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IBM raised eyebrows at its annual investor meeting with the announcement of plans to spend $4 billion on expanding high-priority business lines this year. The investment comes after eleven consecutive quarters of revenue declines. IBM ended 2014 about six percent below where it …
What you missed in Big Data: Variety or redundancy?
The analytics ecosystem got bigger last week with the addition of yet more options for processing the new kinds of unstructured data flowing into the enterprise. Hewlett-Packard Co. made the loudest splash after launching a cloud-base platform designed to ingest transmissions from …
Google open sources homegrown HTTP/2 framework to speed up the Web
Google has released the source code for a communications framework that implements HTTP/2 to handle the flow of data among servers and applications. The launch comes as an official endorsement of the standard from the world’s most influential Web company amid a fierce debate …
What you missed in Cloud: Boxes and containers
The past week saw the biggest names in the cloud return to the headlines with a series of landmark developments extending the reach of the on-demand model to new frontiers. Box Inc. led the charge with the release of a major upgrade …
Does the world need another IoT data platform? HP thinks so
Hewlett-Packard Co. has become the latest technology giant to stake a claim on the connected universe with the introduction of a cloud-based service for capturing data from emerging categories of networked devices. The launch represents the newest of its increasingly bold efforts …
Box debuts new features and integrations for the financial services sector
Box Inc. is moving another notch down its checklist for industry-specific functionality with the introduction of new capabilities aimed at addressing the strict data management requirements of financial institutions. The launch marks the latest milestone in a long-running push toward vertical integration. …
How PEFCU wards off hackers and hurricanes with EMC | #CubeConversations
Every organization faces challenges in protecting its data, but typically not as many as the Publix Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) does. In addition to the usual worries about hackers and meeting the financial services industry’s strict regulations, the Lakeland, FL-based credit …
What eBay’s latest open-source project means for Hadoop
The last few months have seen eBay Inc. move from the sidelines of the open-source analytics ecosystem into the heart of the action with the introduction of two projects that push the envelope on large-scale data science. The pivot mirrors a broader …
Docker launches container orchestration toolkit with Hadoop and OpenStack support
Docker Inc. is finally making its long-anticipated management technology available for download after three months of open-air incubation on GitHub. The launch marks another major step forward in the evolution of containers towards enterprise-readiness. One of the biggest benefits that the lightweight …
Simplicity is the way forward for Hadoop | #BigDataSV
A decade after its release, Hadoop has finally taken off. The top three distributors boast several hundred paying customers each, with more and more coming aboard every quarter. But Lawrence Schwartz of Attunity Ltd. believes that the path towards mass adoption is …