Distributed file systems

TigerGraph Expands European Presence with New DACH Offices and Senior Leadership Appointments

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Companies, Industries, Economy of Japan, Distributed file systems, Cloud infrastructure, Hadoop, MapR, Hitachi Data Systems, Hitachi

The company also announced the opening of new offices in Munich, Germany.

Key Points: 
  • The company also announced the opening of new offices in Munich, Germany.
  • An experienced industry executive, Darling joins TigerGraph following senior roles at MapR, QLogic, Hitachi Data Systems and EMC.
  • During 2019, TigerGraph has hired additional engineering, sales and support staff; tripling its headcount across the region to meet growing demand.
  • TigerGraph has received multiple awards as a result of the companys innovative technology and commitment to helping customers unlock business value from connected data.

AXEL Launches the Most Advanced IPFS Pinning Facility -- Now Live on Blockchain-Powered AXEL.Network

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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Computing, Digital technology, Peer-to-peer computing, Distributed data storage, Distributed file systems, InterPlanetary File System, Peer-to-peer, Blockchain, Draft:DTube

LAS VEGAS, June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AXEL , a Las Vegas startup announces that the IPFS Pinning Facility is now live on its blockchain powered AXEL.Network , its global, distributed and decentralized network.

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  • LAS VEGAS, June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- AXEL , a Las Vegas startup announces that the IPFS Pinning Facility is now live on its blockchain powered AXEL.Network , its global, distributed and decentralized network.
  • AXEL IPFS Pinning AXEL IPFS Pinning (Interplanetary File Sharing System) is a highly sophisticated, yet user-friendly application that provides peer-to-peer distributed file storage and content distribution capabilities.
  • The latest feature to be introduced on the AXEL.Network platform, AXEL IPFS Pinning Facility is powered by Masternodes, along with AXEL's proprietary SOAP Process (Secure, Organize, Authenticate, Protect) and utilizes the AXEL Token to manage all transactions.
  • The AXEL platform allows users to link digital content across all of their devices, without using a third-party.

Imperial College Protects Vital Research Data With Software-Defined Storage Infrastructure Using ArcaStream and Excelero

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Monday, June 17, 2019
Education, University, Technology, Data management, Hardware, Internet, Networks, Software, Distributed file systems, IBM Spectrum Scale, Computing, Data management, Cloud computing, Computer data storage, IBM Storage

By moving to a single high-performance storage infrastructure that integrates legacy and new resources, Imperial College London reduced storage complexity, increased agility in managing capacity and performance, and gained significant ROI.

Key Points: 
  • By moving to a single high-performance storage infrastructure that integrates legacy and new resources, Imperial College London reduced storage complexity, increased agility in managing capacity and performance, and gained significant ROI.
  • The new Research Data Store (RDS) is built around ArcaStream PixStor , a high-performance scalable storage platform based on IBM Spectrum Scale parallel file system, which combines flash, disk, tape, and cloud storage into a single global name space.
  • This information governance is enabling us to store valuable data more intelligently and economically, Imperial College Londons Matthew Harvey continued.
  • ArcaStream delivers bespoke scale-out storage and data management solutions designed exclusively for the needs of research and simulation users.

Elastifile Announces Support for SMB 3.1 on Elastifile Cloud File Service

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Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Technology, Data management, Internet, Networks, Software, Audio, Video, Security, Mobile, Wireless, Computing, Computer networking, Digital technology, Network file systems, Cloud infrastructure, Distributed file systems, Cloud storage, Inter-process communication, Server Message Block, Network File System, Cloud computing, Cloud storage gateway

Elastifile , the pioneer of enterprise-grade, scalable file storage for the public cloud, today announced that the Server Message Block (SMB) 3.1 storage protocol is supported and available for early access on Elastifile Cloud File Service, the companys fully-managed, scalable file storage service on Google Cloud.

Key Points: 
  • Elastifile , the pioneer of enterprise-grade, scalable file storage for the public cloud, today announced that the Server Message Block (SMB) 3.1 storage protocol is supported and available for early access on Elastifile Cloud File Service, the companys fully-managed, scalable file storage service on Google Cloud.
  • By adding SMB to the services pre-existing support for the Network File System (NFS) protocol, Elastifile is delivering seamless compatibility for an even broader range of enterprise applications and use cases.
  • By adding support for SMB, weve made it easy for Windows-based workflows to reap the benefits of Elastifile Cloud File Service, said Adi Sprachman, Vice President of Product Management at Elastifile.
  • To enjoy Elastifile Cloud File Service users simply specify their desired storage capacity and select a service level aligned to their budget and performance requirements.

Excelero and ThinkParQ Go to Market with Integrated NVMesh® and BeeGFS

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Technology, Data management, Hardware, Internet, Networks, Software, Telecommunications, Mobile, Wireless, Computer architecture, Computing, Integrated circuits, Distributed file systems, Network file systems, BeeGFS, Cluster computing, NVM Express, Graphics processing unit

In response to customer demand, Excelero and ThinkParQ already have deployed NVMe storage clusters with BeeGFS and NVMesh to increase productivity of advanced GPU compute clusters.

