Why big data is a big deal

	Are costly SSDs worth the money? Enterprise users say absolutely | In fortified data center, NYSE runs 'gated' trading cloud
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	Why big data is a big deal Like 'the cloud,' the concept of 'big data' is the subject of a lot of hype and means different things to different people. Here's what it really means, who's really doing it, and what it could mean for the future of data mining. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Yankee Group Mobile WAN Optimization Report This report introduces the concept of mobile WAN optimization and provides three case studies including RCM, PRTM and Einstein that highlight how this emerging technology can help IT departments achieve what previously appeared to be conflicting goals. Read Now. In this Issue Are costly SSDs worth the money? Enterprise users say absolutely In fortified data center, NYSE runs 'gated' trading cloud Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation Oracle adds new installer, failover to Windows MySQL NSA extends label-based security to big data stores Hitachi announces 1TB-per platter drives OCZ releases its first hybrid drive, a 1.1TB rocket Ex-employee wiped financial data from bikini bar Q&A: Hitachi GST CEO says hard drive future hangs in cloud Syncplicity expands its cloud storage to the iPad Storage shipments keep surging, IDC says IBM to buy risk analysis company Algorithmics for $387M SAP buys Right Hemisphere for 3-D visualization RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: FileMaker Resource: iOS White Paper and Deployment Kit Quickly Develop and Deploy iOS Solutions. With FileMaker Pro, iPad and iPhone solutions can be prototyped and completed in hours or days versus weeks or months. No iOS application programming or design experience is required. Read the white paper and download the kit. Are costly SSDs worth the money? Enterprise users say absolutely Solid-state storage based on NAND flash can be a pricey option to install in a data center, but I/O hungry applications such as server and desktop virtualization are prompting IT managers to install them -- with the caveat that they must be strategically placed for the best, most cost-effective results. Read More In fortified data center, NYSE runs 'gated' trading cloud Hurricane Irene mattered not to NYSE Euronext's large data center, which is built on land high enough to avoid 100-year floods and just about everything else. Read More Kelley Blue Book taps data analytics tools to improve car valuation Kelley Blue Book is using sophisticated data analytics tools to sift through volumes of historical and current data to arrive at what company executives say are far better car valuations. Read More Oracle adds new installer, failover to Windows MySQL Oracle has updated the commercial edition of its MySQL database for Windows, adding a graphical installer and the ability to do failover clustering, the company announced. Read More NSA extends label-based security to big data stores The National Security Agency has submitted new label-based data store software, called Accumulo, to the Apache Software Foundation, in hopes that other parties will further develop the technology for use in secure systems. Read More Hitachi announces 1TB-per platter drives Hitachi announced that is has achieved yet another milestone by squeezing 1TB capacity onto a single disk. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Application-Aware Network Performance Management Riverbed® Cascade© stacks up extremely well against the competition. How well? In particular, Cascade outperforms other application-aware network performance management solutions in such important areas as product strength and cost efficiency. Read Now. OCZ releases its first hybrid drive, a 1.1TB rocket OCZ debuted its first hybrid drive product based on the PCIe interface; it incorporates 100GB of flash cache with a 1TB hard drive. Read More Ex-employee wiped financial data from bikini bar At the Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill in Austin, Texas, you can get burgers and beer served to you by cute waitresses wearing denim shorts and bikini tops. And if you're David Palmer, a recently fired IT worker, you can also break into a U.S. military contractor's computer systems and wipe out payroll files, wreaking havoc at its customers. Read More Q&A: Hitachi GST CEO says hard drive future hangs in cloud Before the proposed buyout by Western Digital is complete, Hitachi GSTs CEO said the future of its hard drive business rests squarely in the cloud and mobile market. Read More Syncplicity expands its cloud storage to the iPad The cloud-storage service Syncplicity has revamped its iOS app, expanding the previously iPhone-only offering into a iPad-friendly universal version that will let users access their documents from just about any device they own. Read More Storage shipments keep surging, IDC says Enterprises and service providers spent more money on storage in the second quarter, emboldened by growing IT budgets, research company IDC will report on Friday. Read More IBM to buy risk analysis company Algorithmics for $387M IBM plans to acquire risk analytics company Algorithmics for $387 million, a deal that IBM said will bolster its risk management offerings in light of increasing regulation in the financial markets. Read More SAP buys Right Hemisphere for 3-D visualization SAP is to buy 3-D visualization toolmaker Right Hemisphere in a bid to improve the user interfaces of its various lines of business software, the companies announced. 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