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VMware adds more support for containers in new software
VMware Inc. today unveiled new versions of its management software that embraces application containers, a concept allowing applications to run on any machine that was once seen as arch-competitors of its computer virtualization software. The virtualization giant has unveiled new versions of its core management solutions that add extensive support for Docker along with expanded automation ...
Oblong raises $65M to bring Minority Report technology into the office
There are countless collaboration startups out there that promise to help organizations improve internal team communications, but few take their efforts as far as Oblong Industries Inc. The Los Angeles-based firm, which is working to bring visual sharing technology once only imagined in science fiction to the modern office, today closed a $65 million funding ...
New Equinix deal shows VMware hasn’t given up on vCloud Air
A growing number of organizations are setting up private network links between their data centers and infrastructure-as-a-service deployments to improve response times. In an effort to address this trend, VMware Inc. has tapped Equinix Inc. to provide dedicated connections for its vCloud Air platform. The newly announced partnership gives users reason for optimism amid the ...
Report: Sometimes private clouds are cheaper than public clouds
One of the main reasons why organizations flock to public clouds such as Amazon Web Services is that their pay-as-you-go infrastructure services are seen as more economical than buying expensive on-premises gear. But according to a newly published report from 451 Research, this is not necessarily the case for every company. The paper is the latest ...
Cisco acquires Worklife to boost Spark team collaboration service
Cisco Systems Inc. is aggressively scaling its collaboration business in response to the widening enterprise adoption of tools like Slack. Today, the networking giant acquired a startup called Heroik Labs Inc. for its popular Worklife service, which is described as a sort of Swiss Army Knife for managing office meetings. The application promises to help streamline the organization ...
What you missed in Big Data: graph processing and machine learning
Most traditional data management products aren’t equipped to handle the increasingly complex and diverse information that is flowing into the corporate network these days. As a result, organizations are turning to new solutions like Neo4j. The widely used graph store, which sets itself apart by providing the ability to easily log the relationships among records, ...
What you missed in cloud: Old rivalries are cast aside
As organizations continue moving and more of their internal workloads to the cloud, it’s becoming increasingly important for traditional IT vendors to address the trend. Last week, VMware Inc. joined the bandwagon by announcing plans to make its virtualization offerings available on AWS. The product lineup includes the company’s flagship hypervisor, its VSAN network management ...
IBM, Google, others challenge Intel with data center performance standard
Three years after open-sourcing the specifications for its POWER chip architecture, IBM Corp. is releasing another homegrown server innovation that could make an even bigger impact on the data center market. OpenCAPI, or Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface by its original name, will become available through a dedicated foundation that was inaugurated today. It appears aimed at ...
IBM ups the ante on cloud storage with new ultra-secure object service
The industry’s leading cloud providers are all investing heavily in security to make their platforms more appealing for risk-averse enterprises. Today, IBM Corp. is upping the ante by adding a new object storage option to its infrastructure-as-a-service portfolio that is specifically designed with data privacy in mind. Its most important component is the patented SecureSlice technology ...
MParticle raises $17.5 million to help brands process their mobile data
Mobile devices are an essential source of consumer behavior data for marketers, but the incredible volume and variety of the information generated by users can makes it difficult to process. Several analytics providers out there have taken it upon themselves to ease the task. One of the front-runners is a startup called mParticle Inc. that raised ...