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The first casualty of the attack on the now infamous Hacking Team may not be the Italian spyware vendor itself, as many undoubtedly hope, but rather Adobe Flash, which is now officially blocked in FireFox after the discovery of a third zero-day …
The UK’s Push Technology debuts ultra-efficient data distribution service
Hot on the heels of PubNub Inc. raising $20 million in funding for its cloud-based data distribution service, a British firm called Push Technology Ltd. is taking a shot of its own at capitalizing on the fast-evolving analytics needs of the enterprise with …
SIOS is bringing machine learning into VMware environments | #CUBEconversations
There’s much talk in industry circles about the potential of machine learning to automate and improve IT infrastructure, but the discussion can seem distant to the majority of administrators working for traditional organizations that are still grappling with the everyday challenges of virtualization. …
Wi-Fi Alliance rolls out P2P standard for the Internet of Things
The prerequisite to realizing the grand vision for vast networks of connected devices working in tandem to improve our lives that has been going around in recent years is an effective medium to facilitate that connectivity within the constraints of the underlying …
ARM gains more ground in the data center as SUSE joins the 64-bit party
Intel Corp.’s decades-long dominion over the data center isn’t about to end anytime soon, but the first cracks are starting to show. SUSE LLC, one of the top commercial distributors of Linux in the enterprise, has begun offering partners a special version …
More love for Docker monitoring as Sysdig bags $10.7 million from VCs
After managing an impressive few weeks without a single funding announcement, the Docker ecosystem is returning to its usual energetic self with the completion of a $10.7 million round in an emerging startup called Sysdig Inc. that offers monitoring for containerized services. It’s …
Delphix scores $75 million for its data virtualization service
The wave of investor interest in storage consolidation reached full circle this morning after Delphix Inc., one of the earliest pioneers of the centralized data management movement, revealed the completion of a hefty $75 million investment from a roster of high-profile backers. The funding ups the …
Microsoft targets new Cortana Analytics Suite at knowledge workers
Microsoft Corp.’s Cortana is officially coming to the enterprise with the launch of a new suite that leverages the artificial intelligence as a natural-language interface for accessing insights generated using its cloud-based data processing services. It’s an arrangement that could potentially prove …
What you missed in Big Data: Evolving positions
The competitive roster of the analytics world was reshuffled once again last week after Splunk Inc. splashed $190 million on a relatively low-key machine learning specialist called Caspida Inc. in its largest acquisition to date. The deal will help make its log …
What you missed in Cloud: Shifting competition
Last week was an especially busy one in the cloud, with not one but two of the industry’s leading infrastructure-as-a-service providers debuting new services to reach more parts of the enterprise. The opening shot, as usual, came from Amazon Inc., which doubled …