Nvidia Launches Pascal GPUs for Deep Learning Inferencing
Already entrenched in the deep learning community for neural net training, Nvidia wants to secure its place as the go-to chipmaker for datacenter inferencing. At the GPU Technology Conference ...Full Article
Facebook and Natural Disasters: Extreme Scale Data Center Resiliency
Fans of “The Social Network,” a movie about the early days of Facebook, (and one that, last we heard, Mark Zuckerberg has never seen), will remember the scene when ...Full Article
Software-Defined Storage and Hyperconverged Infrastructure: 3 Use Cases
The data center has become associated with complexity as traditional storage is struggling to keep pace with workload demands. To address these challenges, industry experts anticipate Software Defined Storage ...Full Article
Mesosphere Touts ‘Container 2.0’
In a bid to jumpstart what it calls a "Container 2.0" movement, application container pioneer Mesosphere announced partnerships with big data vendors designed to push distributed application technology to ...Full Article
Datacenter Security Attracts More Investors
Efforts to lock down security in datacenters continue to expand as operators seek to assure enterprise customers they can meet increasingly strict regulatory and other data governance rules even ...Full Article
Study: Flash Going Mainstream, Driving Adoption of Big Data Analytics
The rapid emergence of Flash-based storage into the mainstream technology is a primary factor in the embrace of advanced scale computing in the enterprise – particularly big data analytics ...Full Article
VMware Bolsters Net Virtualization With Arkin Deal
Looking to bolster its network virtualization and security platform targeting software-defined datacenters, VMware said it is acquiring SDDC security and operations specialist Arkin Net to help extend its vRealize ...Full Article
HPE Rolls Docker-Ready Servers, Backs ‘Docker Datacenter’
Application container leader Docker's strategic alliance with Hewlett Packard Enterprise will deliver a new class of server that bundles the Docker Engine platform used to build and run containers. ...Full Article
Mesosphere Platform Adds Scheduler, Automation Tools
The Mesosphere, the datacenter operating system ecosystem formed by the company of the same name, continues to expand with the addition of a scheduler designed to determine whether workloads ...Full Article
Lenovo, Nutanix Team on Converged IT Platform
Looking to expand the market for its server and hyper-converged infrastructure offerings, Lenovo and virtualization and storage integration partner Nutanix rolled out a new series of appliances this week ...Full Article
