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Don’t Replace SQL: Big Data Tech is Supplemental, Says IBM Executive
Bernie Sprang, the executive in charge of database software for IBM’s software group, hopped into theCube at IOD 2012 to talk about the technological side of the big data PureData, his company’s response to this trend. He shared his insights with theCube hosts, SiliconAngle founder John Furrier and Wikibon’s Dave Vellante. Sprang says that databases ...
Brocade Acquires Cisco Scourge Vyatta in Aggressive Push for SDN
Last month Brocade’s Ken Cheng, vice president of service provider products, hopped into theCube to discuss the advantages of software-defined networking. SDN is the the concept of creating an abstraction layer that separates software from hardware and drives down administrative costs as a result. The most notable tidbit from the interview was his point about ...
This Week in Big Data: Google’s New Siri Clone
Google is Apple’s largest competitor in the mobile software arena, a status that has been further solidified this week with the launch of a new app that rivals Siri with data science and language models. The search giant has taken full advantage of its reign over the web to create the technology that powers its ...
This Week in the Cloud: Big Updates from Small Players, Cisco’s UCS Ramp-Up
This week featured several major announcements from a few small firms with big ambitions and a lot of cloud mojo. One of them is Spanning, which hired a Silicon Valley veteran to lead its sales and marketing efforts. Spanning is Boston-based company that offers back-up services for Google Apps. Its flagship solution, the most popular ...
SAP Revamps Social Enterprise Strategy with Jam, Slew of New Apps
Business intelligence vendor SAP has been looking for ways to become more competitive with the likes of Salesforce.com, and it apparently found the answer in Jam. The enterprise social networking solution that SAP gained through the acquisition of SuccessFactors last year will play a huge role in a revitalized big attempt to gain a major ...
Isilon Co-founder Sujal Patel Moves On After Successful Merge
When EMC bought out scale-out storage systems maker Isilon in 2010 for over $2 billion dollars, co-founder Sujal Patel took it upon himself to make sure that the company remains successful under the new ownership. Two years later, he’s leaving Isilon after a job well done. “Everyone knew this was coming. Sujal is a startup guy ...
Blue Box Raises First Round of Funding after 10 Years in Business
Blue Box is a managed services provider that has been offering cloud hosting since 2003. The Seattle-based firm has seen its business grow slowly but surely over the years, and today it boasts nearly 600 clients including big name companies such as MTV and VH1. The only missing piece in this start-up Cinderella story is ...
Taking a Peek Under the Hood of LiveJournal
Social network and blogging platform LiveJournal has been around a long before Facebook came to be. In the early years of its existence the company had to implement an invite code system that curbed its user base, simply because its infrastructure couldn’t keep up with membership growth. A lot has changed since then. LiveJournal expanded to ...
Storage Startup Nirvanix Upgrades to Brocade
Cloud storage startup Nirvanix implemented routers and switches from Brocade in its networking environment to better accommodate the requirements of its enterprise customers, according to a release that just went out. Fox and National Geographic are among the clients that leverage Nirvanix’s hosted platform, along with several Fortune 500 companies. The firm is expected to ...
An Ego Boost for EMC with Recognition at TSIA 2012
Storage vendor EMC got a huge ego boost at the most recent Technology Services Industry Association conference, where it received two new awards and a meta-trophy for performance over time. The company picked up STAR Awards in two categories: Innovation in Enabling Customer Success and Innovation in Product Supportability. The former was given in recognition ...