The Role of Software-Defined Resources
Last week, I explored some of the key issues and core benefits that are prompting enterprises to move to more flexible and cost-effective composable infrastructures. As I pointed out in Part 1 of this blog, composable infrastructure technologies from vendors like TidalScale are designed to address many of the most pressing issues in today’s data centers, 
In-memory databases, data grids and computing platforms just cannot put aside the existence -- and necessity -- of good old-fashioned disk drives. The performance boost given by RAM is tempting and promising but almost nobody wants to lose data. Services and applications call for durability unless the data is of no value to them or floods into the system at such a rate that you can sacrifice periodic data loss.
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Upwards of 50% of VoltDB customers deploy in public and private clouds, so we get queries regularly on how to set up interfaces for cloud instances. One question that’s come up a few times is, ‘How do I configure VoltDB to be secure but still allow me to monitor through the web interface from my office?’
VoltDB allows this by letting you bind particular functions to network interfaces. In most deployments, most of the client traffic is also from within the cloud.
VoltDB users can set both an external interface and a public interface in their VoltDB network configuration. The difference between these, however, is confusing to some; external usually means public. In VoltDB, the public interface is useful for cloud systems where the address used from outside the cloud is not actually an interface that is visible within the instances. For example, with AWS, you get a public interface that you can’t bind to from the host. That is where you set a public…
I'm often asked whether the secure erase feature within Intel® SSDs is certified by NIST, U.S. DoD, or other government or industry bodies. Intel has implemented the secure erase feature consistent with the ATA and NVMe specifications. The designs and implementations have been internally reviewed and validated. A third-party has tested the implementation on a subset of ...continue reading What is secure erase, and is it certified on an Intel® SSD?
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to SAP HANA: A Comprehensive Technical Introduction with Demos
SAP HANA, a revolutionary in-memory platform that runs analytics applications smarter, business processes faster, and data infrastructures simpler; SAP HANA is the foundation for all your data needs, and best suited for performing real-time analytics, developing and deploying real-time applications.
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Upgrading data center capacity can help give your customers the edge they need to compete in today’s digitally-driven markets. The time is now for you to help your customers help themselves. In today’s digital economy, more business is being conducted … Read more >
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Congratulations are in order for the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), which is dedicating its Stampede 2 supercomputer today. TACC, located at the University of Texas at Austin, designs and operates some of the world’s most powerful computing resources for scientific researchers. That is certainly the case with Stampede 2, which comes out of the ...continue reading Texas Advanced Computing Center Reaches Key Milestone with Intel Xeon Phi Processors
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Meetups are a great opportunity for community members to learn more about unfamiliar features in Redis and new releases such as Redis 4.0. Here at Redis Labs we love to support burgeoning Redis community events and wanted to say welcome to the newest Redis meetups.
Spain
Last month, Carlos I. Peña launched the Barcelona Redis Meetup to bring local Redis enthusiasts together. Although still in its early stages, the Barcelona Meetup has attracted 50 community members and is in the planning stages for their first meetup.
Carlos is looking for other community members to help organize, host and speak at future meetups. If you’re a Redis Geek in the Barcelona area, please join up and if you would be interested in helping with the meetup or speaking at a future event, please let Carlos know.
France
François Cerbelle launched a set of…
The SAP blog team recently sat down with David Chaiken, the CTO of SAP Cloud Platform Big Data Services (BDS), to talk about the challenges that data fragmentation poses to enterprise customers. David Chaiken was the CTO of Altiscale, a fully-managed Big Data-as-a-Service provider, that was acquired by SAP in September of 2016. David previously served as the Chief Architect of Yahoo!, where he worked on several projects related to Hadoop and big data.
Data fragmentation is a critical challenge facing companies today. It occurs when conceptually-related data sets originate in different places in a company. The general problem with data fragmentation is that it limits the ability of a company to benefit from business intelligence across the enterprise. This issue is particularly complicated in the case of large, unstructured data sets. We went to David Chaiken to get his viewpoint on the fragmentation-related challenges that enterprises are struggling to overcome, and what can…
If you’re in retail, you’ve probably heard it before: Personalization matters. Tailoring the shopping experience to meet customers’ expectations and deliver what they need before they know they need it is key to success in a competitive retail environment. Because of this desire to meet — and exceed — customer expectations, there’s also a move ...continue reading AI is Turning the Page of Digital Signage
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Candidate experience is one of the hottest topics in recruiting today. Employers understand the implications that both good and bad seeker experiences can have on their employer brand and their ability to attract talent. The talent landscape has evolved beyond … Read more >
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Building a technology platform in the cloud can be a dream come true. The move can shorten time to market, lower costs, enable real-time scaling of resources, and much more. But unless you’re a startup, it can also bring unexpected hurdles, complexity, and headaches along the way without the right support.
The market is awash with cloud platforms (aka Platform-as-a-Service) from which to choose and are available from both vendors well-known and established as well as up-and-coming startups with niche offerings.
Join us from our upcoming 5-part webinar series to help you learn all aspects of SAP’s cloud platform offering, the SAP Cloud Platform. We have divided the series into 5 parts so that you can start from the beginning for our first webinar that talks about the state of the PaaS market today and why you should care followed by 4 more webinars that dive into different SAP Cloud Platform topics covering such key areas as:
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Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared in DBTA.
More companies are realizing that leveraging real-time data is the key to success in modern applications, which means that more people are searching for the right in-memory database technology. However, with many options, comparing in-memory databases for your use case can be challenging.
Regardless of use case and which database you choose, there are three essential components that any in-memory database of quality must fulfill: being cloud-ready, Internet of Things (IoT)-ready, and ACID-compliant.
Migration to…
The cruise ship industry rides the tech tide to entice young, tech-savvy vacationers to set sail on smart ships. Just like missing the exit on a road trip, it’s easy to get lost on a cruise ship. With 19 decks filled with cabins, restaurants and attractions, the MSC Meraviglia is the length of almost three … Continued
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