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Internet of Things Review: Quarks and iPhones
Major technology vendors are jumping into the Internet of Things craze one after the other. Intel is going after wearable tech with new Quark processors, while Apple is trying to penetrate the low-end smartphone market with the iPhone 5c. An emerging startup called Zapier is riding this wave of adoption in a big push to ...
Weekly Security Review: Google Beefs Up Encryption, Hackers Target Media Outlets
The cat and mouse game between hackers and security experts went uninterrupted this past week. Google stepped up its efforts to better encrypt personal information, Apple pulled the curtains back on the iPhone 5S fingerprint scanner, and Echopass became the first cloud-based contact center to earn PCI Level 1 certification. In other news, NSFOCUS shed ...
Weekly Cloud Review: Doubling Down on Developers
Cloud providers are elbowing each in the race for developers’ hearts and minds. This past week Sauce Lab rolled out a major upgrade to its application testing tool, Microsoft and Amazon updated their cloud offerings, and AppDirect acquired an SaaS solutions provider called Standing Cloud. In other news, Huddle added automatic file sync to its ...
DataDirect Lands Storage Deal with Starz
With over 600 entertainment customers worldwide, DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a force to be reckoned with in the video infrastructure market. The storage vendor’s latest high-profile media client is Starz Entertainment, a pay TV giant with more than 56 million subscribers across 150 countries. Starz deployed DDN’s GRIDScaler parallel file storage platform to power its ...
CIOs Should Enhance Efficiency with Oracle’s New ZFS Appliances, says Analyst
Oracle recently bolstered its ZFS hybrid storage line with the ZS3-2 and ZS3-4, two new appliances that take advantage of speedy flash drives and next generation software to beat out the competition. In a fresh report entitled “Oracle ZS3 Storage Appliances: Tier-1 Performance at Tier-3 Prices,” Wikibon founding CTO David Floyer exposes the features that ...
Pentaho Unleashes New Version of Data-Driven BI Platform
Pentaho has announced the general availability of Business Analytics 5.0, the latest version of its flagship BI solution. The platform includes more than 250 new features and an improved user interface that removes barriers between decision makers and their data. Business Analytics 5.0 introduces the ability to blend multiple data sources into a single “picture” ...
Pentaho Adds MongoDB Support to Newest Solution
Pentaho’s newly released Business Analytics 5.0 platform introduces over 250 major improvements, including expanded support for MongoDB. The company says that the integration lets customers take advantage of the document database to more easily meet “increasing requirements for big data in businesses today.” According to Pentaho, Business Analytics 5.0 is the first BI solution to ...
VMware Reshuffles Board of Directors
VMware announced this week that veteran executive Pamela Craig has taken up the newly vacated board seat of Intel’s Renee James. The virtualization giant said that James resigned from the board to focus on her responsibilities as the chip maker’s president, a post she has held since May. Craig is stepping into James’ shoes after ...
Weekly Big Data Review: Ecosystem Takes the Limelight
The Big Data ecosystem is bustling with newly forged alliances as analytics vendors close in on the traditional enterprise. SAP is leading the charge with an ambitious initiative to add support for “all” Hadoop distributions across its core analytics portfolio. The business intelligence giant announced this week that it has signed separate licensing agreements with ...
After 14 Months, Michael Dell Secures Company Throne
Dell shareholders on Thursday gave Michael Dell and Silver Lake Partners the go-ahead to take the company private, thereby ending one of the fiercest IT bidding wars in recent memory. Carl Icahn, the only rival bidder, withdrew his offer three days prior to the vote. Dell and Silver Lake are paying a total of $24.9 ...