Emulex and uCIRRUS Collaborate to Enable Live Data Management for
Big Data Analysis
SALT LAKE CITY, COSTA MESA, Calif. and SAN MATEO, Calif., Nov.
13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- SUPERCOMPUTING -- Emulex
Corporation (NYSE: ELX) and uCIRRUS Corporation today announced a
joint solution that will provide organizations with the ability to
analyze and act on live data while business opportunities are the
most relevant and valuable. The solution is an integration of
uCIRRUS's XPRESSmp™, a live big data in-the-network management
platform, and Emulex OneConnect® 10Gb Ethernet (10GbE) Network
Xceleration™ (NX) OCe12000-D adapters, with FastStack™ Sniffer10G
software, powered by Myricom. The combination provides 100 percent
lossless packet capture on multiple 10GbE links concurrently,
enabling up to 100Gb per second (100Gbps) ingest, analysis and
action.
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In order to effectively act on opportunities surfaced by big
data, changes in customer or user behavior, or anomalies in network
performance, service providers and government agencies must be able
to identify and analyze those opportunities the instant they
happen. Traditionally, analysis of this behavior includes the
capture, storage, and then analysis of large volumes of data,
delaying when intelligence can be gained from the analysis and
diminishing the opportunity to influence the behavior. The
Emulex and uCIRRUS solution addresses this need for real-time
analysis, by capturing, analyzing and actioning network data at
line speed. By placing the data management platform into the
network or at the edge, the solution can process data as it is
generated, before it is stored. This "live data" analysis enables
decision results to be interpreted and acted on faster than with
traditional big data analytics solutions.
"The combination of Emulex FastStack Sniffer10G with uCIRRUS
XPRESSmp changes the big data game by providing the ability to
react to changes in customer behavior in real-time. This solution
comes at a time when big data is quickly proliferating,
particularly in the technology, scientific and business
communities," said Shaun Walsh,
senior vice president of marketing and corporate development,
Emulex. "This joint solution is a big step forward in the evolution
of big data going from a historical analysis tool to a resource
that can immediately impact daily operations and the bottom
line."
The solution introduces a three-layered, fully integrated
approach to real-time big data analysis and action. The first layer
includes Emulex NX adapters that enable lossless 10Gb ingestion,
scalable across multiple adapters. The second layer is the Emulex
FastStack Sniffer10G network acceleration software which provides
highly parallelized, lossless capture. And the third layer
leverages uCIRRUS XPRESSmp at the processing level, offering
intelligent processing for actionable analytics at the speed of the
network, up to 100Gbps. The solution does not require a proprietary
system purchase, and runs on industry standard servers for Windows
and Linux, providing standards-compliant, fully scalable SQL
processing, making it easily accessible and readily integrated into
existing enterprise networks.
"Live data management can transform any enterprise from reactive
to proactive," said Peter Richards,
CEO of uCIRRUS. "uCIRRUS and Emulex are collaborating to put
real-time, actionable intelligence into the hands of organizations
so they can better serve their constituents and predict trouble
before it even appears and provide action in real-time while the
opportunity is still open. For example, customers are using our
solution for real-time quality of service (QoS) detection and
remediation, and instantaneous fraud prediction, identification,
and interception."
Emulex will showcase this solution at Supercomputing this week,
November 12 – 15, in Salt Lake City, in booth #632.
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About Emulex
Emulex, the leader in converged
networking solutions, provides enterprise-class connectivity for
servers, networks and storage devices within the data center. The
company's product portfolio of Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters,
10Gb Ethernet Network Interface Cards, Ethernet-based Converged
Network Adapters, controllers, embedded bridges and switches, and
connectivity management software are proven, tested and trusted by
the world's largest and most demanding IT environments. Emulex
solutions are used and offered by the industry's leading server and
storage OEMs including, Cisco, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Hitachi, Hitachi
Data Systems, HP, Huawei, IBM, NEC, NetApp and Oracle. Emulex is
headquartered in Costa Mesa,
Calif. and has offices and research facilities in
North America, Asia and Europe. More information about Emulex (NYSE:
ELX) is available at www.Emulex.com.
About uCIRRUS
uCIRRUS takes data management to the
network and the network edge, making Big Data live and actionable.
Its software data management platform, XPRESSmp™, ingests data as
it is generated at the source, up to 100Gbps, and conducts
simultaneous analysis and processing to enable businesses to take
action while opportunities are the most relevant. Live data
management and action can transform your enterprise from a reactive
to a proactive, predictive one. Integrating this live data analysis
with historical data sources provides context that enables
patterns, anomalies and insights to emerge that can deliver answers
while the question and opportunity are still relevant. Enterprises
can identify, predict - and proactively intercept -
fraud, security issues, and customer churn, for example. The
extreme efficiency of XPRESSmp's parallel architecture and
scalability enable you to convert more of your data to measurable
assets, using your existing IT infrastructure and commodity
hardware.
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