If log file management is a big data problem, Loggly wants to be the answer. So far, however, it’s found the ranks of its competitors swelling. The most recent entrant was VMware, which entered the list July 11 with general availability of vCenter Log Insight.
Cisco Backs Loggly; Watch Out VMware
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Intel Takes On ARM With Atom C2000
Intel has taken its Atom chip architecture designed for mobile devices and re-launched it as a micro-server design for low-power cloud applications. Forty-two micro-servers can fit into a 2U space on a rack that might typically hold two thin “pizza box” servers or six blade servers.
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Cloudscaling Allies with Juniper On SDN
Cloudscaling has released its 2.5 version of its Open Cloud System, giving enterprise implementers of the private cloud an opportunity to test its network virtualization concepts, first announced last April.
With Release 2.5, Cloudscaling has joined the competition between VMware and Cisco Systems to supply virtualized networking to the future software-defined data center and private-enterprise cloud. Cloudscaling is inside the OpenStack cloud software camp, but its alliance with Juniper Networks on software-defined networking puts it ahead of other participants on the SDN front.
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7 Habits Of Successful DevOps
DevOps is a worthy endeavor, producing a deeper understanding between the development staff and IT operations. Then again, maybe it’s just a shell game being played by those charlatans down the hall.
Those seem to be the two poles of misunderstanding about DevOps, Forrester Research analysts Glenn O’Donnell and Kurt Bittner suggest. They published a report Tuesday, “The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective DevOps.”
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EMC VNX: Flash Storage Takes Center Stage
With its new flash-optimized VNX storage arrays, EMC makes a case for flash in traditional storage systems.
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VMware’s NSX End Game
Imagine an app store for the data center, where you can get firewalling, WAN optimization and other services with a few clicks. Here’s how NSX might make it happen.
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Speeding Up Flash Storage Via Software
IBM’s new FlashCache Storage Accelerator uses software to boost flash performance. The technology could signal a trend for the industry.
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EMC Reboots VNX for Flash Storage
EMC launches new VNX arrays with upgraded software to take full advantage of SSD performance. All-flash startups still have an advantage, but VNX takes a big step forward.
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Why Software Defined Storage Is Good For Seagate
Some vendors won’t fare well if software defined storage takes off, but disk drive specialists will reap benefits. Here’s how.
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