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The flurry of large-scale breaches that struck top retailers and banks in 2014 finally helped corporate decision-makers internalize what security professionals has been saying for years: hackers are not only becoming more aggressive but also more sophisticated. Concrete data on the trend, …
Basho combines its databases with open-source tech into an analytic bundle
The intensifying competition in the NoSQL world is driving Basho Technologies Inc. to move up the value chain with a new platform promising to provide a unified environment for storing and processing the growing amounts of unstructured data entering the corporate network. …
HP’s troubled services division gears up for multi-billion dollar cuts
While top software-as-a-service providers are experiencing record growth on the back of increasing cloud demand, more traditional players such as HP that are still in the process of adapting to the new way of delivering technology capabilities have been caught somewhat unprepared. …
What you missed in Big Data: Hybrid analytics
Last week saw the analytics movement grow even more closely entwined with the cloud thanks to new updates that promise to help organizations take advantage of the economies offered by the as-a-service model to accommodate their growing information troves. VMware Inc. found …
Rubrik scores $41 million from Greylock and friends for converged data protection
Barely two months after exiting stealth with $10 million in freshly raised venture capital, Rubrik Inc. has secured another funding round more than four times that size to aid its mission of eliminating the need for backup software. And the team is …
Rumor: Google is making a move for the Internet of Things
The next entrant into the world of embedded operating systems could emerge as none other than Google, according to multiple reports ahead of its annual developer conference next week. In the likelihood that the rumors prove true, that would represent a radical …
What you missed in Cloud: OpenStack evolution
The race to cloud dominance took a detour to Vancouver this week for the sixth bi-annual OpenStack Summit, where vendors from around the ecosystem showed off their latest wares to try and woo the enterprise technology buyers in attendance. The spotlight was divided …
Why is this Ashton Kutcher-backed SQL startup taking a shot at geospatial data?
MemSQL Inc., which is probably the only high-profile database startup that can boast of an active A-lister among its investors, has pulled the curtains back on a new version of its namesake in-memory store that is hailed as the most significant iteration …
Intel offers hardware-level answer to container security challenges
Intel has become the latest vendor to throw its weight behind the push to solve the security woes of containers with the launch of a new technology that promises to address the risks currently standing in the way of widespread production use …
Salesforce.com continues to defy gravity; investors cheer another record quarter
Unlike some of its more traditional competitors, Salesforce.com Inc. has managed to brave losses from a strengthening dollar to post record growth across all of its businesses for the first quarter. The upbeat earnings reflect continued momentum in the shift from on-premise …