• CoreSite Adds Storage as a Service In LA With Zadara

  More and more "traditional" data center providers have been expanding their service offerings. The latest is CoreSite (COR). Through Zadara Storage, the company is offering storage as a service targeted to media and entertainment companies out of One Wilshire in Los Angeles.

• Cisco Expands Virtualization Offerings for Service Providers

  Highlighting its Open Network Environment (ONE) strategy, Cisco announced the expansion of its virtualization offerings for service providers with the introduction of the Cisco Evolved Services Platform (ESP).

• IBM, AT&T Team Up to Target the Internet of Things

  A new global alliance agreement between IBM and AT&T aims to develop solutions for the Internet of Things - with an initial focus on city governments and midsize utilities.

• Fend Off Collateral Damage of DDoS Attacks

  Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are increasing in scope and frequency, and companies in high-risk industries face numerous challenges when it comes to defending themselves. While DDoS attackers don't generally target data centers directly, that hasn't spared them from DDoS-related…

• The birth and road ahead of TokuMX, the alternative MongoDB engine

  The birth and road ahead of TokuMX, the alternative MongoDB engine : While not a MongoDB user (or expert), I find Tokutek's work on their alternative engine for MongoDB, TokuMX, quite interesting both for technical — what is currently broken in MongoDB — and business point of views — is the…

• Why we think of north pointing up

  Nick Danforth for Al Jazeera delves into the history books for why north is typically on the top of our …

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• Informatica 9.6 Adds New Features to Data Integration Platform

  Data integration software company Informatica (INFA) announced release 9.6 of its platform - delivering business value up to five times more quickly than competing or traditional approaches

• The evolution of scalable NoSQL at Viber [sponsor]

  The story of Viber's NoSQL expedition that took them from MongoDB to Couchbase Server , told in this sponsored post by Couchbase : As one of the fastest growing VoIP services in the world, the challenge at Viber has been to build and maintain a scalable architecture that is capable of sustaining…

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