Hadoop goes to the cloud

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	Hadoop goes to the cloud Two public cloud service providers have rolled out hosted versions of Hadoop clusters, including SkyTap announcing a partnership with Hadoop distributor Cloudera, and Joyent teaming with HortonWorks on a cloud-based Hadoop service that's available today. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network World Technical Seminar SDN, Openflow and Network Virtualization event comes to NYC Attend and learn how SDN works, its potential in the enterprise, and why leading, bellwether organizations are leveraging it for data center and large-scale networking efficiency- Learn more and register for this free event. February 12, 2013 – Grand Hyatt, NYC Click to continue In this Issue Cloud security rebuttal: Don't rebuke the many for the sins of the few Startup takes aim at multi-hypervisor management Microsoft's Azure-based video streaming service goes live Red Hat folds ManageIQ purchase into cloud control stack 7 important considerations for building a dynamic API SAP revenue in fourth quarter boosted by cloud, HANA, mobile Consultant: Oracle's newest "cloud" strategy isn't cloud at all Dell cloud service targets retailers Skytap hopes to simplify adoption of Hadoop with its cloud WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Accelerate Performance with High Performance Computing In this eGuide, articles from Computerworld and InfoWorld offer case studies, examples and opinions of how HPC can be applied to real-world problems today, and what the future of the technology is likely to hold. Read Now! Cloud security rebuttal: Don't rebuke the many for the sins of the few Long-time cloud security advocate Chris Hoff challenges our recent '7 deadly sins' story. Read More Startup takes aim at multi-hypervisor management An updated version of software from startup HotLink aims to ease the management of multi-hypervisor environments, as well as provision off-premises resources, like VMs from Amazon's cloud, all from VMware's vCenter management console. Read More Microsoft's Azure-based video streaming service goes live Microsoft continues to expand its cloud offerings with the general availability of Windows Azure Media Services, which lets enterprises skip building their own infrastructure for streaming on-demand video. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation The Best Path to SaaS Cloud computing is here to stay. Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is particularly popular because it can lower cost while enabling business agility. But not all applications are suited to SaaS. In this Webcast you will learn the best applications for SaaS deployment and how to avoid SaaS pitfalls and cost overruns. Learn More. Red Hat folds ManageIQ purchase into cloud control stack Bulking up on tools for managing hybrid clouds, Red Hat plans to fold the software it acquired last month in the ManageIQ purchase into its own CloudForms software. Read More 7 important considerations for building a dynamic API Developers don't have it easy these days. The shift to mobile is forcing them to learn a slew of new languages and tools, the shift to NoSQL requires them to give up their beloved SQL subqueries, and the cloud is encouraging them to build for distributed scalability from day one. Read More SAP revenue in fourth quarter boosted by cloud, HANA, mobile SAP's revenue in the fourth quarter grew by 12 percent, helped by strong growth in the market for its cloud applications, its HANA in-memory database and mobile applications. Read More WHITE PAPER: Exceed Group Courier receives speedy delivery of cellular savings Exceed Group proves that small and midsized companies can uncover huge savings when they implement wireless expense management with Mobil-Eye. Read about what steps Jet Delivery took to reach full optimization of their AT&T contract. Learn how to get your own free Mobil-Eye wireless expenses analysis. Learn More. Consultant: Oracle's newest "cloud" strategy isn't cloud at all Oracle's latest advancement of its cloud computing strategy is being called out as a "faux cloud" by a consultant and author, and as the latest example of cloud-washing, or the practice of vendors misusing the ubiquitous technology term. Read More Dell cloud service targets retailers Dell has released a trial version of public cloud computing services aimed specifically at the retail industry, joining a handful of companies that are attempting to position their products and services to serve specific vertical niches in the cloud computing market. Read More Skytap hopes to simplify adoption of Hadoop with its cloud To simplify the roll-out of clusters for big data applications, Skytap is now offering pre-configured Cloudera Hadoop templates that can run in the company's public cloud. Read More
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