Big data has been causing quite a stir, and most of us have heard of it being used in the context of banking and financial services. But why is it such a big deal? Are the supposed opportunities...
DSA Comment: WanDisco are HA and Big Data combined and we find this unique. The press release below is US centric yet the content is highly interesting. enabling real time analysis really can make a...
Big Data is a growing interest to a lot of companies and government organizations worldwide. Market researcher IDC predicts spending on Big Data technology and services to grow at a 27% compound...
Organisations buy storage infrastructure for one reason: meeting application service level objectives (SLOs). Applications look to storage for availability/accessibility, performance, and protection....
Big Data Malaysia - Cents and Security Meeting 20th Feb 2014
The Big Data Malaysia group convened in Bangsar South (Kuala Lumpur) hosted by F-Secure.
The group is aiming to push the big data...
As Big Data continues to gain mindshare among business and technology leaders, one organization has taken on the hype to claim itself as Asia’s first Big Data and marketing analytics agency....
Big Data ? I Object!
Object Based Storage and Big Data – are we confused?
Two things the IT industry and particularly the IT press tend to be guilty of.
1 – Hyping a particular...
With today’s wide variety of storage devices, many people are confused as to what type of drives they should be using for what data types. Adding to the confusion is that SATA and SAS refer to...
Recent research on IT skills and pay has revealed that the economic climate in the US has impacted the type of skills that employers look for, and the level of remuneration that is associated with...
A new global survey of CIOs titled "Taming the Digital Dragon: The 2014 CIO Agenda" by Gartner suggests that many CIOs feel overwhelmed by the prospect of building digital leadership while...