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Dell Technologies Inc. made a number of announcements this week that, at first glance, boosted a cloud infrastructure portfolio that it launched last year. A closer examination of the latest news reveals trends and market positioning among several of the world’s largest technology …
Data center gets top billing in latest VMware Cloud release, but edge is waiting in the wings
On its way through the enterprise forest to the edge, VMware Inc. decided to branch off into the data center. That’s one conclusion to be drawn from this week’s launch of the second generation of VMware Cloud on Dell EMC. The edge …
Jobcase relies on CloudHealth to manage tech during challenging time for frontline workers
The global pandemic has impacted the U.S. workforce in ways that could never have been imagined barely three months ago. It has also increased reliance on employment sites such as Jobcase Inc., a free open-access social media platform with over 100 million …
Stack Overflow ramps up SaaS model as it builds relationships with Microsoft and developers
While Stack Overflow helps developers and technologists transform business, the company has also reached a place where it must transform as well. As the largest online community for coders to learn and share knowledge, Stack Overflow has built an audience that today includes 50 …
Partnership strategy revs Google Cloud Platform’s engine
After taking over as chief executive officer of Google Cloud Platform near the end of 2018, Thomas Kurian has followed a game plan honed during his previous 22-year career at Oracle Corp. He has increased the sales team and acquired new companies, …
No longer a mystery: IBM’s recent moves with Watson AI reveal evolving role in enterprise
In the 1894 mystery “Adventure of the Crooked Man” by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes analyzes a crime scene by explaining to his trusty sidekick: “You know my methods, Watson.” More than a century later, it appears that Watson has learned a …
Alation integrates data catalog with BigID’s discovery tools to help companies meet regulatory demands
Two years after a major data compliance law went into effect in Europe, companies are still struggling with meeting data requests in a timely manner. A recent global survey found that 58% of respondents could not meet data access and portability requests …
With latest acquisition and alliance, VMware seeks differentiation from endpoint security players
In 2019, VMware Inc. used the acquisition of Carbon Black Inc. to address what its chief executive officer characterized as “broken” security. Today, VMware added a couple of new tools to the repair shop. The company announced that it would acquire Kubernetes security …
AppFlow launch and legacy of Windows workload support are part of AWS story for customers
There are times in the technology world when a seemingly small, niche product will lead to bigger things. AppFlow, introduced last month by Amazon Web Services Inc., is one such example. In 2015, AWS launched a service called VPC Endpoint for S3 that …
Data insight plays a key role in how ABBYY supplies vital pieces of the RPA puzzle
In the one minute of time it takes to read the opening of this story, there will be 3.5 billion Google searches, 38,000 status updates on Facebook, and over 300 hours of new videos uploaded to YouTube. And that’s just a small …