Gartner says beware of the data lake fallacy

The growing hype surrounding data lakes is causing substantial confusion in the information management space, according to Gartner, Inc. Several vendors are marketing data lakes as an essential component to capitalise on Big Data opportunities, but there is little alignment between vendors about what comprises a data lake, or how to get value from it.

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Schneider Electric provides prefabricated data centre for Baidu

Schneider Electric has won the bid from Baidu to build an M1 containerized (prefabricated) data centre with Schneider Electric’s prefabricated data centre solutions. As Baidu’s first prefabricated data centre project, the eco-friendly data centre will feature fast deployment, low input and high capability operation from standardised to modular to prefabricated data centre in the age of cloud computing and big data. This project not only meets the needs of Baidu’s rapidly...

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Pan-European Data Centre Alliance project takes expertise to Poland

Worldwide data centre industry representative body The Data Centre Alliance is running a series of free-to-attend workshops in Warsaw as part of the EU commission funded PEDCA (Pan-European Data Centre Alliance) Project.

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Huawei releases Data Center 3.0 architecture white paper

Huawei has released a white paper entitled “Data Center (DC) 3.0 Architecture” that highlights Huawei’s strengths in the accumulation of future research of computer architecture and data centers.

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By Willy Rietveld, TE Connectivity. (W.Rietveld@TE.com)
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Australian fish farm undergoes IT upgrade by investing in edge infrastructure

Australian fism farming company Tassal looked at harnessing IT to make its business of growing salmon more sustainable and cost-effective. It invested in an integrated IT solution powered by Vertiv and Dell EMC for its business in Tasmania.

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