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Hadoopoconomics and Other Forecasted Trends for 2015

Forrester analyst Mike Gualtier has made numerous predictions for Hadoop in the year 2015, primarily that the smart economic sense of Hadoop will inevitably… Continue Reading

Beyond Docker: are containers here to stay? (Part III)

The Docker seriesWhat is Docker and why use it? (Part I)Why developers love Docker (Part II)This article ends the Docker series.EcosystemDocker in itself,… Continue Reading

5 Benefits of Cloud Performance Testing

For companies that sink or swim based on service outages and customer satisfaction ratings, the benefits of performance testing are clear and well-documented.… Continue Reading

Why developers love Docker (Part II)

The Docker seriesWhat is Docker and why use it? (Part I)Beyond Docker - are containers here to stay? (Part III)Docker 101Docker relies for its execution… Continue Reading

What is Docker and why use it?(Part I)

The Docker seriesWhy developers love Docker (Part II)Beyond Docker - are containers here to stay? (Part III)Docker is the "poster child" of the containerization… Continue Reading

So What Do You Do Now with All Your Big Data?

Big data has given companies new ways of selling products to people. It has also given scientists new ways to understand complex phenomena and given journalists… Continue Reading

7 Types of Businesses That Need Better Cloud Performance

Experts have predicted the popularity of the cloud to erupt the past couple of years, but this year it finally did. Now, 87 percent of businesses are… Continue Reading

Why Super Speed Matters in the Cloud

Demand for low-latency networks used to be limited to time-critical, capital-intensive applications like financial trading. Today, however, organizations… Continue Reading

3 Reasons Why the Bare Metal Cloud is Blossoming

The bare metal cloud is the latest trend in the cloud computing space, which has taken the IT world by storm. Cloud computing, or the ability to store… Continue Reading

Addressing the IT Learning Curve with Bare Metal

The cloud is part of the natural evolution of the internet. Why run software locally when you can use a cloud app that's automatically upgraded and patched,… Continue Reading

Why Does Bare Metal + Cloud = Better?

Companies cope with exponentially more data than they had just a few years ago. The sheer number of devices that create and transmit data has proliferated… Continue Reading

Syncsort interview: Full Metal Power in the Bigstep High Performance Cloud

The team at Syncsort recently invited us to take part in their Expert Interview series with Big Data specialists. Ioana, our Commercial Director, accepted… Continue Reading