Big Data Analytics and Docker: The Thrilla in Manila

Docker containers are an ideal platform for the Big Data analytics use case because of their unique security and performance advantages. Big Data work loads typically use distributed file systems to provide shared access to both input and output data sets. OpenStack Manila is an excellent way to manage distributed file systems in the Cloud… Continue reading Big Data Analytics and Docker: The Thrilla in Manila

Radiant Logic Announces Roadmap for RadiantOne and HDAP, the “Big Data” Directory

Radiant Logic, the market leader of federated identity solutions based on virtualization, today announced its participation in the Ping Technology Alliance Program. This latest collaboration continues Radiant’s long-standing partnership with Ping Identity, the leading provider of single sign-on and access management based on federation standards. Working in concert with Ping’s federated access layer, RadiantOne enables… Continue reading Radiant Logic Announces Roadmap for RadiantOne and HDAP, the “Big Data” Directory

Benchmarking Sahara-based Big Data as a Service solutions

Sahara provides a way to build Big Data as a Service on OpenStack, but there are many options and considerations. This presentation introduces our work on benchmarking various solutions, including VM vs. container vs bare-metal, HDFS vs. Swift, and a few others. This was conducted on latest Intel hardware platforms and will provide insights into… Continue reading Benchmarking Sahara-based Big Data as a Service solutions

Mega Trends to support Unified Communications market growth in APAC

UC-as-a-Service (UCaaS) solutions

Unequivocally, 2015 will see strong growth in the Cloud computing, Big Data Analytics, Social media, Internet of things, and Mobility (CASIM). Frost & Sullivan believes that CASIM will mark a positive impact on the unified communications (UC) market, making UC more critical to the businesses than ever before. “UC will no more be just about… Continue reading Mega Trends to support Unified Communications market growth in APAC

Nextpoint Integrates with Mindseye to Optimize Discovery in the Cloud

Mindseye, an experienced leader in eDiscovery technology and workflow solutions, announced today that Nextpoint has integrated the Mindseye Discovery platform to offer a best-in-class solution for clients with big data challenges. The Mindseye platform is able to process and index multiple terabytes of data in 24 hours, and the integration of Nextpoint and Mindseye dramatically… Continue reading Nextpoint Integrates with Mindseye to Optimize Discovery in the Cloud

US data capital poised to advance leadership position in big data

The Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), the George Washington University (GW), and Attain, LLC, has released a research report conducted by Chmura Economics and Analytics highlighting the depth and breadth of big data experience, expertise and assets in Northern Virginia and the Potomac region. The report “Big Data and Analytics in Northern Virginia and the… Continue reading US data capital poised to advance leadership position in big data

New ViPR Software-Defined Storage Brings Cloud-Scale Capabilities to the Masses

EMC World 2014 Today at EMC World 2014, EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) announced ViPR 2.0 — a Software-Defined Storage platform that dramatically simplifies the management of both existing and new storage infrastructure, and provides new data services to underpin next-generation applications and Big Data analytics. The 3rd Platform of IT is based on the mega… Continue reading New ViPR Software-Defined Storage Brings Cloud-Scale Capabilities to the Masses

White House report embraces ‘big data,’ privacy rules

A study ordered by US President Barack Obama and released Thursday concludes that analysis of “big data” can help society in many ways, from improving health care to spurring economic growth. But the report also said the vast expansion of computer analytics of large data banks creates new threats to privacy, and recommended updated rules… Continue reading White House report embraces ‘big data,’ privacy rules