IBM Adds New Cloud Data Services To Bluemix

IBM announced that is has added over 25 new service to its Cloud Data Services portfolio for developers and data scientists that help to move, analyze and build data in…

Major IT Players Form R Consortium to Strengthen Data Analysis

The Linux Foundation announced the formation ofR Consortium, with the intention of strengthening technical and user communities around the R language, the open source programming language for statistical data analysis.…

Software defined data centres will be vital for business agility – but not just yet

Analyst house Gartner argues the software defined data centre (SDDC), otherwise known as the virtual data centre (VDC), is not the right choice for every IT organisation today – but…

Aerospike Extends NoSQL Reach to Geospatial Data

When it comes to transaction processing, relational databases still rule the enterprise roost. But it’s also clear that a number of NoSQL databases are starting to lay claim to these…

Oracle Announces Oracle Cloud Platform For Big Data

Oracle announced a number of new additions to the company's Platform-as-a-Service that deliver enhanced Big Data functionality. Adding to the existing Oracle Big Data Cloud Service and Big Data SQL…

Amazon New Storage Instances Set to Resolve Big Data Processing Needs

To meet the needs of companies for intensive treatment of very large volumes of data, Amazon Web Services announced new instances called D2 based on the Elastic Compute Cloud infrastructure…

IDC: Data Center Investment is Critical to The Success of The Internet of Things

Without adequate investment in the new enterprise data center, the development and deployment of enterprise devices and services related to the Internet of Things (IoT) is likely to engulf the…