• The AWS Report - Robert Peterson Discusses the AWS Marketplace

  In the latest episode of The AWS Report, I spoke with my colleague Robert Peterson to learn more about the AWS Marketplace. We discussed the benefits that it provides to users and vendors. Users get to choose from a wide...

• Friday Funny: Time to Vote on Batman, Arizona

  Thank Goodness It's Friday! Since it's Friday, that means it's time for our caption contest. We are voting on two this week!

• Teradata: Hadoop, big data technologies 'small factor' in our slowdown

  Teradata: Hadoop, big data technologies 'small factor' in our slowdown : Larry Dignan for ZDNet reporting from Teradata's quarterly earnings call: Teradata on Thursday moved to shoot down the theory that Hadoop and opensource big data technologies are putting the kibosh on data…

• Debating usefulness of log data - That needle in the haystack of useful big data may be smaller than we thought

  Debating usefulness of log data - That needle in the haystack of useful big data may be smaller than we thought : Barb Darrow for GigaOm citing a report looking into how much useful information can be extracted from log data: When it comes to application log data, you might be surprised at how…

• Top Ten Data Center Stories, Month of October

  October has been a busy month here at DCK, with coverage of the Google mystery barges, Facebook's cold storage system and how DropBox stores "your stuff." Read the top ten most popular stories published by Data Center Knowledge this month.

• Colocation Providers, Customers Trade Tips on Energy Savings

  At this week's 2013 Data Center Efficiency Summit, colocation providers and their customers shared ideas about how they could improve energy efficiency and rely more on renewable power.

• Understanding Cloud Security, Certificates and Compliance

  Cloud security, compliance, and the certificates that help support the cloud have all come a long way. It's important to now see how this impacts your environment.

• A Public, Private, or Hybrid Cloud Debate? Not Really

  While some may debate public, private or hybrid cloud deployment, says Kris Bliesner, there is no debate - public cloud is the best option.