Nine Core Requirements for Real-Time Cloud Systems

A recent entry on the Real-Time Cloud blog from Cogent Real-Time Systems identifies nine core requirements for cloud computing to handle real-time data. Engineers, managers, and other key decision makers who need remote access to trading stations, field devices, or SCADA systems can now quickly evaluate and compare cloud computing solutions for accessing their real-time… Continue reading Nine Core Requirements for Real-Time Cloud Systems

Informatica Identified as a Leader in Data Virtualization

Informatica Corporation, the world’s number one independent leader in data integration software, today announced it was cited as a Leader in “The Forrester Wave(tm): Data Virtualization, Q1 2012” published January 5, 2012. Informatica achieved the highest score for current offering and strategy based on the evaluation of Informatica Data Services. According to Forrester Research, Inc.,… Continue reading Informatica Identified as a Leader in Data Virtualization

New eBook Details Federated and Virtualized Architectures for BI Professionals

Wayne Eckerson, veteran consultant and industry analyst in analytics, business intelligence, performance management and data warehousing, has written an eBook entitled “Federating Architectures for BI Professionals,” published by BeyeNETWORK and underwritten by data virtualization leader Composite Software. In the eBook, Eckerson writes that BI professionals, despite their best efforts, currently operate in a federated world… Continue reading New eBook Details Federated and Virtualized Architectures for BI Professionals

Permabit Announces Four New Patents, Year of Innovation in the Primary Storage Optimization Market

Permabit Technology Corporation, the leader in the development and delivery of OEM embedded Data Optimized Storage, today announced they have been awarded four new patents and looks back at a year of innovation and further development of their High Performance Data Optimization Software, Albireo. The deduplication engine was created for hardware and software storage OEMs… Continue reading Permabit Announces Four New Patents, Year of Innovation in the Primary Storage Optimization Market

Cloudant Appoints Derek Schoettle as CEO

Cloudant, leading architects & operators of the BigCouch data management network, announced that it has named Derek Schoettle as the company’s new chief executive officer. Schoettle is a veteran software and internet industry executive who was most recently a VP Sales at analytic database leader, Vertica Systems, Inc., targeting telecommunications and media companies. He joins… Continue reading Cloudant Appoints Derek Schoettle as CEO

Thanks to the Patriot Act, Cloud Data in EU not Safe

Microsoft has acknowledged the fact that its EU based cloud data is accessible to the Patriot Act.  If ordered, all US based companies are required to provide access to US authorities under the patriot act. Read on… Microsoft’s UK head admitted today that no cloud data is safe from the Patriot Act — and Microsoft… Continue reading Thanks to the Patriot Act, Cloud Data in EU not Safe

vmPRO 4000 Wins “Storage Virtualization Product of the Year” at 2011 SVC Awards

Quantum Corp., a proven global expert in data protection and big data management, today announced that the company’s vmPRO 4000 integrated solution for protecting data on virtual servers was named “Storage Virtualization Product of the Year” at the 2011 Storage, Virtualization and Cloud Computing (SVC) Awards. The award recognizes Quantum’s commitment to building on its… Continue reading vmPRO 4000 Wins “Storage Virtualization Product of the Year” at 2011 SVC Awards

Red Hat Releases First Integrated Scale-Out Storage Product for Unstructured Data

Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the availability of Red Hat Storage Software Appliance, which is its first integrated product that provides scale-out storage for unstructured data. In early October, Red Hat announced that it had acquired Gluster, a leading provider of scale-out, open source storage solutions that… Continue reading Red Hat Releases First Integrated Scale-Out Storage Product for Unstructured Data