HDD – It’s Cold Down There

HDD – It’s Cold Down There

In a recent post I discussed some of the issues encountered in the data center when attempting to build horizontal data services across a server-based storage infrastructure. Backup, mobility, replication,…
Data Lake Surface Lures

Data Lake Surface Lures

In recent posts I've discussed a simplified data lake architecture that is starting to appear more frequently. This architecture enables the development of faster analytic applications by balancing an in-memory…
Data Lake Addendum

Data Lake Addendum

In Data Lake, Simplified a simple picture of an emerging infrastructure was presented: in-memory data grids on top of HDFS. The reason for this new infrastructure is that "second platform" (e.g.…
Data Lake, Simplified

Data Lake, Simplified

I enjoyed reading the Data Lake Dream article in Forbes (written by Edd Dumbill). The very first paragraph, for me, contained some illuminating statements about the value of a data…
SMARTS Evolution

SMARTS Evolution

One product set being featured at Cisco Live this week is EMC's Service Assurance Suite. The evolution of the SMARTS technology acquired by EMC last decade is part of this…