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  • In response to customer demand, Excelero and ThinkParQ already have deployed NVMe storage clusters with BeeGFS and NVMesh to increase productivity of advanced GPU compute clusters.
  • With Exceleros NVMesh, our customers have access to an ultra-low latency, high performance approach to scale-out storage, said Frank Herold, CEO of ThinkParQ.
  • Tests were run on the exact same hardware configuration with BeeGFS utilizing the direct-attached NVMe vs. BeeGFS utilizing NVMesh logical volumes.
  • Through June 30 Excelero is offering enhanced pricing on combined purchases of NVMesh and BeeGFS.

MapR Announces Upcoming Dataware Symposium Calgary

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Thursday, May 9, 2019
Technology, Data management, Hardware, Internet, Networks, Cloud infrastructure, Distributed file systems, Hadoop, Digital technology, Computing, MapR, Information technology, Cloud computing

MapR Technologies, Inc ., visionary creator of the next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics, today announced that MapR executives, partners and customers will present at Dataware Symposium in Calgary on May 23.

Key Points: 
  • MapR Technologies, Inc ., visionary creator of the next-generation data platform for AI and Analytics, today announced that MapR executives, partners and customers will present at Dataware Symposium in Calgary on May 23.
  • Dataware Symposium Calgary will feature a variety of MapR executives and customers presenting on topics including artificial intelligence, data analytics, edge analytics, analytics in cloud, hybrid and multi cloud, containers, microservices, data and cyber security, intelligent applications, global event systems and IoT transformation.
  • The MapR Data Platform delivers the power of dataware to accelerate data-driven innovation.
  • MapR is a registered trademark of MapR Technologies, Inc. in the United States and other countries.

Cohesity Acquires Imanis Data to Advance Data Protection for NoSQL and Hadoop Workloads

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Technology, Data management, Networks, Data management, Computing, Digital technology, Cloud infrastructure, Structured storage, Distributed file systems, Apache Hadoop, Apache Software Foundation, NoSQL, Database

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Key Points: 
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Through this acquisition, Cohesity customers will enjoy the broadest support to easily back up and instantly recover Hadoop and NoSQL workloads and supporting databases, including MongoDB.
  • Today, numerous Fortune 500 companies rely on solutions from Imanis Data to protect big data workloads.
  • By combining Imanis Datas unique, machine-learning powered approach to data management with the Cohesity DataPlatform , customers can eliminate the need for separate data and infrastructure silos for their NoSQL and Hadoop workloads and manage all their data from a single pane of glass.
  • Imanis Data's leadership in Hadoop and NoSQL data management combined with Cohesity's leadership in modern backup and recovery will create an unbeatable solution.

MapR Technologies, Inc. Selects Corent’s SurPaaS Platform to Bring Timely Robust SaaS Solutions to Market

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Monday, April 15, 2019
Technology, Data management, Internet, Software, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, Digital technology, Computing, Software distribution, Distributed file systems, Hadoop, MapR, Software as a service

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190415005181/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190415005181/en/
    The Corent SurPaaS platform accelerates SaaS providers success by offering richer, more complete, fully instrumented SaaS capabilities to augment ISV solutions.
  • "We are honored that an innovator of the caliber of MapR has selected our SurPaaS platform.
  • Global 2000 enterprises trust the MapR Data Platform to help them solve their most complex AI and analytics challenges.
  • Corent Technology, Inc. is the provider of SurPaaS platform - the emerging end-to-end platform in Cloud Migration and SaaS-enablement technologies.

E8 Storage Announces Partnership with ThinkParQ to Deliver High Performance File Storage Infrastructure for Data Intensive Workloads

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Tuesday, April 9, 2019
Distributed computing architecture, Computing, Network file systems, Distributed file systems, Digital technology, BeeGFS, Cluster computing, Scalability

The combined solution will offer customers new levels of improved performance and scalability for data intensive workloads.

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  • The combined solution will offer customers new levels of improved performance and scalability for data intensive workloads.
  • Delivered by ThinkParQ, BeeGFS is the award-winning open-source parallel file system deployed by thousands of users around the globe.
  • Zivan Ori, co-founder and CEO of E8 Storage, commented, "The BeeGFS software complements our portfolio and allows us to deliver better performance, speed and scalability through the use of our E8 Storage agent.
  • When performance matters, enterprise data centers turn to E8 Storage for unprecedented storage performance, density and scale, without compromising on reliability and availability.

MapR Accelerates Separation of Compute and Storage

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Technology, Data management, Internet, Networks, Software, Cloud computing, Cloud infrastructure, IT infrastructure, Computing, Distributed file systems, Kubernetes, MapR, MapR FS

These innovations make it easy to better manage highly elastic workloads while also facilitating in-time deployments and the ability to separately scale compute and storage.

Key Points: 
  • These innovations make it easy to better manage highly elastic workloads while also facilitating in-time deployments and the ability to separately scale compute and storage.
  • MapR is solving for this need to independently scale compute while also tightly integrating with Kubernetes in anticipation of organizations rapid container adoption.
  • In early 2019, MapR enabled persistent storage for compute running in Kubernetes-managed containers through a CSI compliant volume driver plugin.
  • MapR is paving the way for enterprise organizations to easily do two key things: start separating compute and storage and quickly embrace Kubernetes when running analytical AI/ML apps, said Suresh Ollala, SVP Engineering, MapR.