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There have been vocal calls from the investment community recently for EMC to break up its federation of subsidiaries, a move that Wikibon analyst Stu Miniman says many customers are also quietly hoping will take place. But the world’s top enterprise storage …
What you need to know about Facebook’s open hardware efforts
Facebook usually only enters the IT discussion in the context of corporate firewall policies, but last week things took a different turn after the internal innovations at the foundation of its digital empire hit the public domain. The contribution is the latest …
What you missed in Cloud: Jeff Bezos versus the world
The collective industry effort to displace Amazon from its dominant position in the public cloud intensified last week as rivals expanded the competition over enterprise spending to more workloads. Google led the charge with the launch of a dedicated service for storing …
Docker acquires second startup in a week to lure developers
Barely a week after its latest acquisition, Docker Inc. has absorbed yet another startup to bolster its ranks and technology arsenal. The deal shifts the focus back to the developers at the center of the containerization movement. The Ontario-based Kitematic has created …
VCE has software-defined comeback to hyper-converged challengers
After more than five years of sticking to the same recipe, VCE is finally introducing a new series of converged appliances that will provide the ability to customize the individual building blocks for specific requirements. The launch marks a major evolutionary leap …
Facebook donates its latest hardware designs to the Open Compute Project
Facebook Inc. is stepping up efforts to bring hyperscale efficiency into the enterprise with the release of blueprints for two internally developed systems and the related management software to the Open Compute Project. The launch represents its most significant contribution since starting …
SimpliVity hits $1B valuation on massive $175M infusion
SimpliVity Inc. has landed a massive $175 million in funding from a group of investors that includes one of its top customers to help sustain growth amid increasing competition from other converged infrastructure providers. The deal tops off a record year that …
Adobe infuses IoT data into its marketing cloud
Adobe Systems Inc. has hooked up a plethora of new data sources to its cloud-based engagement platform as part of a sweeping update aimed at enabling advertisers to reach deeper into the connected universe. The landmark launch continues the marketing world’s shift …
What you missed in Big Data: Web-scale analytics for the masses
The web-scale crowd reaffirmed its place at the forefront of the analytics movement last week with the introduction of several new technologies aimed at helping the rest of the industry try to catch up. Airbnb Inc. jumped to the head of the …
What you missed in Cloud: Where openness meets security
Last week saw cloud computing continue its breakneck evolution as a number of key players stepped up to move the dial on some of the biggest challenges still standing in the way of adoption. Docker Inc. provided the initial push with its …