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It’s been an interesting week for the platform-as-a-service market. Following in Google’s lead, Russian search giant Yandex announced that it’s jumping headfirst into the cloud fray with a new tool for creating web hosting apps. Dubbed Cocaine, the open source platform utilizes …
VDI Poised for Growth: Wikibon
VMware is acquiring VDI-as-a-service provider Desktone as part of a push to dent Citrix’s dominance in the desktop virtualization space. Announced this week at the VMworld 2013 Europe conference in Barcelona, the deal underscores what Wikibon Senior Analyst Stu Miniman perceives as …
Tintri Snags Former Wind River President to Accelerate Growth
Tintri, a Mountain View-based startup that provides hybrid storage arrays for virtualized environments, has appointed Ken Klein as chairman and CEO. The executive is stepping into the shoes of founder Kieran Harty, who has assumed the role CTO to play a more …
Bottlenose Visualizes Twitter Firehose Trends with Sonar Solo
Delivering on its commitment to freemium analytics, Bottlenose is rolling out a free version of its newly announced Nerve Center solution for processing streaming data. The startup is filling a much-needed gap in information rights as consumers increasingly expect – and demand …
VMware Brings vCloud Hybrid Service to Europe with First UK Location
First unveiled at VMworld 2013 in September, vCloud Hybrid Service is an IaaS solution that competes with AWS over the 60 percent of organizations that utilize VMware software in their IT environments. The virtualization giant is now launching a new data center …
Backup and Recovery in the Spotlight with New Funding, Innovation
Historically a pain point, backup is quickly becoming an asset for many enterprises as vendors push the envelope on security and bring analytics into the mix. The Sunnyvale, California-based Druva is a leader in realizing the potential of data protection as a …
Automating Complexity : The Opportunity in the Challenge for Network Automation
Network Automation is helping companies bridge the IT complexity gap with the latest iteration of its flagship business process automation suite, which was first launched in 2004. The foundation of the product family, AutoMate 10, introduces a streamlined interface and support for …
CEOs Pessimistic About Internet of Things, Study Shows
Upper management still doesn’t get connected devices, a new survey by Gartner asserts. The research firm found that the majority of CEOs dismiss the potentially massive impact of smart machines on business as mere hype. Asked about the prospect of the Internet …
Microsoft Jumps into Phablet Craze with New Software
Microsoft is upgrading its Windows Phone operating system to support phablets, smartphone-tablet hybrids with a screen size ranging between five and seven inches. The update will also introduce a number of usability enhancements, including a “driving mode” that notifies callers if the …
PernixData Reaches out to Practitioners in Bid to Popularize Flash Virtualization
PernixData, a San Jose-based provider of virtualization software, is working to put its platform in the hands of practitioners as part of an aggressive growth strategy that spans innovation and global expansion. Established by Exadata co-founder Poojan Kumar and former VMware storage …