MapR Technologies closes $30 million in new funding

MapR Technologies, Inc has closed a new round of funding, securing $30 million in series C financing. New investor Mayfield Fund led the funding round, which also includes participation from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, NEA and Redpoint Ventures bringing total funds raised to $59...

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IT services market endured a dismal end to 2012

Last year was the worst for IT services contract activity since 2002, according to research from Ovum. Performance in the three months to the end of December 2012 fell well below the levels seen in the same period of 2011, ensuring that annual IT services contract activity fell to its lowest level...

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Will energy prices power U.S. data centre growth at Europe’s expense?

Low and stable electricity prices are likely to make the U.S. a target for datacentre investment at Europe’s expense, according to a report published by 451 Research. Lower electricity prices are also expected to impact U.S. investment in energy-efficient technologies.

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Turbomeca selects Siemon TERA for new headquarters

Helicopter engine manufacturer, Turbomeca, has equipped its new manufacturing plant near Paris with Siemon category 7A TERA® cabling. The leader in civil and parapublic helicopter engines reports to have selected the fully shielded 10Gb/s Ethernet system for its cable sharing flexibility,...

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The biggest threat to your data centre? The people within it

Survey reveals internal threats are still responsible for the most downtime incidents.

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Ovum predicts radical change for the enterprise landscape by 2020

Citrix, Google, VMware and Yammer identified as disruptive players driving this transformation.

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WhatsUp Application Performance Monitor launch

IT departments can manage and rapidly resolve application performance and availability issues from...

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White paper highlights adoption of ODCA Cloud Usage models

The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has announced the release of a new white paper focused on how...

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openSUSE Project releases openSUSE 12.3

Latest Linux distro improves search, performance and networking; moves forward with ARM support.

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Power für die IT - Intelligente Stromverteilung für modulare Rechenzentren

Schneider Electric erweitert sein Lösungsportfolio für den Bereich IT Business um die...

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LSI liefert nächste Generation von SAS-Produkten mit 12 Gb/s aus

12 Gb/s SAS-RAID-on-Chip-Controller und I/O-Controller liefern die nötige Performance für...

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Latest Claranet research highlights Bring Your Own Dilemma

96 per cent say mobile working benefits their organisation, but three quarters think BYOD increases...

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Talend Big Data certified on CDH4

Certification of leading big data integration platform on Cloudera’s Distribution Including...

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Videos

Greg Jones, SVP of MSP Success at Kaseya, discussed the TruPeer initiative and its role in supporting MSPs. He also addressed SMB IT growth, AI adoption, sustainability, and the influence of Gen Y and Gen Z...
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Expert Opinions

Global Commissioning’s CEO Louis Charlton’s latest article comes during National Apprenticeship Week, as the importance of building up our next generation of talent’s skills for data centre facilities is...
By Federica Monsone, CEO and founder, A3 Communications - the data storage industry PR agency.
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TES Power’s Operations Director, Martin Brannigan, discusses the challenges in talent shortage.