• Oink : Making Pig Self-Service

  The Platform and Infrastructure team at eBay Inc. is happy to announce the open-sourcing of Oink – a self-service solution to Apache Pig. Pig and Hadoop overview Apache Pig is a platform for analyzing large data sets. It uses a high-level language for expressing data analysis programs, coupled…

• SoftLayer Adds InfiniBand to Offer High Speed Networking Performance in the Cloud

  Says faster connectivity between bare-metal servers makes platform ideal for running HPC workloads in the cloud. Read More

• GE Claims Breakthrough in Fuel-Cell Tech, Launches Fuel-Cell Subsidiary

  Company says it has figured out a way to substantially lower the cost of fuel cells. Read More