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Mirantis adds free option to its OpenStack cloud in bid to lure developers
Mirantis Inc. is taking its shot at making OpenStack more accessible to application developers with the addition of a free tier to its hosted distribution that offers a painless way of trying out the capabilities of the buzzed-about cloud operating system. As the leading – and one of the best-funded – players in the ecosystem, the company ...
HP takes analytics to the cloud in comeback to IBM’s Watson
Hewlett-Packard Co. hopes to attract more application developers to its data analytics platform with a cloud-based release that makes features previously only available under expensive licenses available for consumption on-demand. The move is unmistakably a jab at IBM, which has been pursuing a similar strategy with Watson (whose freemium application officially launched in beta today). ...
Docker aims its first commercial products at enterprise admins
Barely a month after Docker Inc. CEO Ben Golub first revealed plans to introduce container management software in an exclusive interview with SiliconANGLE, the cloud’s hottest startup has delivered with the release of no fewer than three new operations tools. The launch makes the new style of virtualization more practical at large scale. The first addition is ...
ThreatStream snags $22 million for security early warning system
Startup ThreatStream Inc. bagged $22 million in fresh funding on Wednesday to develop its Big Data-driven approach to information security. The Redwood-based team launched last year and hit the industry radar this January after appointing Hugh Njemanze as CEO. The executive is one of the most prominent figures in the security industry, having previously co-founded ...
Juniper leapfrogs rivals with first commodity switch
Juniper Networks Inc. has pulled the curtains back on a commodity switch for hyperscale data centers that marks a historic shift in the old guard’s approach toward the software-defined wave sweeping through the enterprise today. The move is not entirely unexpected, however. Incumbent vendors have steadily been warming up to the new commodity-based approach to ...
Weaveworks raises $5M in quest to manage Docker sprawl
The team behind one of the most promising technologies in the Docker ecosystem celebrated a $5 million capital infusion from a venerable venture capital firm by re-branding yesterday and pledging to push Docker into the enterprise mainstream. U.K.-based Weaveworks Inc. (formerly Zettio Ltd.) is the brainchild of Alexis Richardson and Matthias Radestock, the engineers behind the ...
HP taps Chef to help fill in software-defined data center gaps
With the industry’s attention focused on the new storage and converged infrastructure solutions introduced at its annual Discover conference, Hewlett-Packard Co. has slipped in a landmark partnership with Chef Inc. that checks another box on its software-defined data center to-do list. The company formerly known as Opscode Inc. re-branded itself late last year to the name ...
MapR wins Apache Foundation blessing for SQL-on-Hadoop technology
MapR Technologies Inc. passed a major landmark in its journey to deliver structured query functionality for Hadoop on Tuesday after its open-source Drill tool graduated from incubation at the Apache Software Foundation to become a top-level project. The inauguration comes a month and a half after the company integrated the technology into its commercial version ...
Outsourcing 2.0: IBM snags multi-billion dollar global deal with private cloud component
IBM has landed a multi-billion dollar contract to provide a major state-owned bank in Europe with cloud and professional services encompassing key parts of its operations over the next ten years. The lucrative deal marks a major victory for CEO Virginia Rometty as she works to steer the enterprise stalwart back onto a growth course ...
Portugal’s Veniam bags $4.9 million to turn vehicles into Wi-Fi hotspots
The concept of free Wi-Fi coverage in urban areas is nothing new, but range and other logistical limitations have hampered efforts to provide connectivity on municipal scales. Enter Veniam, an up-and-coming European startup that bagged $4.9 million in funding from top US investors on Tuesday bring its unique approach to the challenge to American cities. ...