Is “software-defined” just a new way to whitewash old products?
Guest Post It's incredible what a $1.26 billion acquisition can do. Suddenly a host of startups are calling themselves "software-defined something." Is there any substance to the term?
As humans embrace software, it’s time for data centers to catch up
Guest Post Everything is turning into software, and that means humans are generating vast amounts of data. Our data centers need to become much more efficient and flexible to deal with it.
Paying for the petabyte future, one gigabyte at a time
December 1, 2011 12:45 PM
Dylan Tweney
Editor's Pick
Cloud storage is easy, but if you’ve got a lot of data, the costs can escalate quickly.
Case in point: DNAnexus, a startup that is storing DNA data so researchers can access and analyze it through a web interface, is …
Who’s driving the real cloud revolution? It’s the consumers, stupid.
Guest Post
Everyone is talking about the “cloud,” but is there anything new here? How is the “cloud” different from “internet” or “web?”
There is something new — and it’s a big deal — but it’s not what everyone usually talks about.…
