Hadoop

HP Haven Startup Accelerator program to offer developers upgrade over free Vertica and IDOL

August 24, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

New HP Big Data announcements also include a new release of HP Vertica optimized for the Internet of Things, and an extension of the HP Haven Big Data platform to provide the building blocks for about 80 per cent of solutions, with HP partners or professional services finishing off the job.

Canada needs to move beyond traditional IT: Dell

July 6, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Canadian organizations are not as far along the transition to the new IT as some in other countries, so Dell’s global strategy of forming deep ISV alliances to create Dell Blueprints to help customers make that transition seems particularly relevant here.

Cisco Canada showing strong momentum in security

January 21, 2015 Mark Cox Comments Off

Cisco has followed up momentum from the acquisition of Sourcefire, adding new capabilities and services and greatly strengthening Cisco Canada’s security team.

Hortonworks adds three new Hadoop certifications to Certified Technology Program

December 17, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

These new certifications from Hortonworks respond to requests from ISVs for additional differentiation as the Hadoop market grows.

Enhanced DFS namespace automation highlights Data DynamicsStorageX 7.5 release

December 8, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Improved automation of Microsoft’s DFS global namespace management capability highlights this release.

BlueData launches software to create Big Data private cloud experience on-prem

September 17, 2014 Mark Cox Comments Off

Blue Data says their technology makes it possible to build 100 node Hadoop and Spark clusters in less than ten minutes, and get the same kind of on-premise Big Data as the huge cloud companies at a fraction of the cost.