Category: IT Analyst

GridGain Turns Over In-Memory Platform To Apache As Ignite Project

(Excerpt from original post on the Taneja Group News Blog)

Recently I wrapped up a report on GridGain’s In Memory Hadoop Accelerator in which I explored how leveraging memory can vastly improve the production performance of many Hadoop MapReduce jobs, …

Figuring out the real price of flash technology

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchSolidStateStorage.

Sometimes comparing the costs of flash arrays is an apples-to-oranges affair — interesting, but not very helpful.


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We’re often told by hybrid and all-flash array vendors that their particular total cost of …

What are the advantages to using a hybrid cloud model for backup?

An IT industry analyst article published by SearchCloudStorage.

Hybrid clouds are most frequently used for backup purposes because they relieve enterprises of the need to use a secondary data center.


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The hybrid cloud model tends to get used today mostly …

A Shift To Enterprise Features For Big Data Solutions: Notes from Strata/Hadoop World NY 2014

(Excerpt from original post on the Taneja Group News Blog)

I had a blast last week at Strata/Hadoop World NY 2014. I got a real sense that the mass of big data sponsors/vendors are finally focusing on what it …

Connected Data Brings Transporter to Businesses With Genesis Appliance

(Excerpt from original post on the Taneja Group News Blog)

Ok, who here has used their free Dropbox (or similar) account not just at home but at work? Turns out that most of us do that can get away with …

BlueData: Big Data Analysis Clouds on Enterprise Data Where it Already Lives

(Excerpt from original post on the Taneja Group News Blog)

(Quoting myself from a BlueData press release today -) “Taneja predicted that 2014 would be the year of virtualized Big Data computing and BlueData is proving that out,” said Mike