HP rolls data analysis tools into the cloud

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	CoreOS's Rocket launch aimed directly at Docker Citing concerns around Docker's security model and its increasingly complex supporting platform, CoreOS is developing Rocket, an alternative to the open-source container technology."A little bit of competition is good for the user at the end of the day. It makes sure everyone is aligned on building really good products," said Alex Polvi, CoreOS CEO.The Rocket container runtime, released Monday, addresses a number of concerns that the Linux distributor had around Docker.CoreOS, which produces a popular Linux distribution configured for use in the cloud, has been an early and strong supporter of Docker. 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Learn More HP rolls data analysis tools into the cloud The pool of online data analysis services available for corporate users is about to grow larger, with HP set to offer two of its own, key products as hosted cloud services by early next year.The company's high-performance columnar database, Vertica, will be available as a hosted offering starting early in 2015, as HP Vertica OnDemand.The company will also offer selected functions of its IDOL (Intelligent Data Operating Layer) text processing software as discrete services that can be embedded into mobile and desktop computing applications, in a package called IDOL OnDemand, already available to selected developers.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   How to get more out of your virtualized and cloud environments Virtualization has brought great efficiencies to IT, but has created new challenges/new opportunities to save more. 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That philosophy is reflected in Salesforce's much-ballyhooed 1-1-1 model for corporate philanthropy, which has promised that Salesforce puts 1% of "product, equity and time" into charitable causes since is founding in 1999.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Why there's no open-source standard-bearer for the network Open-source software plays an increasingly prominent role in many areas of modern business IT – it's in servers, databases and even the cloud. Vendors like Red Hat, Canonical and others have managed to graft open-source principles onto a profitable business model. The former company became the first open-source-centered business with $1 billion in annual revenue in 2012.So what about the network? Why isn't there an open-source alternative there?Plenty of reasons, according to experts, including the difficulty of challenging established incumbents, the dangers of getting eaten alive by a large customer and the sheer scale and complexity of managing a heterodox network in an orthodox way.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More   Reader question: What does a cloud provider bill for? Just starting to research cloud computing as an extension to our data center. Looking for a baseline of costs. Help? Read More   Reader question: What types of remote connections are typically available to cloud resources? How many options are there when moving content from an enterprise network or desktop to the cloud, and what task is each option best suited for? Read More
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