Tech Review Big Data: Thursday, June 21, 2012

An Overview of Apache's Hadoop

http://linux-news.org/index.php/2012/06/14/an-overview-of-apaches-hadoop/

3 takeaways from Amazon's latest cloud outage

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/thinking-tech/3-takeaways-from-amazons-latest-cloud-outage/12101?tag=nl.e550

Tech Review Cloud: Wednesday, June 20, 2012

5 ways the public cloud can go wrong for DOD agencies

http://gcn.com/articles/2012/06/18/5-risks-to-dod-agencies-adopting-cloud.aspx?s=gcndaily_200612

• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
• Security and privacy
• functionality
• records and compliance
• Support

"Beast of Breed" commercial solution may not be good defense environment solutions.

Tech Review Big Data: Thursday, June 20, 2012

Pogoplug Office Secure Private Cloud Solution - POGO-V4-A4-01 ($90)

http://www.buy.com/prod/secure-private-cloud-solution/228249327.html

Tech Review NAS: Monday, June 11, 2012

Fantom Drives Diamond 1.5TB 64MB Cache USB 2.0 External Hard Drive - FDD1500U64 ($80)

The price of external drives is coming down.