AMD Announces Cloudera-Certified Colfax Server Cluster to Handle Big Data at Significantly Lower Cost
AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced Cloudera certification for an AMD-based Colfax server cluster, bringing more value to big data without an unnecessary price premium. The cluster consists of six Colfax 2U CX2270-N4 servers — each with two AMD Opteron 6200 Series processors — running the popular Cloudera Distribution including Apache Hadoop(2). The 192-core cluster costs up to 40 percent less than similarly configured Intel-based solutions(1), enabling required scale-out capabilities at the best price and value for Hadoop on x86 processors.
Cloudera offers enterprise a powerful data platform built on the popular Apache Hadoop open-source software without proprietary vendor lock-in. Hadoop is designed to enable effective distributed parallel processing of huge amounts of data across inexpensive, commodity servers. The AMD Opteron processor-based cluster on Colfax makes it easy for any business to leverage the analytical power of big data…
Green House Data’s Public Cloud Service Attains VMware vCloud Powered Validation
Green House Data, a leading provider of sustainable cloud hosting and colocation services, today announced that its Green House Data Cloud service has achieved VMware vCloud Powered status, illustrating to customers that the company’s cloud services are underpinned by VMware’s leading virtualization and cloud computing technology, namely VMware vSphere® and VMware vCloud Director™. A member of the VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP), Green House Data provides its VMware vCloud Powered service as a set of cloud computing services across a common platform, supporting the largest set of existing applications and offering distinctive application mobility uniquely available from VMware.
"We are excited to join the VMware vCloud Powered program and are committed to providing our clients with simplified management of all their IT needs,” shared Shawn Mills, President, Green House Data. “The Green House Data vCloud Powered service is just another way for our customers to manage and customize their infrastructure on-demand.”…
Cloud Computing And Hosted Technology Innovation Take Center Stage At HostingCon 2012
Cloud computing and hosted technology services are enabling a massive shift in the business landscape, both in the USA and worldwide, bringing commerce online and enabling small businesses to compete with the largest enterprises. Likewise, small businesses from software start-ups to old-school storefronts are driving the adoption of the cloud, and according to a recent Parallels SMB Cloud Insights report, accounting for more than $15 billion in cloud spending in the US in 2011. The symbiotic relationship between small business entrepreneurs and hosted service providers is central to HostingCon, the hosted services industry’s premier conference and trade show.
On July 16-18 at the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston, Massachusetts, more than 1,800 hosted services professionals from all over the world will meet at HostingCon 2012. A hotbed of technology start-up activity and the heart of business academia, Boston, Massachusetts, offers a vibrant environment for small business entrepreneurs and hosted service providers to learn, network and grow…
Cloud 2012: What to Expect in the Latter Six Months
Don’t blink — it’s already mid-June. Indeed, 2012 has flown by, but not without cloud computing extending its reach and fame, both in the IT community and with the general public. The increased ease with which cloud is regarded by businesses and everyday folk from Boise to Ashtabula has led to a noticeable change in the trends and fashions emerging within the technology. Three of the most promising areas for change via cloud computing include ERPs, mobile technology, and optimization, each concept elucidated below.
For those not in the know, enterprise resource planning (or ERP) entails an IT system that manages the influx and outpouring of critical information throughout the entirety of an organization — a Big Concept Idea upon which Wikipedia thankfully elaborates with clarity. Suffice it to say that ERP systems are the current rage with IT-mindful businesses of every size, and cloud computing ensures that the concept reaches beyond just marketing strategy, influencing every department of a corporation, from finance to customer service and project management. The cloud’s seminal emphasis on simplicity and efficiency is just now beginning to be appreciated in the ERP conversation, and we can expect for its impact to be felt with increasing profundity as the year progresses…
Computex: Asus Cloud Solution Touted, but Windows 8 Devices Draw Buzz
At a pre-Computex press release event, technology developer Asus announced their version of a unified cloud-computing solution, called Asus Open Cloud Computing (AOCC). Described as a "total solution for the ubiquitous cloud computing era," the Asus cloud offering appears to be a mashup of existing solutions into a more cohesive total package. But while those in attendance were curious enough about Asus’ supposedly next-gen solution, it was the company’s rollout of devices that drew the most buzz.
