Data center consolidation pays off, feds find

	Consumer drives shown to be more reliable than enterprise drives | Lenovo set to close deal on IBM's x86 server business
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	Data center consolidation pays off, feds find Republicans and Democrats in Congress rarely seem to agree on anything anymore, but top members from both sides Friday offered qualified support for efforts to consolidate federal data centers. Read More WHITE PAPER: SAS Slicing the Big Data Analytics Stack From the pipes and platforms to the analytical interfaces and data management tools, we hope to help you develop a better "ear" to tune into the big data noise with. Learn More In this Issue Consumer drives shown to be more reliable than enterprise drives Lenovo set to close deal on IBM's x86 server business HP's Moonshot server now packs 64-bit ARM chips Oracle expands depth of its cloud development platform Oracle rolls out analytics cloud services Rackspace rebooting its cloud servers too Welcome to the age of pervasive supercomputing HP claims ''FIRST'' with 64-bit ARM servers WHITE PAPER: SAS Fast and Furious: Big Data Analytics Meets Hadoop Hadoop deals in volume, which makes it ideal for exploring those fast-growing streams of data from transactional systems, sensors, social media and more. Learn More Consumer drives shown to be more reliable than enterprise drives Cloud service provider Backblaze has updated its study of hard drive failure rates from 27,000 drives to more than 38,000. The results show higher capacity drives often fail more often, and that Seagate drives fail the most. Read More Lenovo set to close deal on IBM's x86 server business Nine months after it was first announced, Lenovo's acquisition of IBM's x86 server business is headed toward closing. Read More HP's Moonshot server now packs 64-bit ARM chips Hewlett-Packard has added a 64-bit ARM chip as one of the options for Moonshot, a new type of HP server that can accommodate different chip architectures to address specific workloads. Read More Oracle expands depth of its cloud development platform Oracle is giving its entry into the platform-as-a-service market an injection of new services in hopes of differentiating it from the likes of Windows Azure and Salesforce.com's Salesforce1. Read More WHITE PAPER: Ping Identity Open ID Connect for Enterprise Mobile apps and cloud services create new security challenges. In order to meet these challenges, a new generation of identity protocols like OpenID Connect 1.0, have been developed to add a new identity layer to secure APIs, mobile apps and browser applications in a single, cohesive architecture. Learn More>> Oracle rolls out analytics cloud services Its Exalytics in-memory appliance also gets an upgrade. Read More Rackspace rebooting its cloud servers too Rackspace is in the process of rebooting a substantial portion of its cloud servers before Oct. 1. Read More Welcome to the age of pervasive supercomputing The emergence of supercomputing in everyday life will require a new kind of literacy that will allow us to appreciate what the technology can — and can't — do. Read More HP claims ''FIRST'' with 64-bit ARM servers One in the eye for Dell -- Project Moonshot adds new blade types: HP's customizable server chassis 'n' cartridge range is getting interesting. Now it offers a 64-bit ARM unit, optimized for Web cache and HPC workloads. HP claims it's the first top-tier vendor to sell such a beast from its standard price list. In a related announcement, Bill & Dave's gang also have a 32-bit ARM unit, optimized for media transcoding, deep-packet inspection, and other workloads that like DSP hardware. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers run cool and quiet. Read More
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