So tell me, what’s a Hadoop when it’s at home? Some kind of dance? Not so much. Think of it as a file system for distributed computing and storage. Because that’s what it is. What’s a file system for distributed computing and storage when it’s at home? Let me take you back to big data. What’s big data? You know all that stuff you’ve got that fits in nice relational databases? Yes. Well, it’s that […]
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Police across the UK are considering a major move to cloud computing, dumping on-premise IT in an aggressive bid to cut costs. In a move likely to be seen as controversial given the sensitivity of police data, the Metropolitan Police is planning how to run a variety of front-end systems “for managing patrols, operations, incidents and investigations, managing evidence and forensics, and collating information” in the cloud. It is understood that if the project goes […]
The new year is here, and many experts in the SQL Server universe see some big developments ahead. Predictions for the SQL Server market range from fiercer competition for Microsoft in the cloud, as more companies are moving from premises-based servers, to widespread adoption of virtualization technology and the growing popularity of self-service business intelligence (BI) tools. “First and foremost, I think we are going to see continued increase in vendors such as Microsoft, Amazon, […]
The research includes predictions for six technologies IT departments should consider in the coming year, including adoption of social media strategies, cloud computing and virtualization, as well as mobile applications and analytics tools. According to a study by IT analytics firm Info-Tech Research Group, 2011 will be the year of mass adoption for technologies the company said businesses have been slow to adopt. The research includes predictions for six technologies IT departments should consider in […]
Many companies may have e-mail, virus scanning or CRM running as a service over the internet, but most organizations are only just starting out when it comes to cloud computing, according to Microsoft. The software giant’s lists ways the nascent cloud market will change in the next few years. Cloud-centric hardware Servers, microprocessors and client devices will evolve as purpose-built systems to address the new paradigm of cloud computing. For example, diskless laptops that store […]