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EMC debuts software-only version of its Data Domain platform
More and more storage vendors are making the functionality of their pricey proprietary systems available in a standalone software form to address the accelerating shift toward commodity equipment. EMC Corp. this morning became the latest big name to join the bandwagon by unveiling a new virtual incarnation of its Data Domain backup appliance series. DD VE, ...
DoD-backed Veriflow wants to make corporate networks as reliable as NASA’s mars rover
The reason why NASA’s Curiosity rover is able to continue roaming Mars years after hitting the surface is that the engineers back at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory spent an obscene amount of time testing its components ahead of the launch. They employed a methodology known as formal verification to mathematically confirm the craft doesn’t from ...
New Splunk release slashes machine data storage costs by up to 80 percent
As one of the fastest-growing subsets of data in the enterprise, machine-generated logs can be expensive to retain for extended periods of time, which leaves CIOs with a dilemma. They either have to foot the bill, or discard old information after a certain point and lose potentially valuable insight into their operations. Splunk Inc. wants to ...
Brocade to pay $1.5BN for Wi-Fi heavyweight Ruckus Wireless
Exactly a year to the day since its last acquisition, Brocade Communications Systems Inc. is opening its coffers once again to buy Ruckus Wireless Inc., a publicly-traded provider of network access equipment. Its hardware lineup splits two main categories: Heavy-duty outdoor gear and indoor access points that let organizations provide WiFi coverage throughout their premises. ...
HPE launches new GPU-packed machines for deep learning workloads
Now that IDC estimates more than a third of organizations with high-performance computing infrastructure buy their hardware from Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the vendor is moving to press its advantage with the addition of two new machines to its lineup. The first is the Apollo 6500, a beefy 4U server that can be loaded with as ...
One of Salesforce.com’s top partners is now cozying up to Microsoft
After years of only supporting Salesforce.com, cloud unicorn Apttus Inc. is integrating its popular billing automation service with Microsoft Corp.’s competing Dynamics CRM platform. The move appears to be linked to the customer relationship management giant’s $360 million purchase of rival Steelbrick Inc. a few months ago. The unexpected acquisition dramatically changed the balance of power in the ...
What you missed in Big Data: Enabling faster analytics
Although the venture capital community is much less generous with its cash than it was a year ago, promising analytics startups are still more than capable of raising funding. Last week saw the investor appeal of data crunching software reaffirmed once again after MapD Technologies Inc. announced that it’s secured a $10 million investment from Nvidia ...
What you missed in Cloud: Improving infrastructure visibility
Like the rest of the industry, the movers and shakers of the cloud ecosystem turned their attention to the Microsoft Build summit last week, which saw the software powerhouse introduce a host of new features for its infrastructure-as-a-service platform. The release was headlined by a managed code execution tool that provides the ability to have ...
Microsoft poaches Oracle’s “Mr Linux” to head up its open-source efforts
Microsoft Corp.’s human resources department is stepping up its game. Five months after losing one of its division heads to Salesforce.com Inc., the software giant has reportedly poached a key executive from Oracle Corp. who earned the nickname “Mr Linux” for his efforts to promote internal adoption of the open-source operating system. According to ZDNet, ...
BlackBerry’s Q4 revenue misses Wall Street projections by nearly $100M
BlackBerry Ltd’s struggling handset business is declining faster than the market or even its leadership could anticipate. The company reported fourth quarter revenue of $487 million during its earnings call this morning, substantially less than the $563 million average analyst forecast for the period. The picture grows even bleaker when comparing the figure with the $660 ...