• Using Open Source Solutions for Cloud-Ready Big Data Management

  Open source big data management can help rein in today's massive and massively distributed volume of data. Read More

• NoSQL databases, Hadoop, Big Data: Pinned tabs Nov.6th

  01 : Pretty interesting explanation of how to use tag-aware sharding in MongoDB to implement datacenter-awareness and other resource-based optimizations. ★ The way this works is by tagging specific ranges of keys thus associating these with a group of shards. 02 : Databricks explains how Spark…

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• KnC Miner to Build Another 20MW for Bitcoin Mining in Sweden

  Facebook data center's neighbor will soon be running a massive 30MW mining operation Read More

• CenturyLink Makes Deploying Cloudera Hadoop Clusters on its Cloud Easy

  Introduces new blueprints that automate the many steps required to stand up multi-node Hadoop environments Read More

• Avere Systems Launches AWS-Compatible Virtual NAS

  Software-only version of vendor's FTX Edge filer makes it easy to extend on-premise environment to the Amazon cloud Read More

• Fire at Bitcoin Mine Destroys Equipment

  A fire in a warehouse-style facility in Thailand has destroyed hundreds of bitcoin mining rigs, whose value may run into the millions of dollars, according to accounts on foreign press and social networks. Read More

• AWS Certification Update - ISO 9001 and More

  Today I would like to give you a quick update on the latest AWS certification and to bring you up to date on some of the existing ones. Back in the early days of AWS and cloud computing , questions about security and compliance were fairly commonplace. These days, generally accepted wisdom…

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