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How to Use Hadoop to Overcome Storage Limitations

Big data is all about storing and accessing large amounts of structured and unstructured data. However, where to put that data and how to access it have become the biggest challenges for enterprises looking to leverage the information. If you haven&#

Apple Contests Greenpeace’s Coal-Fired Data Center Claims

Apple said 60 percent of the power for its North Carolina data center will come from renewable sources

Is Your Company’s Software Exiting with Employees?

When a company allows employees to use their own laptops as their primary computer, should they install company-purchased software on that computer?

How to Implement Next-Generation Storage Infrastructure for Big Data

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How to Implement Next-Generation Storage Infrastructure for Big Data

Managing the petabyte-scale and larger data stores that are a fact of life with Big Data is a different beast than managing traditional large-scale data infrastructures. Online photo site Shutterfly--which manages more than 30 petabytes of data--shar

Why Open Source Is the Key to Cloud Innovation

Open source software has become pervasive in the enterprise over the last 25 years. As the world begins to move to the cloud--where speed and scalability are critical, open source software is taking an even more intrinsic role. How are key open sourc

IBM and HP Take Different Tacks to the New Cloud

Tech giants IBM and HP recently made major cloud announcements, but the differences between the two are striking. CIO.com columnist Rob Enderle explains how HP's move was tactical and meshes with the recent leadership change, while IBM is playin

How the Cloud Democratizes and Complicates Disaster Recovery

When it comes to disaster recovery, the cloud is showing itself to be a mixed bag. CIO.com's Jeff Vance explains how the great shift in technology has both lowered the entry barriers for DR technology and given smaller businesses what could be a

How to Avoid the Perils of Virtualization and Cloud Stall

Virtualization and cloud computing offer the promise of cost savings, efficiency and flexibility, but organizations must plan their transitions carefully or risk finding themselves stuck with a bundle of sunk costs and no path forward.

Cloud Computing Done the Netflix Way

What can Netflix teach enterprises about data center operations and always-on reliability? Netflix is a consumer-facing Web shop with only a few applications--a completely different infrastructure challenge, right? Wrong. CIO.com's Bernard Golde