Oracle OpenWorld Presents New Horizons for the Cloud
I was in the crowd on Sunday, Sept. 30, when Oracle CEO Larry Ellison welcomed attendees to Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address that had one dominant theme: Oracle is embracing the cloud in a big...
View ArticleData Center Power Consumption: Breaking the Rules
When you need to scope data center power consumption, do you typically make your best estimate and then add “padding,” say 50%? You’re not alone. In fact, that margin has become a rule of thumb. Data...
View ArticleFor Big Data, Cloud, and Database - IBM looks to Pure Simplicity
The volume and velocity of Big Data are soaring faster than a 50-story helium balloon: from the log files of massive e-commerce sites, to the transactional data generated every second within major...
View ArticleA Smarter Approach to Big Data
At the IBM Information on Demand (IoD) 2012 Global Conference held last week in Las Vegas, the emphasis was on “thinking big.” Big was certainly the topic at the Big Data panel discussion, where...
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Intel Cloud Usage Models Are No Myth
The cloud. It’s a pretty fanciful name for such an important set of technologies. But here at Intel, we’re not above having some fun with the cloud. Check out our new infographic Seize the Power of the...
View ArticleBig Data: The Right Tools to Optimize Performance
If you have deployed Apache Hadoop*, and you are already analyzing unstructured data, you may have Big Data corralled. But is your Hadoop environment optimized for maximum throughput? Hadoop is a...
View ArticleSolid State Drives Ramp Up Performance for In-Memory Databases
Data intensive computing takes muscle – and not just in the form of more powerful processors. Revving up performance for time-sensitive, transactional analytics, takes a more complete package, which...
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Sensor Data: Where Big Data Gets Interesting
Machines and human beings are generating some 2.5 exabytes of data each day, according to estimates from IBM. That’s 1 plus 18 zero’s worth of information daily, and it’s piling up so fast that 90...
View ArticleCatch the Big Data Wave: Pulling It All Together
Big Data is about to get a lot bigger – and if your infrastructure isn’t ready, you might get left behind. Watch our amusing animated video on the impact of sensor data on big data analytics. You’ll...
View ArticleThe Wild West of Big Data
I recently returned from Santa Clara and the Feb 26 – 28 Strata Conference. I always enjoy Strata—the conference does a good job of balancing the contributions of longtime industry leaders, academics,...
View ArticleTransforming database technology for faster big data insights - IBM and Intel
I started my career as a database administrator at Sequent computers, where I helped with the care and nurturing of the company’s Informix* database deployment. At the time, we considered it a real...
View ArticleIBM Impact 2013: Heroes of IT, Please Take a Bow
At last week’s IBM Impact conference, the focus was on “Technology in Motion,” and the keynote presentations were both inspiring and thought-provoking. The program celebrated some of the 400 IBM...
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At TDWI: Finding a middle way between Hadoop and relational data warehousing
If you’re thinking big data analytics will solve all your BI challenges, you may be looking at it wrong… I realized this when I was in Chicago the first week of May, attending The Data Warehousing...
View ArticleGo Ahead and Virtualize IBM InfoSphere* Information Server
If you want to virtualize IBM InfoSphere* but have put it off, I have some new information that might give you the bump you need to move forward: How does 98 percent throughput sound? In a nutshell:...
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How to Optimize Hadoop Performance on Intel Architecture
If you are dealing with data analytics, you have probably heard about or are using Apache Hadoop*. By leveraging the compute power of multiple nodes in a cluster, Hadoop can analyze practically...
View ArticlePartners Extend the Benefits of Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop Software
There’s more to the Intel® Distribution for Apache Hadoop* software (IDH) than meets the eye. Intel is building an entire partner ecosystem around IDH that extends optimized hardware, data storage and...
View ArticleA Focus on Big Data Analytics, At SAS Global Forum
In late April at San Francisco, Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS, welcomed attendees to the 38th annual SAS Global Forum by noting that when the conference was first held in San Francisco in 1982, everything...
View ArticleDatabase as a Service: Intel Technology Optimizations for Oracle Database 12c
Oracle Database innovation continues on Oracle Database 12c by optimizing the use of Intel Xeon Processors for the compute and storage nodes. Oracle multitenant database lets you plug into the cloud by...
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Hadoop Summit Innovators Suits and Hadoops Pivot Point
Hadoop Summit, held June 26-27 in San Jose, presented Apache Hadoop at a tipping point: The big data framework has quickly moved from niche to mainstream, and many at the summit warned about losing...
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Intel Cloud Usage Models Are No Myth
The cloud. It’s a pretty fanciful name for such an important set of technologies. But here at Intel, we’re not above having some fun with the cloud. Check out our new infographic Seize the Power of the...
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