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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Rip Curl rides the Big Data wave with Rackspace

Iconic global brand launches Rip Curl Search GPS, a world-first for the surfing industry powered by ObjectRocket from Rackspace.

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Exponential-e and Jellyfish Pictures boost competitiveness of British VFX industry

Exponential-e extends IT infrastructure out of the studio so Jellyfish Pictures can deliver faster turnaround, increased flexibility and enhanced client service.

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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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ZeroDayLab chooses City Lifeline data centre as partner for secure operations

With reports warning that businesses need to change their approach to cyber safety, leading IT Security Consulting company ZeroDayLab is announcing a partnership with central London data centre City Lifeline.

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Kao Data has secured an extensive, industrial-scale site for redevelopment at Kenwood Point,...
Invests in next gen Cisco 100GB routing technology.
A challenging and high specification 140m2 data hall project delivered on time and in budget.
BREEAM, supported by datacentre specialist Keysource, has released a survey report designed to...
$51M site in Milan will bring increased digital transformation opportunities to Italy in 2021.
Atos, in agreement with the Wellcome Genome Campus, in Cambridgeshire, UK, has unveiled its global...
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Equinix Insider - White Ops President & COO, Eddie Schwartz

Eddie has over 25 years experience in information security, including recent work as the CISO of RSA, the Security Division of EMC, and Co-Founder/CSO of NetWitness.

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