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Oracle in-memory option flies in the face of SAP
Oracle is jumping into the in-memory database market with new software that offers far greater backwards compatibility and massive performance boosts without the need to change any applications. The launch of Oracle Database In-Memory on Tuesday is a direct attack on rivals like IBM, SAP and Microsoft, throwing doubt upon the value of newever, younger ...
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 goes live with Docker, XFS and Active Directory support
Red Hat has just announced the availability of its next-generation Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL 7) platform, which has been in the works since 2010. The software packs several new features, including support for Docker’s container virtualization technology and a new file system capable of scaling to 500 terabytes. RHEL 7 launches to the general ...
Intel bids to solve water shortages with Big Data
Much of the conversation around Big Data is focused on big business and how it can be used to make money, but that’s not the only opportunity it presents. On the contrary, the real promise of Big Data is solving global problems and making the world a better place for us all to live. Intel ...
HP’s Federated Catalyst aims to simplify backup silo management
Just before the HP Discover event kicks off in Las Vegas today, Hewlett-Packard has announced a number of new backup, recovery and archive solutions. But the real standout of these products is the addition of HP StoreOnce Federated Catalyst – which offers federated backup stores capabilities – to HP StoreOnce 6500. HP says its Federated ...
HP takes on supercomputer giants with water-cooled Apollo system
HP has just entered the supercomputer game, offering an eco-friendly way for enterprises to access petaflops of computing power. Announced just before the opening of its HP Discover event in Las Vegas, the company unveiled two new servers designed for high-performance computing workloads as it prepares to take on established supercomputer makers like IBM, Fujitsu ...
Most IT pros ‘aren’t doing anything’ to prep for the Internet of Things
IT professionals are pretty excited about the potential benefits of the Internet of Things, but few are ready to deal with the new breed of connected devices landing in their organizations. The warning comes from Spiceworks, a professional network of IT pros, which says that more than half of IT professionals are ill-equipped to handle ...
Watch out pervs: Ransomware holds Android phones hostage
Bad guys have cooked up the first strain of file-encrypting ransomware targeted at smartphones running Android. Called Android/Simplocker, the malware was spotted by the security firm ESET. Researchers say it works by scanning Android phone’s SD cards looking for certain types of files, before encrypting them and demanding payment to release the data. The origins ...
Storage market tanks as firms shun high-end hardware
Late last week IDC announced one of the worst ever quarters for the storage sector, as enterprise buyers shunned high-end systems. IDC blamed the slump on a 25 percent drop in purchases of high-performance and resilient storage systems like IBM’s DS8000, EMC’s VMAX and Hitachi’s Virtual Storage Platform. This falls in line with IBM’s earlier ...
Gartner: Big Data security should start with the data
One of the central requirements of Big Data is that you take a data-centric approach to cybersecurity. Well, that seems obvious enough – if your vital data is stored in huge repositories, it makes sense to secure said repositories – but apparently most people don’t get it. In a new paper from Gartner, Big Data ...
Oracle lights up open SDN, joins OpenDaylight Project
Oracle has said it’s joining the OpenDaylight Project, an open-source software-defined networking alliance, as a silver member. The company says it wants to bake OpenDaylight’s software into its Solaris 11.2 as soon as possible. When it does so, customers will be able to “use a common and open SDN platform with OpenStack to manage Oracle ...