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With some forecasters now expecting the cost of flash storage to fall below that of spinning-disk storage within the next couple of years, adoption is starting to rise in what Craig Nunes of Hewlett-Packard Co. described as a “hockey stick” curve during …
Exact Labs lands $13 million to bring voice recognition to the enterprise
Between Siri on iOS and Google’s rivaling artificial intelligence for Android, voice recognition software has become practically ubiquitous in the consumer world. But corporate applications beyond the call center are still rare. A new startup called Expect Labs Inc. just closed a $13 …
Aerospike beefs up NoSQL database with enterprise- and Hadoop-friendly features
Aerospike, Inc. unleashed a broad set of new features for its flagship in-memory database that provides developers with more flexibility in how they build their applications and addresses several key enterprise requirements. The launch marks the biggest update for the platform since …
Google opens cloud-based Hadoop alternative to developers with free SDK
Google on Thursday released a software development kit (SDK) for its cloud-based data crunching engine in an effort to the development of analytic applications against the service. The launch comes seven months after the search giant first unveiled its ambitious plans to steal …
Skytap lands another $35 million for enterprise DevOps platform
Skytap Inc. has landed $35 million in funding from a diverse group of investors to double down on the growing interest in its cloud platform, which takes a new approach to fostering collaboration among operations and engineering professionals. The Seattle-based startup says it …
Report: Big Data only now heading toward inflection point
Business and technology leaders have never been more keen to exploit new sources of information, but most organizations are not yet backing that up with action, according to a recent survey of nearly 400 decision-makers published by Dell. The report sheds new …
Agricultural analytics startup FarmLogs harvests $10M to expand field operations
FarmLogs Inc. has raised $10 million in a second round of funding to expand its cloud-based analytics service aimed at everyday ranchers. The startup is one of the newest in the crop of new players to take on the mission of bringing …
PanTerra released analytics tools for internal communications
While a lot of recent new product activity has been focused on deriving meaning from public conversations in social media, PanTerra Networks Inc. is turning the lens back on internal communications with a new platform that the company says provide a complete view …
Network stalwart Riverbed goes private in $3.6 billion buyout
Venerable buyout shop Thoma Bravo LLC and Teachers’ Private Capital, the investment arm of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. are taking Riverbed Technology Inc. off the stock market in a landmark $3.6 billion deal that will provide shareholders with a long-sought-after exit. The …
Western Digital’s HGST furthers enterprise ambitions with purchase of all-flash array maker Skyera
HGST, the enterprise business of disk drive kingpin Western Digital Corp., officially jumped into the burgeoning flash array scene on Monday with the acquisition of a low-key startup dubbed Skyera Inc. that specializes in building ultra-dense storage appliances leveraging solid-state memory. The move …