• Calxeda Updates Its ARM Server Platform, Targeting Private Clouds

  Calxeda announced its second-generation product line of the EnergyCore ECX-2000 family. The new Server-on-a-Chip (SoC) enables an integrated fabric of high-density servers and storage, and big names like HP and DreamHost are paying attention.

• Big Data News: Splunk Analytics For Hadoop, Big Data Storage Innovations

  As O'Reilly Strata and Hadoop World convene this week, there's lots of big data news. Splunk made analytics for Hadoop available, Red Hat Storage added an Apache Hadoop plug-in to storage solution, Gluster, and GlusterFS is now integrated with the Intel Distribution for Apache Hadoop…

• How Virtualization Creates Cloud-Ready Security Options

  With so much focus on cloud, it's equally important to meet security challenges that occur on modern virtualization platforms. In working with virtualization, just like any other technology, security must be a priority. It's time to create cloud-ready security.

• Public Cloud Provider CloudSigma Adds Presence In Equinix Ashburn

  Public cloud provider CloudSigma has added a second U.S. presence in Equinix's DC6 Ashburn facility, joining an existing presence in Las Vegas at SwitchNAP. CloudSigma plans to expand into other Equinix facilities going forward.

• From Legacy to Legendary: Making Your Mainframe Work For You

  A good portion of the bad reputation of the mainframe computer is simply due to three common misperceptions: perceived high cost, perceived IT skills crisis and perceived irrelevance to modern computing, writes Andrew Wickett of Microform.