March 4, 2013 | Nicole Hemsoth

Between the ingestion, storage, processing and distribution of large, multi-structured data volumes, there is bound to be complexity, especially when it’s happening within a Hadoop cluster. However, according to HPC storage company, Data Direct Networks (DDN), all it takes to remedy the hassles is a Hadoop appliance that...Read more...

October 13, 2012 |

As we prepare to head into Hadoop World, and prepare some in-depth material following our conversation with the CTO and Lead High Performance Analytics ARchitect from SAS, we wanted to address some news items that were on our radar leading into this busy event season. This week we bring announcements from the world of Hadoop, with Hortonworks and a new BI arrangement; Cloudera’s pitch to big government; some positive news from RainStor and more…Read more...

September 7, 2012 | Datanami Staff

Our top five big data stor picks this week range from national lab cancer centers being fitted with data-intensive gear to more funding being thrown out to solve complex data storage and management issues. We also touch on news from companies seeking to indentify best in class data analysts, not to mention our first story from DDN, which is taking advantage of the Vertica platform.Read more...

August 3, 2012 | Datanami Staff

This week we swoop in over Cray’s headquarters in Seattle, where all is uncharacteristically bright and sunny, look into what DDN is doing to simplify big data storage, gaze briefly at Actian Corporation and its...Read more...

April 10, 2012 | Robert Gelber

To handle the massive torrent of data the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will produce, the project calls for a supercomputer that can handle anywhere from 2-30 exaflops, not to mention a system that is outfitted with some of the most robust data-intensive management tools available. These numbers are certainly outside the realm of today’s leading-edge technology but.....Read more...

March 29, 2012

Finland-based CSC, the government-sponsored Center for Science Ltd., provides the balance between academic and industry R&D and IT resource management in the country. In an effort to address its massive storage needs, the organization announced key multi-million-Euro....Read more...

March 5, 2013

DataDirect Network announced record results for financial analytics response times and corresponding throughput. Read more...

February 26, 2013

DataDirect Networks (DDN) today unveiled the hScaler appliance, an Apache Hadoop platform for Big Data with integration and flexibility optimized specifically for the enterprise. Read more...

January 17, 2013

DataDirect Networks (DDN) today announced its selection by the Los Angeles Business Journal as one of 2012's 100 fastest-growing privately held companiesRead more...

September 9, 2012

Today, organizations are facing an exponential increase in the amount of data being created. The ability to successfully manage this data, coupled with the growing complexity of storage infrastructures is creating significant challenges for IT managers. While the cost of maintaining storage infrastructures continues to increase, headcount and budget remains fixed. What is needed is an advanced management platform that reduces the cost and complexity of storage management. Read more...