Cisco & MapR set a Software Defined Storage World Record
Cisco and MapR have been setting records since we published the industry’s first Big Data benchmark in 2015. Now we use an HDFS-compatible platform to blow away all SPEC SFS benchmarks.
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Goal – Total Gridlock on Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the third largest crime industry in the world. In India, one girl is sold into sex slavery every ten minutes. Most organizations that work to eliminate human trafficking focus on fighting the crime after it occurs. They rescue
The Three Superpowers behind your next SAP HANA deployment
When I started supporting enterprise application platforms at the turn of the century, the model was pretty simple: a single, huge server with expensive high-performance storage behind it. If you outgrew the storage, you could add more, and if you
It’s no use going back to yesterday’s storage platform for tomorrow’s applications
There’s a line in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland where Alice says “It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.” Some days I feel that way about my storage infrastructures as well. I fell down a particular
Big Data is Big Business for Quantium
According to IDC, the big data market, including services such as analytics, is expected to reach nearly $50 billion by 2019. Luckily for
The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change. Big Data Trends and Directions Webinar
The Greek philosopher Heraclitus is the source of the phrase “The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change”. His saying is totally applicable to today’s world of Big Data and Analytics. Our industry landscape is constantly changing, no doubt about that
Business Insights Driven by Speed: An Olympic Size Example of Big Data
Last week the Big Data and Analytics world was focused on New York City as the annual Strata+Hadoop World event took place. Cisco, as is the norm these past few years, was one of the many sponsors of the event. With our sponsorship came various
Strata+Hadoop 2016 New York City. Top 10 Reasons for Visiting Cisco. Booth #833
In honor of David Letterman… we hope we did him proud: 10 – Come Fly the Friendly Skies of Cisco. Hey, we are raffling off a drone end of day on Wednesday and Thursday. These are not just any old white box drones. These are custom
Cisco, Big Data, and Strata+Hadoop 2016. In a New York Minute…
OK, a New York minute? In less than 60 seconds let’s see what’s going on with Cisco at Strata+Hadoop 2016 New York City next week. The event is the largest Big Data event in the Americas and we look forward to attending each year. Cool Things…