• Video: TelecityGroup Opens Helsinki Data Center

  TelecityGroup has opened Hansa, the latest of the Group's new data centres located in the Helsinki Metropolitan area, Finland. This three-minute video provides an overview of the Helsinki data center facility.

• BMC Launches Big Data Management Solution for Hadoop

  BMC launches a big data management solution for Hadoop, Dataguise raises $13 million for expansion, and IBM acquires big data analytics company The Now Factory.

• Splunk Cloud Unlocks Machine Data Analytics To Broader Audience

  At its annual Worldwide Users' Conference in Las Vegas this week machine data analytics company Splunk advanced its portfolio of products, with a new version of its enterprise edition, a Splunk cloud service, and a free service

• Backbone.js, JSON API, and Relational Data: A Primer

  While following patterns suggested by JSON API with Ember may be straightforward, little documentation exists for itsusage within Backbone.js . With feed-readers popular in the pastfew months, I've decided to demonstrate how to follow the specificationdefined by JSON API to provide data to a…

• Build Phase Podcast Episode 10: Grandmas Are Twice as Efficient

  Build Phase Podcast Episode 10: Grandmas Are Twice as Efficient : Gordon Fontenot and Mark Adams talk about Cookie Clicker and review listener feedback. Episode Notes and Links Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via RSS Direct Download

• Giant Robots Podcast Episode 68: Simplicity and Elegance

  Giant Robots Podcast Episode 68: Simplicity and Elegance : Ben Orenstein and Paul Farnell, CEO of Litmus, talk about starting up, business practices, and Litmus. Episode Notes and Links Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via RSS Direct Download

• A Closer Look at eBay's Bloom-Powered Data Center

  Last week eBay went live with a new data center power design that abandons diesel generators and UPS units in favor of Bloom Energy fuel cells powered by natural gas. In this video, eBay's Dean Nelson and Bloom's Peter Gross provide an overview of the new facility design.

• Article on Eurogames

  I'm a fan of Eurogames - a style of approachable, yet thoughtful board games. I like them because you can usually learn and play one in an evening, yet they provide enough strategic interest to play many times. I sometimes get asked more about them and what and what my favorites are. So here is a…

• The Network is the Bottleneck: Stacks and Flows Are the Answer

  Cloud software stacks and software-defined networking (SDN) are two approaches to making networks easier to manage and configure. At Data Center World, Lori MacVittie of F5 Networks sought to separate the hype from the reality for these important new technologies.

• Automation: The Key to Unlocking IT Innovation and Creativity

  The issue of how to best allocate IT resources is becoming more pressing in part because of the rate of growth in data storage and transfer activities across multiple streams. As the sheer volume of data generated grows at an astonishing pace, IT budgets have generally remained flat, writes Dustin…

• More Scenes from Data Center World, Fall 2013

  AFCOM's Data Center World, kept rocking and rolling this week with more sessions and an exhibit hall with many vendors ready to meet with participants. Many were seeking appropriate solutions for the needs of their data center and to learn more about innovations in technology. Visit our photo…

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• Purely awesome - Chess Games and Neo4j

  Purely awesome - Chess Games and Neo4j : I wasn't able to follow the post . I got myself lost into the superb presentation built for it. Chess game replays. Dynamic graphs. Pure awesomeness. This is by far the most entertaining blog entry presentation I've seen since I've start reading and…

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• SGI Acquires FileTek for Storage Virtualization

  SGI announced that it has acquired big data storage virtualization provider FileTek, for an undisclosed amount.