VMware this week announced a handful of advancements to VMware Cloud that company CTO Chris Wolf said have been driven by its customers and partner ecosystem. Touted by the company as furthering its vision for delivering the foundation of its customers’ and partners’ digital transformation, cloud advancements include updates to VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vCloud …
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Indiana’s Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee have approved a proposal to cut taxes imposed on data centers in order to lure big business to the state, tweaking a proposal that previously passed the House. House Bill 1405, which was approved 14 – 0 on Tuesday, would exempt data center equipment and most electricity used …
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Interview Cloudera said it plans to become the darling of Wall Street in 18 months, in part by breaking into the $1bn turnover club. This promise comes a week after the company reported widening losses and sales that missed analysts forecasts, sending its share price down by almost a fifth. Speaking to The Register at …
The wonderful thing about software-defined networking is it takes core network function out of the realm of purpose-built hardware powered by custom silicon and moves it into the world of software that runs on generic x86 and commodity network hardware. The bad thing about software-defined networking (SDN) is the same. Moreover, a lot of that …
Desktop-as-a-service providers take different approaches to how they deliver cloud desktops, but they are usually either server-based or client-based. At the heart of desktop as a service (DaaS) is a cloud infrastructure that includes the resources to host and deliver desktop services. The infrastructure includes a virtualization layer for managing the VMs that host the …
Logowatch Now that star-crossed Hadoop-flinging lovers Cloudera and Hortonworks have ended their years-long competition-cum-courtship with a merger, what better way to seal the deal than visiting the Strategy Boutique? As with so many relationships, the on-again-off-again romance has culminated in a union that made one partner take the other’s name. But, in recognition of the …
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Determining where to deploy containers depends on the type of applications you run. Each application has its own performance specs, portability levels and security recommendations, all of which you should factor into the bare-metal vs. VM decision. Containers, from initial interest to implementation, progressed at a rapid pace in the market. In fact, containers caught …
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Big data is becoming mainstream, and streaming is a hot data management tactic. Open source is becoming more inclusive as it attracts both entrepreneurs and a more diverse world of developers. Java is evolving as a platform to meet the challenges of polyglot programming and microservices. These are a few insights from five software innovators …
Data lakes have quickly become mainstream, growing in popularity and prevalence, as businesses realize how they help solve scalability and duplication issues while significantly enhancing analytics insights to gain a competitive advantage. In addition, the diversity of usage and inherent ability to house various types of data makes data lakes critical for digital business. However, …
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Business is booming at Ergonet, an IT-services provider based in Łódź, a scenic and historic city in central Poland. With more than 20 years of experience serving companies in the region, its experts — which include cloud solution and networking engineers, security professionals and specialists in backup and replication — provide a wide range of …
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