Big Data and Data Science Events: October 2013
16th International Conference on Discovery Science and 24th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory, October 6-9, Singapore IEEE BigData 2013, October 6-9, Santa Clara, CA ACM Conference on Online Social Networks, October 7-8, Boston, MA The ACM...Brief: StorageX Returns … but disappoints
Current Overview On September 30, 2013, Data Dynamics, Inc., a Teaneck, N.J. concern released StorageX 7.0. StorageX was originally a software solution developed to enable a global namespace under Windows. NetApp subsequently OEM’d the product, calling it...7 Observations from the Big Data Innovation Summit
The Innovation Enterprise events group put together recently the second annual Big Data Innovation Summit in Boston. Here are a few of the highlights of the first day: Banana production in Central America is twice the rate of trash production in New York City This and...Brief: Dedupe or Die!
Flash based storage companies have been hot lately – EMC’s acquisition of XtremIO last year, Western Digital’s (WD) recent acquisition of Virident, Cisco buying Whiptail, Violin Memory’s IPO roadshow, as well as financial market speculation on Fusion-IO’s acquisition. However, these vendors (and hybrid storage vendors) need to look to find opportunities to differentiate. The key areas for differentiation will be around data efficiency and performance. This Research Brief looks at how the flash based storage market is quickly consolidating and what vendors in the market have to do to be successful. Neuralytix’s opinion: dedupe or die!