Powering the Cloud clarifies the future. Part 1

For anyone trying to understand how the data centre and its contents (facilities and IT) needs to evolve to help deliver the business agility demanded by more and more enterprises across Europe, the two day Powering the Cloud conference and exhibition in Frankfurt provided the ideal opportunity.

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Lack of data centre flexibility limits business flexibility

Optimum has released research findings which suggest that 67% of UK companies believe that shortfalls in data centre flexibility limits business flexibility. Whether companies choose to outsource their data centres in order to proactively, or reactively, manage increasingly complex IT infrastructures, the anticipated year on year rise in outsourcing prompts the question “is there sufficient quality expertise to meet demand?”  

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Support for YARN

Talend has announced the availability of version 5.4 of its next-generation integration platform, natively optimised to run inside Hadoop by leveraging MapReduce 2.0, also known as YARN. Setting itself apart as the only integration solution running inside Hadoop, version 5.4 of Talend for Big Data enables data-driven organisations to capitalise on all data assets in ways never thought possible, thanks to the power of open source-driven innovation.  

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MapR Technologies integrates security into Hadoop

Latest release brings native authentication to the majority of Hadoop users via easy-to-use, strong authentication.

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Zen Internet achieves Participant status in EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre energy efficiency

Zen Internet, one of the UK’s leading independent Internet Service Providers (ISP), has achieved Participant status in the EU Code of Conduct for Data Centre energy efficiency.

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Blue Helix named Corning EMEA Distributor of the Year

Corning Cable Systems have chosen Blue Helix in the UK as their 2012 EMEA distributor of the Year. Blue Helix have increased revenues consistently over the past 5 years with a concerted effort in 2012 to grow the day to day business and the joint customer base for Corning and Blue Helix.

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