APTARE granted patent for cataloguing the metadata for billions of files

APTARE, a pioneer in data centre optimisation software, has been notified by The US Patent and Trademarks Office that it has been granted a patent to create a, "Catalogue that Stores File System Metadata in an Optimised Manner," (United States Patent No. 8,402,071). This patent provides a method for the persistence and cataloguing of billions of file and folder metadata contained in unstructured file systems through a highly efficient, optimised, and compact mechanism.

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Nutanix partners with Exclusive Networks Group for European Distribution

Leading European SuperVAD selects the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform to complement existing technology suite and educate the market.

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SAS survey signals big data disconnect; only 12 per cent on board

Despite industry hype, most organisations have yet to develop and implement a big data strategy. Business analytics leader SAS and SourceMedia surveyed 339 data management professionals about their organisations' use of data management technology. The results show few organisations taking advantage of product, customer and other data sources.

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American University of Kuwait transforms IT infrastructure

The American University of Kuwait (AUK) has selected EMC® and VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies to transform its IT infrastructure and help effectively manage its mission-critical applications, including Microsoft Exchange 2010, Oracle, Luminis Portal and LMS Moodle. AUK is using EMC VNX® unified storage with EMC FAST Suite™ and VMware® vSphere to better handle rapid business growth and improve response time for IT requests from staff and students.

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Cloud: it’s not all or nothing

Andrew Edison, Regional Vice President AT&T EMEA, describes how a gradual approach to cloud can shift perceptions and move away from a pro- or anti-cloud mentality.

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