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

Bare Metal Hadoop and OpenStack: Together at Last!

OpenStack components have finally matured to the point where we can build Big Data projects under one framework. This session will exlore the foundational elements needed to deploy meaningful, long lived Hadoop clusters on bare metal via OpenStack APIs. In the past, Hadoop use cases were largely limited to deployments on virtual machines. With the… Continue reading Bare Metal Hadoop and OpenStack: Together at Last!

Cavium to Demo Server Ecosystem Solutions on ThunderX at Linaro Connect Asia 2015

Cavium ThunderX Board

Cavium, Inc. (NASDAQ: CAVM), a leading provider of semiconductor products that enable intelligent processing for enterprise, data center, cloud, wired and wireless networking, will demonstrate multiple industry standard server applications, Hypervisors and OSes running on Cavium ThunderX reference systems at Linaro Connect Asia 2015 during the week of February 9, 2015 at the Regal Airport… Continue reading Cavium to Demo Server Ecosystem Solutions on ThunderX at Linaro Connect Asia 2015

Hortonworks Delivers Proven High-Availability Solution for Apache Hadoop

Hortonworks, a leading commercial vendor promoting the innovation, development and support of Apache Hadoop, today announced the availability of an enterprise-proven, high-availability (HA) solution for Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) 1.0 that empowers operations teams deploying Hadoop on VMware vSphere® with an HA solution that is proven and readily available in the enterprise. Hortonworks and VMware… Continue reading Hortonworks Delivers Proven High-Availability Solution for Apache Hadoop

Composite Software Release of Version 6.1 of its Data Virtualization Platform

Composite Software today introduced version 6.1 of its Composite Data Virtualization Platform™ which extends the company’s performance leadership position and significantly enhances the data virtualization platform’s data services development environment. Composite 6.1, available immediately, is a free upgrade for Composite’s hundreds of installations worldwide. Composite 6.1 advances the company’s industry-leading query optimization algorithms and techniques… Continue reading Composite Software Release of Version 6.1 of its Data Virtualization Platform