Splunk Inc., a vendor of software platform for real-time operational intelligence, and Hortonworks, a contributor to Apache Hadoop, announced Thursday an alliance to enable organizations to gain operational intelligence using open source Apache Hadoop. The alliance ensures that organizations can take advantage of Splunk Enterprise and Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) utilizing Splunk Hadoop Connect, which moves data between Splunk Enterprise and Hadoop.
Hitachi Data Systems Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., unveiled Tuesday new solutions and services that allow enterprises to adopt cloud computing more readily, enable their mobile workforce more securely and reliably, and provide a better IT experience to their end users. The Hitachi Data Systems line of cloud services and solutions offer new options to help manage the multiple demands of IT. These demands include explosive growth of unstructured data, user expectations to access information from anywhere, and the requirement to ensure security, simplicity and protection of all data wherever it lives.
HGST, formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and now a Western Digital company, announced Tuesday its new offering with high storage density (MB/mm3) of any hard disk drive (HDD). The new Travelstar 5K1500 is a 9.5mm, 1.5TB mobile hard drive and features high capacity in a standard 9.5mm design. Built on HGST's proven platform for quality and reliability, the Travelstar 5K1500 delivers high shock protection, low power and solid performance to meet the growing demands for a variety of market segments, including notebooks, external hard drives, gaming consoles and all-in-one desktop PCs.
