The Transaction Processing Performance Council will be holding only its third conference to discuss the current state of benchmarking and keep pace with technological changes. The day-long event, co-located with the International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB) in Seattle on Aug. 29, will focus on a number of topics, including some that Oracle co-chair Meikel Poess calls exciting.
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Conference Addresses The Future Of Benchmarking
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Pure Storage Offers Cheaper Enterprise Disk Alternative
Pure Storage is unveiling an all-flash enterprise storage array that the company says is more than 10 times faster and 10 times more space- and power-efficient, at a lower per-gigabyte price, than disk-centric arrays. Its FlashArray FA-300 Series is 100% MLC flash-based, delivering hundreds of thousands of IOPS with less than 1 ms latency, and features inline deduplication and compression to achieve five to 20 times data reduction rates.
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Hurricane Irene: Last-Minute Survival Tips for Small Businesses
Hurricane Irene is coming fast and will hit the East Coast of the United States within a matter of hours. Hurricanes are a very destructive force of nature bringing the threat of floods, as well as winds capable of uprooting trees and leveling buildings.
The devastation may seem overwhelming, but business must go on as quickly as possible. Here are some tips to consider to help your business bounce back and get up and running as quickly as possible in the wake of Hurricane Irene.
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Iomega Raises Bar For SMB, ROBO Storage
EMC’s Iomega is replacing its top-end StorCenter ix12-300r with the StorCenter px12-350r Network Storage Array, that starts at under $ 6,000, with up to 36TB of storage for under $ 10,500. Featuring Intel Core2 Duo Processors, 7200 RPM hard drives, optional solid state drives, VMware, Citrix and Windows certifications, Hyper-V live migration support and deduplicating backup with EMC Avamar, the 2U rackmount NAS px12-350r comes in two base configurations: 4x2TB drives, and 4x3TB drives.
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Catbird Security Integrates VMware vShield App
Virtualization security vendor Catbird Security is partnering with VMware to integrate VMWare vShield App firewalling capabilities into its flagship vSecurity product. The OEM deal combines vSecurity and vShield App controls into a single platform for broader security and compliance coverage and unified management.
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Astute Networks – Attacking Server Virtualization I/O Bottlenecks
For cash-strapped IT organizations, server virtualization has many compelling benefits, such as better use of IT assets and energy savings. But at some point, as the number of physical servers drops and the percentage of virtualized workloads and applications rises,application service-level performance suddenly goes to hell in a hand basket. I/O bottlenecks are the problem here, and Astute Networks has a solution in the form of a flash-memory-based appliance.
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IBM Unveils New Hybrid Cloud Solution for the Enterprise
Analysts from North Bridge Venture Partners, GigaOM Pro & 451 Group agree – the need for hybrid cloud solutions is growing. The joint “Future of Cloud Computing Survey, 2011″ reports that 39 percent of cloud users say that the hybrid cloud is currently part of their strategy, with this number expected to grow to 61 percent in the near future. This is the result of both private and public cloud users evolving towards the use of a hybrid strategy.
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Citrix Revolutionizes The Virtual Desktop
Desktop virtualization leader Citrix Systems isn’t wasting any time following this month’s acquisition of RingCube, adding that company’s personalization technology to a new release of its software. In addition to RingCube’s Personal vDisk solution, XenDesktop 5.5 features the ‘most significant enhancement to Citrix high-definition HDX user experience technology’, promising up to 3X faster delivery for both LAN and WAN users at a fraction of the cost of competing solutions.
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Love Him or Hate Him, Steve Jobs Has Transformed Your Life
Steve Jobs is still Chairman of the Board at Apple, and he is still going to be involved in steering the iconic tech company, but he has officially handed the CEO duties over to Tim Cook. Whether you are an avid fan of Apple, or an ardent Apple-basher, Steve Jobs has had an undeniable effect on technology and the world around you.
Here’s the thing. I am not an Apple fanboy. I have never owned an Apple computer. Ever.
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Oracle’s VM 3.0 Plays Catch-Up
Oracle’s enhancements to their hypervisor, VM 3.0, are significant for current and potential Oracle VM customers but aren’t likely to woo those using other hypervisors. The new features address automated VM management, centralized management, and integration features. Oracle’s VM hypervisor doesn’t have the market penetration that VMware’s vSphere does, but by packaging virtual machine images with Oracle applications, the company offers a relatively pain free way to step into Oracle’s application suites.
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