VARINDIA IT MAGAZINE

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   MapR Technologies has announced it has formed an alliance with SAS, the leader in business analytics software and services. The two companies are collaborating in the area of business analytics and enterprise-grade Hadoop for customer environments. Customers will be able to leverage powerful SAS business analytics with the MapR advanced distributed data platform to empower organizations with the insights needed to make the best decisions possible for competitive advantage. "SAS is committed to helping customers leverage the power of advanced analytics on their big data. The use of SAS analytics software with MapR will help data scientists and analysts gain new business insights from their Hadoop-based data,” said Elishia Rousos, SAS Sr Manager, Alliance Management. "Through this alliance, customers benefit from the ability to make better business decisions faster through the market-leading analytic...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE     To transform operations across the data center to enable growth, improve profitability and increase business agility, HP has unveiled new enterprise products and services that will benefit customers. Infrastructure is the foundation for the rich, impactful next-generation applications, web services and user experiences that are enabled by trends in big data, cloud, mobility and security. As the business requirements for infrastructure multiply at an exponential rate in the coming years, a strong foundation will be more important than ever to help customers compete and succeed. HP’s new solutions and services enable IT leaders to optimize their infrastructure for today’s needs while preparing for the workload and application demands of tomorrow. “The new style of IT requires organizations to have a technology infrastructure in place that drives innovation and business outcomes. Today, HP is bringing to ...

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE   According to International Data Corporation (IDC) APeJ server tracker; the x86 server market in India grew by 10% in terms of unit shipments in Q3 2014 as compared to Q3 2013. The major contributors to this growth were Professional Services, Communications & Media, Banking and Retail verticals. The non x86 server market, however, saw a decline of 58% in terms of revenue in Q3 2014 as compared to Q3 2013 due to large refreshes in the verticals like banking and telecom being on hold due to various factors. This market is expected to revive in the coming quarters as these verticals battle the need for more compute due to transitioning needs of their business teams. According to Janmaijai Dhyani, Server Market Analyst, "Large deals in professional services vertical that were on hold previously due to elections, are opening up now as there is a stable government at the centre. Continued investments by t...