Data Center

Large Data Set Analysis in the Cloud: Amazon, Cloudera Improve Hadoop

Traditional business intelligence solutions can't scale to the degree necessary in today's data environment. One solution getting a lot of attention recently: Hadoop, an open-source product inspired by Google's search architecture.

BlackBerry GPS Navigation Tips: Mastering BlackBerry & TeleNav Navigator

TeleNav Navigator gives BlackBerry and other smartphone owners instant access to a slew of valuable features, including audible driving directions with real-time traffic alerts, various maps and mapping services and local search. Here's how to g

Salesforce’s Force.com Platform, Demystified

The major platform-as-a-service offering eases IT management headaches for CIOs and can cost significantly less to develop than in-house solutions. Here's a plain-English look at Force.com and how CIOs are using it.n

VMware Guarantees 50 Percent Off: Great Marketing, But Is It a Great Discount?

VMware Monday offered a guarantee that it could deliver customers a 50 percent cost savings on server hardware on new projects, provided the customer hired VMware's Professional Services business unit and followed a prescribed set of best practi

Smartphones of CTIA ’09: The 10 Hottest Handhelds

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Smartphones of CTIA ’09: The 10 Hottest Handhelds

Here are my picks for the 10 hottest smartphones at CTIA. Some are available for purchase immediately, while it may be months before others hit U.S. retail stores, if they do at all. Regardless, I just can't wait to get my thumbs on each and eve

HP Announces Data Protector Software Enhancements

HP Friday announced enhancements to HP Data Protector software that offers complete protection for virtual environments and flexible data reduction options, at up to 70 percent less than alternatives. This software lowers the cost of protecting data

Gartner: 20 Percent of E-Mail to SaaS Platform By End of ’12

The Software as a Service (SaaS) model for e-mail solutions is proving attractive for many customers and will represent 20 percent of the commercial e-mail market by the end of 2012, according to Gartner.

Office 14 Web Apps: Microsoft Takes on Google Docs and Netbooks

Office 14 will finally deliver useful Web-based versions of Office Apps. As Microsoft fights back against Google Docs, it's also providing a way for Office apps to run on Linux-based netbooks.

The Future Data Center: Three Ways to Advance Your Career

IBM-Sun Deal: History Says Timing Is Right for IBM to Acquire

While acquisition talks have broken down for now, historical analysis says there's no time like the present for IBM to gobble up Sun, or perhaps better yet, part of Sun.