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![Demystifying Data Lakes vs. Big Data](/image/original/ff423b7a-d556-11ee-adfc-002590a5fecf.png)
If you work with data in any shape or form, the term “data lake” should be familiar to you. In the modern world, where information is overflowing, a data lake is a storage solution for organizations that have outgrown their data infrastructure.
![Samsung is not going to reduce the price of NAND memory but is going to cut production](/image/original/255b9096-d259-11ee-96d7-002590a5fecf.png)
Samsung Electronics is planning to cut production of NAND and HBM memory due to what the company believes to be unjustifiably low market prices. Prices for solid-state memory have been rising steadily and increased by 8.87% in December last year. Despite this, the company has decided to reduce NAND production to stabilize the market.
![Intel announcements: Clearwater Forest processors, 14A process, and some other plans](/image/original/f58a7c10-d258-11ee-9b6a-002590a5fecf.png)
At IFS Direct Connect 2024, representatives of the company mentioned about the production of Clearwater Forest processor wafers on the 18A process, as well as the 14A process that will use High-NA EUV technology. At this stage, Intel is pursuing an aim of launching five processes during a four-year period. Microsoft was also present at the event and representatives informed about their chips on the Intel 18A process.
![PathNet and HostZealot: Ultimate DDoS protection](/image/original/7f0d919c-d255-11ee-bf80-002590a5fecf.png)
In today's digitally driven world, the threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks looms large over online businesses. Despite advancements in cybersecurity, these attacks continue to pose a significant risk in 2024 as well, with the potential to disrupt services, cause financial losses, and damage reputations.
![Apache Spark vs. Hadoop: An In-Depth Comparison](/image/original/3ac92c10-d234-11ee-b20d-002590a5fecf.png)
Hadoop and Spark are the major big data infrastructure frameworks. They are used to process and store large sets of data.
![Utilizing Vagrant with VirtualBox on Debian 12](/image/original/844e5da4-d0a1-11ee-8728-002590a5fecf.png)
A perfect development environment can be created with Vagrant. It creates automation and ideal workflow while at the same time, it is possible to lessen the time spent on setup. Based on our practical experience, we can assure you that Vagrant except for the already mentioned benefits, also improves the level of production and development.
![Microservices Architecture: Features, Benefits, Real-World Examples](/image/original/e53f9c00-d000-11ee-b7f0-002590a5fecf.png)
Cloud architecture appeared as a fundamental approach to software apps. At the same time, it introduced microservices in order to make the development process more productive.
![From quantity to quality: HDD sales are decreasing, but their total capacity is growing](/image/original/7c5f10de-cfe3-11ee-9e2b-002590a5fecf.png)
TrendFocus has analyzed the global hard disk drive (HDD) market for the last quarter of 2023 and found that total HDD production increased by 9% (compared to the previous quarter), but shipments decreased by 0.6% to 28.85 million units. In the fourth quarter of 2023, 27.6 to 29.7 million HDDs of all types were sold, which is 3.7% less than in the third quarter of the year. This signals that the hard disk drive market is adapting to the emergence of another player in the market space - a new flash drive technology, NAND.
![No more Free Solutions and Perpetual Licenses from VMware](/image/original/802adbda-cfd4-11ee-a505-002590a5fecf.png)
Broadcom explains that it will no longer offer free solutions and perpetual licenses, such a decision was made for the convenience of corporate customers and to simplify the product portfolio.
![HostZealot is renowned as a top performer this winter by SourceForge](/image/original/e2d52ac2-cbda-11ee-8ae8-002590a5fecf.png)
Dear customers,
we are happy to notify you that we have acquired a badge on SourceForge, particularly a badge for being the top performer of this winter. SourceForge is a reputable versatile platform for discovering open-source software, being a free hosting and repository for source code, as well as a forum, a wiki, and a reviews platform.