• Sungard Availability Splits From SunGard, Rebrands

  Sungard Availability Services is now an stand-alone company. As it splits from SunGard Data Systems, the company is asserting its independence while maintaining the continuity of the most familiar brand in disaster recovery. Read More

• HP Boosts SDN-Enabled Unified Networking Portfolio

  At Interop Las Vegas this week Hewlett Packard (HPQ) announced new networking solutions designed to support mobility initiatives for businesses of all sizes. The new cloud-managed, software-defined networking (SDN)-enabled unified wired and wireless network solutions will help customers to increase…

• SanDisk Expands CloudSpeed Family of SSD Enterprise Storage

  At the Interop and Cloud Connect IT conference in Las Vegas Monday SanDisk (SNDK) announced four new additions to its CloudSpeed Serial ATA (SATA) product family of solid state drives (SSDs). Read More

• Cloud Migration: Knowing When to Make the Move

  Cloud migrations are happening everywhere in the business world. However, many times the challenge isn't how to move -- it's knowing when to move. Read More

• Cloud Security Solutions for Hybrid Clouds

  Once even part of your business is in the cloud, the need arises for cloud security. Different, cloud-oriented, security measures must be considered, writes Gilad Parann-Nissany of Porticor. Read More

• Introducing the DataStax Sandbox

  I'm pleased to announce the DataStax Sandbox , which is a virtual machine (VM) image that contains a Linux-based bundle of DataStax software – DataStax Enterprise (DSE) , OpsCenter , DevCenter , and a number of easy to use utilities – that's designed to make it simple for you to get up to…

• Data Center Jobs: VISA

  At the Data Center Jobs Board, we have a new job listing from VISA, which is seeking a Chief Engineer in Littleton, Colorado. Read More

• A practical comparison of Map-Reduce in MongoDB and RavenDB

  A practical comparison of Map-Reduce in MongoDB and RavenDB : Ben Foster looks at MongoDB's Map-Reduce and aggregation framework and then compares them with RavenDB's Map-Reduce: I thought it would be interesting to do a practical comparison of Map-Reducein both MongoDB and RavenDB. There…