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Cloud Wars Episode II: Return of the VMware – Breaking Analysis
According to recent reports, PayPal is abandoning VMware for OpenStack, an open-source cloud platform that has picked up a lot of steam in just a couple of years. Senior Analyst Stu Miniman appeared on the this morning’s NewsDesk show to take an in-depth look at the story and what is means for VMware in the ...
MapR Open-sources Hadoop Distro, Bundles with Ubuntu
MapR had two major updates today: the company released the source code of its Hadoop distribution, and provided details on a fresh partnership with Canonical to develop a version of Ubuntu that will be pre-integrated with MapR M3, the community edition of its platform. The source code of MapR Distribution for Apache Hadoop is available ...
Rackspace Develops a Taste for NoSQL, Buys Redis to Bolster Lineup
Rackspace shelled out an undisclosed sum for Exceptional Cloud Services, a San-Francisco-based startup that develops solution for Redis. Redis is a popular open source key-value store that is designed to support large databases which process transactions at very rapid speeds – in other words, Big Data. As a part of the deal, Rackspace is acquiring ...
Big Data Deep Dive Conclusion: The Future of Analytics
Big Data”s been quite the buzzword this past year, but what’s next for this most promising technology? In the sixth and final episode of the Big Data Deep Dive series, SiliconAngle CEO John Furrier and Wikibon co-founder Dave Vellante discuss the future of Big Data with EMC TV anchor Richard Schlesinger (full video below). Vellante ...
Oracle’s is in Big Trouble : Big Data is to Blame
In Wikibon’s March newsletter, analyst Jeff Kelly takes a look at the factors that have transformed the database market into a fiercely competitive ecosystem where small startups are standing up to legacy vendors – and winning. It wasn’t always like this. Up until recently, Larry Ellison’s Oracle dominated the database market with an appliance-led business ...
Latest Windows 8 Update is Bitter-Sweet for Business Users
This week Microsoft rolled out more user-friendly versions of its Mail, Calendar, and People apps for Windows 8 and RT. In addition, the company delivered some bad news to users who rely on Google Calendar to manage their schedule. Mail now features client-side folder management, which includes the ability to create, rename, and delete folders ...
Forget Math PhDs – Predictive Analysts Replace Old Roles, Push New Markets
Pre-cognition. It was the basis of Minority Report, an oft-cited sci-fi film that outlined an enlightened era where we can anticipate future actions. But unlike the Tom Cruise flick, predictions in today’s world benefit from the compounded knowledge of Big Data. It’s an important topic discussed in this fifth episode of the Big Data Deep Dive, a joint ...
BlackBerry Earnings : Optimism Wanes Despite 115% Stock Growth
BlackBerry, formerly known as Research in Motion, is set to report its quarterly earnings before the opening bell tomorrow. Analysts are not expecting an immediate turnaround from the Canadian manufacturer, but there is hope of a performance improvement that might just signal the start of a long-term recovery. Analysts’ consensus forecast is that the company ...
Sqrrl Breaks Down the Big Data Market : 11 Segments of Opportunity
Sqrrl, an emerging Big Data security startup founded by the NSA engineers who created Apache Accumulo, published a brief blog post that outlines its position in the market. The author attempts to define his company’s role the industry by first breaking the Big Data market down to 11 clearly defined sub-segments. It’s a helpful overview ...
BlackBerry’s Mystery & Mozilla’s Strategy In The Smartphone Wars
SiliconAngle’s Kristin Feledy went over today’s biggest consumer tech and enterprise news on this morning’s NewsDesk segment, discussing the latest updates from Spotify, Yelp and others. Spotify partnered with Microsoft and Echo Nest to launch Mixshape, a data-driven tool that enables users to manipulate their playlists visually. There’s also rumor of another offering, an upcoming video streaming ...