Powering the Cloud clarifies the future. Part 2

For anyone trying to understand how the data centre and its contents (facilities and IT) needs to evolve to help deliver the business agility demanded by more and more enterprises across Europe, the two day Powering the Cloud conference and exhibition in Frankfurt provided the ideal opportunity.  

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Hunk: Splunk Analytics for Hadoop

Splunk Inc. has announced the next evolution of big data analytics with the general availability of Hunk™: Splunk Analytics for Hadoop. Hunk is a full-featured, integrated analytics platform for Hadoop that enables everyone in an organization to interactively explore, analyse and visualise historical data in Hadoop. Hunk is built on patent-pending virtual index technology that delivers powerful, self-serve analytics without the need for specialised programming skill sets, fixed schemas or...

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Support for YARN

Talend has announced the availability of version 5.4 of its next-generation integration platform, natively optimised to run inside Hadoop by leveraging MapReduce 2.0, also known as YARN. Setting itself apart as the only integration solution running inside Hadoop, version 5.4 of Talend for Big Data enables data-driven organisations to capitalise on all data assets in ways never thought possible, thanks to the power of open source-driven innovation.  

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Lack of data centre flexibility limits business flexibility

Optimum has released research findings which suggest that 67% of UK companies believe that shortfalls in data centre flexibility limits business flexibility. Whether companies choose to outsource their data centres in order to proactively, or reactively, manage increasingly complex IT infrastructures, the anticipated year on year rise in outsourcing prompts the question “is there sufficient quality expertise to meet demand?”  

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Blue Helix named Corning EMEA Distributor of the Year

Corning Cable Systems have chosen Blue Helix in the UK as their 2012 EMEA distributor of the Year. Blue Helix have increased revenues consistently over the past 5 years with a concerted effort in 2012 to grow the day to day business and the joint customer base for Corning and Blue Helix.

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ISG has secured an ?7.6 million datacentre project with global charitable foundation, the...
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North Denmark Region data center has been Tier IV certified for its constructed facility by Uptime...
Vertiv™ VRC-S integrates rack PDU, UPS, cooling and monitoring systems in a highly efficient IT...
Iceland Telecom integrates four hosting halls into Verne Global's data center campus.
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Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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