This article is part of the Five Essential Strategies for Successful HPC Clusters series which was written to help managers, administrators, and users deploy and operate successful HPC clusters, ...

I've been involved with cluster computing ever since DEC introduced VAXcluster in 1984. In those days, a three node VAXcluster cost about $1 million. Today you can build a much more powerful cluster ...

WANdisco Plc. has just announced the release of its new WANdisco Fusion tool, designed to distribute large datasets across multiple Hadoop clusters while keeping them in sync and up to date. WANdisco ...

Cloudera, the startup that commercially distributes and services Apache Hadoop based data management software and services, is unveiling a new version of its service, Cloudera Enterprise 3.5. The ...

Hadoop training courses and certification programs are available from companies including Cloudera, Hortonworks, IBM and MapR. But if you’re not ready to commit to formal training courses, there are ...

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Karmasphere has introduced Karmasphere Analyst, productivity software for data professionals working with massive data sets. "Karmasphere is focused on providing software for developers and analysts ...

In the hot market for big-data products and services, sometimes even competitors must work together for the common good. Prominent Hadoop software and service companies Hortonworks and Pivotal have ...

Pepperdata is unveiling a new tool that will evaluate and assess Hadoop clusters and provide visibility into current cluster conditions. The new solution, called the Hadoop Health Check, will allow ...

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