Tag Archives: Hadoop

Promising Cloud Storage Start-ups for 2012

by on January 4, 2012 at 7:13 am in Big Data, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Hadoop, Images, Lists, SaaS, Storage, Technology

Promising Cloud Storage Start-ups for 2012 As always, storage remains an integral part of the Cloud in 2012 with a number of storage start-ups that you should an eye on. With big data set to become even bigger this new year you can see some Hadoop regulars in our list along with some other new [...]

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Big Data and Promising Startups for 2012

by on December 29, 2011 at 7:50 am in Apps, Backups, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Host, Images, Startups, Storage, Technology, Trends

Big Data and Promising Startups for 2012 A lot of people are saying Big Data is going to be even bigger in 2012. While it has always been an important factor in the Cloud revolution the main reasons this is so are that it is forecasted that enterprise Hadoop solutions are going to rise very [...]

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Reminder: OSCON (Open Source Convention) Event

by on July 20, 2011 at 5:50 am in Cloud Computing, Companies, Computing, Education, Event Partners, IT, News, Open Source, Technology

CloudTweaks is pleased to be a Media Partner of the OSCON Event on July 25-29, 2011 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. For 13 years, OSCON, the O’Reilly Open Source Convention, has put open source to work building the future. OSCON’s program encompasses 20 tracks to explore all things open source. New tracks have [...]

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Open Source Release of ‘Hibari,’ A Database for Big Data

by on July 27, 2010 at 6:27 am in Cloud Computing, IT, Open Source, Press Release, SaaS, Security, Storage, Technology

SAN MATEO, Calif., July 27 /PRNewswire/ — Gemini Mobile Technologies (″Gemini″) announced at ″Wireless Japan 2010″ in Tokyo that it will release Hibari (meaning ″Cloud Bird″ in Japanese) as open source. Hibari is a database optimized for the highly reliable, highly available storage of massive data, so-called ″Big Data.″ Hibari can be used in Cloud [...]

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Amazon Web Services Introduces Cluster Compute Instances For High Performance Computing

by on July 13, 2010 at 6:46 am in Amazon, Apps, Cloud Computing, Computing, Hadoop, How to, IT, News, Press Release, Security, Stocks, Storage, Tools

BusinessWire · Tuesday, Jul. 13, 2010 Amazon Web Services LLC, an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2, a new instance type specifically designed for high-performance computing (HPC) applications and other demanding network-bound applications. Customers with complex computational workloads such as tightly coupled parallel processes, or with applications sensitive to network [...]

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10 most promising cloud computing companies – Structure 2010 LaunchPad

by on May 24, 2010 at 6:18 pm in Amazon, Apps, Awards, Cloud Computing, Event Partners, Google, Lists, Press Release, SaaS, Security, Social networks, Stocks, Storage, Technology, Tools

Cloud computing companies, chosen from hundreds of applicants, to be honored at industry’s leading cloud conference, Structure 2010 (PRWEB) May 24, 2010 — GigaOM today announced the winners of Structure 2010 LaunchPad, a high-profile competition that recognizes the 11 most promising cloud companies. From the large number of entries just 11 were chosen as winners [...]

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