• SAP HANA Powers Operations Bundle To Fuel Big Data Insights

  SAP launches an intelligent operations bundle to help the enterprise infuse big data insights in real-time, and HP unveils a new ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA portfolio of integrated systems.

• Platfora Raises $38 Million to Grow Big Data Analytics

  Venture capital continues to pour into big data companies, with big data analytics software company Platfora announcing a $38 million investment round.

• The Commoditization of Server Hardware

  Hardware infrastructure developers will have to cope with commoditization, either by recalibrating their efforts toward commoditization, or by forging partnerships with other data center ecosystem contributors, writes Jake Iskhakov of ServerLIFT.

• Your Cloud Is Only as Secure as Your Provider

  Cloud computing is growing - but still has its concerns. When moving to a cloud platform - remember, your cloud is only as secure as your provider.

• Structure 2014: The Cloud is the Computer

  June 18-19: Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco, CA

• Bitcoin Exchange Blames Data Center Provider for $100,000 Theft

  A Bitcoin exchange is blaming its colocation provider for a security breach that left to the theft of about $100,000 in virtual currency.

• Big Data: The New Crystal Ball for Deciphering NCAA March Madness

  As NCAA basketball teams are invited to the 'big dance' this March, big data scientists use analytics to predict bids, and big data competitions aim to master bracketology of the entire tournament.

• The Green Grid Unveils Energy Productivity Metric for Data Centers

  The Green Grid has finally reached consensus on a metric more than five years in the making: Data Center Energy Productivity, or DCeP, is computed as useful work produced divided by total energy consumed by the data center. DCeP allows each user to define useful work as applicable to the user's…