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Aerospike is 10x Faster than What You’re Using Now
Citing the results of a recent benchmark study conducted by Thumbtack Technology, NoSQL startup Aerospike boasts that its database offering is 10 times more powerful than the leading alternatives on the market today. Aerospike was pitted against Apache Cassandra and MongoDB; Couchbase Server was also supposed to be on the list, but Thumbtack apparently encountered ...
HortonWorks Updates HDP: More Metrics on Hand, Less Manual Monitoring
HortonWorks introduced the latest release of its open Hadoop distribution yesterday morning. Version 1.2 features several major features and improvements, including the addition of Ambari. Apache Ambari is a provisioning and monitoring utility for Hadoop clusters. The web-based tool displays usage and performance metrics that can come in very handy when troubleshooting technical difficulties in ...
Workplace Startup LiquidSpace Bags $6M
LiquidSpace pegs itself as a “professional workplace marketplace” acting as a broker that lets travelers rent cubicles and offices in the same manner they would book a hotel room. The startup operates across 50 locations throughout the U.S., and its catalog features 2000 listings that range from sub-$100 workspaces to luxurious offices you’d reserve for ...
CEO Pressure Forces Yahoo Chief to Jump Ship After e-Mail Security Fail
Yahoo chief information security officer Justin Somaini abruptly resigned this week, according to people familiar with the company. AllThingsD reports that the same sources believe his departure is the result of a poorly patched vulnerability in Yahoo Mail that allowed hackers to flood users’ inboxes with spam. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer was brought aboard last year ...
Alibaba Founding CEO + Board Drop Out, Make Room for New Talent
Jack Ma, a former English teacher, is one of the richest men in China. The 49 year old entrepreneur is the mastermind behind Alibaba Group, a company that operates six of the most popular sites in China including Alibaba.com, Taobao Marketplace and Yahoo! China. Reuters reports that Ma is resigning from his post to assume ...
Dell Follows HP in PC Recovery Tactics: Aggressive Spending in Product Development
According to a Taiwanese research firm, Dell overtook Acer as the third largest PC manufacturer by revenue in the fourth quarter. The spot was previously held by Acer, which experienced a 15 percent sales decline in the same period. “Citing Digitimes Research, Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA) reported Sunday Acer notebook shipments fell by more than 15 ...
Brocade Taps Former Juniper COO as Chief Executive
Brocade abruptly appointed Lloyd Carney to the position CEO today. He is replacing Michael Klayko, who served as the networking solutions maker’s chief executive since 2005. “After a thorough and robust search process, the Board believes that Mr. Carney is the ideal leader to take Brocade to the next level,” said David House, the chairman ...
HP Creates Converged Cloud Unit for Agility, Support
Hewlett-Packard upgraded the status of its converged cloud business to a full-fledged unit, according to AllThingsD. The newly announced group will be headed by Saar Gallai, the current senior vice president and general manager of converged cloud. Gillai joined HP in 2010 as the CTO of its networking business after the company’s acquisition of 3Com, ...
The Two Types of Funded Startups that will Survive, or Crash in Our New Economy
We’ve survived the apocolypse and the fiscal cliff, but many still wonder what this new economy means for investments in the tech sector. Venture capitalism is one of our founder’s favorite topics, so if there’s a camera and a microphone around, SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier could talk about investments all day. He made an appearance on ...
A Look Back at HP’s Recent PC Strategy + Payoffs
At CES last week we got a chance to see exactly what’s behind the buzz in mobile: every major manufacturer launched at least one smartphone, tablet, phablet or some other mobile device with its own unique branding. But while the personal computer was not the center of attention by any stretch of the imagination, it ...