dell have a cloudy cloud strategy story (Part I)?

By on October 17, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Editorial

This is first of a two-part post (click here for second post) that is part of ongoing industry trends and perspective cloud conversations series that looks at Dell and their cloud strategy story. For background, some previous Dell posts are found here, here, here and here. Here is a link that has video of the [...]

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What Do Data Center Operators Do When They Face a Power Shortage?

What Do Data Center Operators Do When They Face a Power Shortage?

By on October 1, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Green Technology, Information Technology

Yes, in the US we experience a power availability and supply problem when we try to build a data center or expand capacity. Some operators try their best to maximize available power for expanding their existing data centers, while others look for a building site with an ample power supply. Recently, the New York Times [...]

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Principal Idea Behind Intel’s Push towards Wireless Is Smart Allocation of ICT Resources

Principal Idea Behind Intel’s Push towards Wireless Is Smart Allocation of ICT Resources

By on September 16, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Hardware, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless

Recently, I had a chance to hear the keynote speech delivered by Justin Rattner, CTO of Intel, at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012. He heads Intel Labs, and a large room was packed with media, developers, technical managers, and business people. Justin Rattner started his speech wearing the latest communications gear with moving ears. The [...]

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FluidOps Provides Better Data from Multiple Sources with Semantic Modeling

FluidOps Provides Better Data from Multiple Sources with Semantic Modeling

By on September 15, 2012 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Database, Information Technology, Software, Storage

The market that NoSQL addresses is quite wide and populous. It includes not only databases but also utilities to accelerate data collection, analytics, and visualization. The whole idea of Big Data is to derive useful intelligence and information from the vast amount of data that were ignored and discarded before. So in a way, it [...]

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GigaSpaces Accelerates NoSQL Databases

GigaSpaces Accelerates NoSQL Databases

By on September 11, 2012 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Management, Database, Enterprise Applications, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Social Media, Software, Storage

I video-interviewed GigaSpaces’ Nati Shalom, its founder and chief technology officer, in March regarding their Cloudify product. Nati Shalom Cloudify is a tool to smoothly launch applications in a cloud environment with a recipe that describes everything necessary, including resources and their configurations. GigaSpaces’ new product (at least, I thought it was new) is eXtreme [...]

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Metric Insights Enhances Collected Data with Context for Business Intelligence

Metric Insights Enhances Collected Data with Context for Business Intelligence

By on September 10, 2012 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Management, Database, Enterprise Applications, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Software

Of the five companies I interviewed at the recent NoSQL Now 2012 conference in San Jose, two were database companies, two were analytics companies, and one was a technology company in the business of accelerating the speed of others’ NoSQL databases. One of the analytics companies was Metric Insights, which is based in San Francisco. [...]

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Chatting with Bob Wiederhold of Couchbase, NoSQL Database Company

Chatting with Bob Wiederhold of Couchbase, NoSQL Database Company

By on September 5, 2012 in Analytics, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Management, Database, Enterprise Applications, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Software, Storage

When you talk to many people in the same domain, you either get totally confused or begin to see some commonality in their views and thus some light. Every vendor has its claims about its technologies and products. Some try to emphasize their merits and downplay their demerits. That is understandable. I sat down with [...]

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