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What Is the Software-Defined Datacenter? What’s It Mean for CIOs?
Software-led infrastructure is something we follow closely at SiliconAngle, given software’s importance in the data center for smarter, more efficient processes and cost savings. While this concept grows in popularity, the term is less than buzzworthy. But EMC may have changed the software’s not-so-sexy stigma on Wall Street with last week’s financial analyst meeting and ...
CIOs : Risks + Rewards for Startup vs. Vendor Hybrid Storage
In his latest piece on research project site Wikibon, Scott Lowe discusses the pros and cons of choosing a startup over a tier one vendor in the hybrid storage space. He details the risks that CIOs need to take into account when doing business with emerging players, and outlines the long-term rewards of choosing the ...
Top Cloud Picks: Pivotal, OpenStack + Dropbox Smear Campaign
This past week featured several major highlights, the most newsworthy of which was the analyst summit that EMC and VMware co-hosted in New York a few days ago. The event focused on Pivotal Initiative, the two firms’ joint cloud venture. Executives from both companies attended the event and revealed new details about the company: it ...
Bilingual Analytics, Privacy Infringement + More : This Week in Big Data
This past week features three noteworthy updates in the Big Data realm: two product launches and one multi-dollar settlement. A UK-based firm called SDL introduced a machine translation tool that can process multilingual content, such as social media interactions, in real-time. Dubbed BeGlobal, the modular solution can plug into third party text analytics solutions and ...
Pivotal Spin-Off a “Brilliant” Move for EMC + VMware. Profits Ahead
Interlaced data center giants EMC and VMware have teamed up on a fresh initiative that’s boldly positioning them on innovation and monetization. Appropriately named Pivotal, the brand new collaboration is just one of several major updates for both EMC and VMware these past couple of weeks. Breaking down the market implications and outlining action items ...
50% of BYOD Programs Lost Sensitive Data
Allowing employees to bring their own mobile devices to work has a very positive effect on productivity, but it also introduces great complexity to corporate networks. This exposes organizations to many security threats that are often left unaddressed, according to the latest infographic from enterprise security software developer Ipswich. Ninety-five percent of organizations allow employee-owned ...
Can EMC’s New Pivot Project Function with So Much VMware Overlap?
EMC and VMware recently held a joint analyst meeting in New York to show off the Pivotal Initiative, a set of spun off assets that will become an independent company on April 1st. Wikibon analyst Stu Miniman was at the event this week, appearing on this morning’s NewsDesk segment to go over the details with ...
VMware vs. Amazon : Competing Over (and with) the Public Cloud on Multiple Fronts
VMware is expanding its business to new markets, and pulling out of others, in an attempt to gain a more solid foothold in the cutthroat cloud market. The rivalry against Amazon is getting increasingly heated in the enterprise space, each cloud provider pushing one initiative after another to claim the bulk of this bubbling opportunity ...
Egnyte Launch Combos Choice + Control : Integrate without Doing the Plumbing
Egnyte, a Silicon Valley-based file sharing specialist, announced a major update to its flagship offering this week. The company is touting a new feature that allows users of its EgnytePlus platform to easily integrate cloud services into their environments without having to worry about the plumbing. EgnytePlus is a data management framework that stores information in ...
Watson’s Journey to Becoming an Oncologist’s Best Friend
In his three part series, ServicesAngle editor Bert Latamore examines the transitions that IBM’s famous AI platform, Watson, underwent in the past two years. The synthetic Jeopardy! champion transformed from a bulky supercomputer into an artificial intelligence system that leverages powerful algorithms to diagnosis patients and save lives. Medical information is complicated, unstructured, and aplenty: ...