Renewable energy

Hybrid Cloud Model Gains Traction for DR with SMEs

Disaster recovery has historically been one of those nice-to-have options for small and mid-sized companies, which lack the resources and the funding to green light a best practice that’s essential for mitigating risk. Yet cloud-based services, and specifically, a hybrid cloud model, is dramatically changing that equation, according to a recent report put out by…

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Boosting Video Surveillance Revenue In Retail

The opportunity for VARs in the VMS (video management software), IP video, and video surveillance space in general is growing. According to TechNavio, the global VMS market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 18.51 percent through 2018. Allied Market Research predicts the global IP video surveillance and Video Surveillance as a Service (VSaaS)…

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Is E-Commerce the Next Big Thing for FedEx?

Online sales are rising at an astronomical pace as more and more people discover the ease of shopping from the comfort of their homes. Even cross-border online shopping is gathering steam as it is expected to rise at an incredible rate of 200% in the next five years, most of which will likely come from China. A…

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And the Wearables Championship for Healthcare Technology Goes To: ZOLL Medical

By Stephanie Baum According to TechNavio, the use of gesture recognition technologies for healthcare applications is currently focused in physical therapy when gaming is recommended after major surgery to prevent muscle atrophy. “For patients in general (not specific to individuals recovering from a stroke), gesture recognition-enabled games have often been suggested to patients to keep them active…

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10 Hot Hadoop Startups to Watch

Altiscale What They Do: Provide Hadoop-as-a-Service (HaaS). Headquarters: Palo Alto, Calif. CEO: Raymie Stata, who was previously CTO of Yahoo. Founded: March 2012 Funding: Altiscale is backed by $12 million in Series A funding from General Catalyst and Sequoia Capital, along with investments from individual backers. Why They’re on This List: Hadoop has become almost synonymous with Big Data, yet the…

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Datacenter Construction Expected To Boom

Datacenter construction is forecast to boom over the next four years as demand for datacenter colocation facilities grows and energy regulations prompt upgrades. However, the rise of modular and containerized datacenters could eventually slow growth, a report found. The global market for datacenter construction is expected to register an annual compound growth rate of 21…

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How Counties Avert Outages with UPS Systems

New, Improved Batteries The configuration of the UPS plays a role in its reliability, according to Kaushik Venkateshwaran, lead analyst for the energy, engineering and automation division of TechNavio, a research and advisory firm. The safest approach is “n+1,” he recommends. That means that for however many units the space requires, the organization implements an…

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New exhibitors identify Helitech International 2014 as key Europe business window

Other first time exhibitors include, but not limited to; Amphenol Air from France, Freeflight Systems from the USA, Miccavionics from Germany, Spacemetric BV from the Netherlands and Vislink International from the UK. Helitech International 2014 will take place against the background of increasing global helicopter sales. According to a recent report from TechNavio Research (www.technavio.com),…

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