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27th April 2008 Archive

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  • And now it's time for Data Warehouses as a Service

    Kognitio monitors toaster inventory over the wire

    Poor old Teradata - the data warehouse kingpin and lord over real-time global toaster inventory information. First it gets attacked by a host of data warehouse appliance makers, trying to undercut it on price. And now it's being hit by buzzword-based business models from those firing up DaaS (data warehouse as a service) systems …

    Storage 27 Apr 07:21

  • Build a 14.5 watt data center in a shoebox

    All it takes is a buffalo and some courage

    Those supercomputing guys love to build their massive data centers full of hardware and high-end cooling systems. They make you feel like a real man or at least a real geek, which is important. Folks with smaller egos and perhaps smaller hands might consider building a tinier, more energy-friendly supercomputer. Consider this …

    Storage 27 Apr 08:44

  • Ubuntu man says Microsoft's about to 'swallow a hand-grenade'

    Interview Shuttleworth pegs Yahoo! as a path to Flail

    Well, here I am just a few miles from Yahoo!' headquarters and Microsoft's Silicon Valley residence. It's Sunday, and I've yet to hear screams from either camp. So, it seems that Microsoft's call to action deadline around the Yahoo! buy is passing with a lack of fanfare. Yahoo! may surprise us yet by leaking something to the New …

    Servers 27 Apr 20:33

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