• Online Tech Steps Outside of Michigan

  Provider invests $10M in data center and upgrades, including EMC and Cisco UCS cloud infrastructure Read More

• Cloudera Buys DataPad's Python Chops

  Deal brings Python-based Big Data tools into Cloudera's portfolio and Python experts to its talent pool Read More

• IBM Makes OpenPOWER Play Against Intel

  Unveils first server based on the OpenPOWER stack, claims better performance than Xeon-based systems Read More

• Data Foundry "Tops Off" Houston Data Center

  Every size, from one rack to several megawatts, will be available at the 350,000 sq ft Houston 2 facility Read More

• Microsoft Unusually Candid With Next Windows Server Preview

  Makes "technical preview" of yet unnamed upcoming Windows Server and System Center releases available for public testing Read More

• Friday Funny Caption Contest: Blue Screen

  It's hard to believe, data center friends, but October is upon us again. Let's get in the Halloween spirit with this week's Friday Funny! Read More

• Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For October 3rd, 2014

  Hey, it's HighScalability time: Is the  database landscape  evolving or devolving?   76 million : once more through the data breach; 2016 : when a Zettabyte is transfered over the Internet in one year Quotable Quotes: @wattersjames : Words missing from the Oracle…

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• Scaling Your Network for Big Data

  Outside of a small number of players, Big Data is not really all that big, writes Michael Bushong of Plexxi. But that doesn't mean that architects building out infrastructure for a Big Data era can ignore scale altogether. Read More