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Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment renews $5 million spatial data management contract 18 March, 2010 17:28
Logica wins contract for another three yearsThe Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE) has renewed its $5 million spatial data management contract with Logica for another three years. - +
Appistry launches 'big data' computational storage system 16 March, 2010 07:16
Distributed-file-system approach promises to eliminate performance bottlenecks by allowing analytics workloads to go where the data isIt's never been easy to access - much less analyse - the vast amount of data available to, for example, determine changes in customer behavior or sentiment, optimize routing of telephone switches based on call patterns, or analyze financial portfolio pricing or risk. Traditional business intelligence systems rely on highly structured (and usually transactional) data stored in massive data cubes and data warehouses, which requires significant upfront work to decide what is being analyzed and to ensure all the data is consistent with that goal - that is, you know what you are looking for. But that approach isn't useful for exploring trends or patterns, especially in external data that wasn't formatted for your needs. - +
New Oracle database stack faster with Flash storage 09 March, 2010 12:40
The second iteration of Oracle's Exadata database engine will feature flash storage embedded within the server machine, eliminating the need to source data from storage disks and cutting query processing time significantly, a company executive revealed Friday. - +
Fujitsu aims new server at cloud compute providers 17 March, 2010 13:07
The company will also use the servers internally to reduce costs in its own cloud infrastructure servicesFujitsu is rolling out a new server designed specially for cloud computing providers. - +
IDC: Storage software market has typical fourth quarter jump 16 March, 2010 09:04
Storage software grew by 6.3 per cent in Q4 2009 over previous quarterAccording to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market experienced a slight increase in year-over-year growth in the fourth quarter of 2009 (Q4- 09) with revenues of $US3.09 billion, representing 0.5 percent growth over the same quarter one year ago, as well as 6.3 percent growth from the previous quarter (Q3-09). - +
IT disaster recovery goldmine 11 March, 2010 02:42
Savvy companies prepare for the worstThe global market for business IT continuity and disaster data recovery solutions will grow from $24.3 billion in 2009 to exceed $39 billion in 2015, according to ABI Research. - +
Microsoft envisions ultra-modular data centers 04 March, 2010 12:28
The software giant is experimenting with efficient designs that can be ramped up quickly when it needs capacityIn the years to come, Microsoft's data centers may not be huge buildings tightly packed with server racks, but rather rows of small, stand-alone IT units spread across acres and acres of cool, cheap land. - +
EMC: Flash could spell doom for Fibre Channel 04 March, 2010 03:56
Is fibre channel storage a thing of the past?EMC executives believe that Fibre Channel storage could be a thing of the past in just a few years as enterprises increase adoption of flash memory for I/O-intensive applications, while storing less-frequently used data on inexpensive SATA drives. - +
The high cost of Defence IT spending revealed 09 March, 2010 13:20
New tool shows tens of millions spent on IT by Defence in just one monthDefence is known to be a big spender on IT, but just how much it does spend is now available to the public through a new web-based tool. - +
Virtualisation can play havoc with the data centre 08 March, 2010 09:31
Signs your infrastructure may not be readyServer virtualisation can reduce IT costs, enhance performance and improve data centre space utilisation, but it can also introduce power and cooling challenges than can limit an organisation's ability to realise the opportunities. - +
Corsair releases its fastest USB flash drives yet 03 March, 2010 10:08
They approach the maximum performance offered by USB 2.0Corsair has announced a new family of USB flash drives that the company said approach the maximum performance available from the USB 2.0 interface, which offers 480Mbit/sec throughput.
Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment renews $5 million spatial data management contract
Appistry launches 'big data' computational storage system
Fujitsu aims new server at cloud compute providers
New Oracle database stack faster with Flash storage
IDC: Storage software market has typical fourth quarter jump
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