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The latest acquisition in Hewlett-Packard Co.’s renewed shopping spree should come as little surprise to customers. The technology giant has bought Stackato, a platform-as-a-service toolkit developed by a Canadian partner called ActiveState Software Inc. that has been shipping with its public cloud …
Alibaba invests a billion dollars to dethrone Amazon in the public cloud
Chinese e-commerce titan Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. is opening a new competitive front against arch-nemesis Amazon Inc. with a billion dollar investment in its cloud business that will help fuel expansion to three additional continents. It’s an ambitious move taken straight out …
Amazon launches its ultra-fast relational cloud database out of beta
Another week, another new service from Amazon Inc. hitting the market. Originally revealed at its re:Invent cloud conference last year, Aurora is a homegrown relational database with automated scaling that promises to provide five times the price-performance ratio of traditional alternatives, particularly …
Google to cloud buyers: No need to trust us, use your own encryption keys
The growing concern over privacy has finally caught up to Google Inc., at least in the public cloud, where its widely used infrastructure-as-a-service platform received a small but important update this morning that brings customers the ability to protect their data using their own …
CliQr revamp its hybrid cloud portability platform for a containerized world
The shift towards containerized applications is causing major strategic changes even for vendors that have been early to recognize the demand for portability and fast release cycles that is driving the trend. The latest example is CliQr Technologies Inc., which debuted a new …
Yozio raises $7 million to help companies supercharge their mobile presence
Even though consumers now spend considerably more time on their smartphones and tablets than PCs, organizations often struggle to drive adoption for their mobile apps due to the lack of many of the marketing capabilities available on more traditional platforms. That’s according …
IBM ups the scalability ante for its cloud-based data warehouse
After a series of high-profile investments in cloud-based data warehousing startups, IBM Corp. is joining the fray with an update to its own managed analytics platform aimed at leveling the playing field against the younger competition. The focus in the new iteration of …
What you missed in Big Data: Security smarts
Security took back the spotlight in the analytics world last week after Palantir Technologies Inc. raised another $450 million from investors in a round that brings its valuation to a reported $20 billion, an exceptional figure even in a time when Silicon …
What you missed in Cloud: Productivity through integration
The public cloud became a much more productive place for enterprise workers last week thanks a series of major updates on the collaboration front, starting with Google Inc.’s introduction of a new extension that offers to plug its file sharing service into …
Palantir raises $450 million on massive $20 billion valuation
It may not be the most typical tech unicorn, but Palantir Technologies Inc. is now one of the most valuable thanks to a newly closed $450 million funding round that reportedly puts its net worth at $20 billion. That marks a tremendous …