What’s on Display?
Several of new Asus offerings are described in a June 4, 2012 CNET article, including the Taichi hybrid, which is a combination laptop and tablet. While it looks like a notebook at first glance, the device comes with full-HD screens on both sides of the lid. The inside screen functions like a typical laptop display, while the outer screen is touch and stylus-capable. The screens are independent and can be used for different applications at the same time – something that requires Windows 8 to work…
Cloud Computing Forecast Not Quite So Certain, Recent Research Shows
The cloud is inevitable, or at least that’s what you hear if you are a midsize business looking to beef up current IT options. Providers across the globe will tell you that the cloud computing forecast not only calls for a massive, global overcast but also private pockets of deepening rain; if you’re still working on a mainframe, they warn, you’ll be left behind. But new research from analyst firm Forrester says that it’s commoditization, not cloud computing that will dominate the IT landscape, and companies need to be prepared for such a shift.
Ring the Bell
There are a number of cloud computing IPOs hoping to make a strong impact on the market in the near future, according to a Jun 8, 2012, article at the Financial Post. Companies like analysis provider Tableau Software, virtualization developer AppSense, and security software maker Rally Software all hope that the current upward trend of cloud computing will help shield their fledgling IPOs from the kind of trouble that has hounded Mark Zuckerberg and his social media site…
Cloud management dashboards need a rear view mirror
On the geological time scale of data we can see various plateau marking points along the way. First the Earth cooled, then the dinosaurs came… and then we started to build databases and data centres, which eventually evolved into their preferred niche habitat existing as virtualised hosted resources delivered via computing-as-a-service solutions.
So the cloud happened and it was there and it was good.
Actually, it was good, but it could have been better, said the vendors. It could have been more optimised, more managed and more automated. We could have had a world where clouds could be (wait for it) “provisioned for interoperable orchestration” so that applications and their data could be controlled like obedient children perhaps…
Mobile Computing and Cloud: Made for Each Other
Grazed from CFO.com. Author: David Owens.
It’s no secret: companies large and small are scrambling for growth. And as businesspeople turn over every last stone in that quest, they can’t afford to spend all their time chasing down information. They need their information to catch up to them. Operational agility is key, and it’s rooted in the ability to communicate and collaborate with anyone, anytime, anywhere.
That requires mobile technology — smartphones, tablets, laptops — and companies are busy supplying it. In a research report published this past March, titled “Uncrossing the Wires: Starting — and Sustaining — the Conversation on Technology Value,” CFO Research asked both CFOs and IT executives what technologies would be most important for their companies’ success within the next three years. Nine out of 10 (89%) answered mobility, the use of mobile devices…
Qualcomm 2net Cloud Platform to Connect Independa Remote-Monitoring Sensors
Grazed from eWeek. Author: Brian T. Horowitz.
Qualcomm Life’s 2net platform will bring interoperability to Independa’s line of Artemis sensors, allowing seniors to send vital data to the cloud.
With cloud computing, tech vendors are looking to keep seniors independent yet wirelessly connected to health-monitoring devices. On June 14, Independa announced it will integrate its Artemis system of sensors that monitor patients’ vital signs with Qualcomm Life’s 2net cloud-based remote-monitoring platform.
Seniors will be able to transmit data from sensors on scales, blood pressure cuffs and glucometers to 2net, where doctors will monitor the readings…
Security Threats Loom Even for Cloud-Free Businesses
Grazed from CIOInsight. Author: Editorial Staff.
The COO of the Cloud Security Alliance warned attendees of a cloud computing conference that businesses are mistaken if they say they don t use the cloud because individual employees may be doing it on their own.
There’s a lot that businesses still have to ask their cloud service providers before signing up for service, especially about how secure their cloud environment is, the chief operations officer of the Cloud Security Alliance said at a cloud conference here.
John Howie explained the security risks associated with cloud computing and the ways businesses can protect themselves and their data at the Cloud Leadership Forum held June 13 and 14. Howie warned that some cloud providers actually turn around and have customer workloads managed by yet another cloud provider. He also warned against using free consumer-grade cloud services for enterprise-grade computing…