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China, blockchain and chips: Western Digital looks beyond storage
Executives at Western Digital Corp. have a lot on their minds these days. This week, their attention was focused on new additions to the company’s data center portfolio involving object storage, enhanced all-flash arrays and a new hybrid storage server platform. Last week, the company launched new artificial intelligence-equipped drives for surveillance cameras and released ...
MongoDB engages developers looking to jump from legacy systems
MongoDB Inc. has built a successful business on the promise of open-source database software, and the firm’s latest product announcements show that it wants to bring more enterprise users to its database platform. To this end, the company is also wooing enterprise developers with MongoDB Atlas, a fully-automated cloud service for modern applications. Developers appear to ...
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How Apple, Pixar and Polaroid fueled the collective genius of innovation
When Steve Jobs decided to visit Polaroid Corp. co-founder Edwin Land many years ago, the Apple Inc. co-founder probably didn’t realize he was writing a new chapter in corporate innovation. Yet, the lessons Jobs took away from that meeting with the inventor of instant photography, involving leadership, creativity and company culture, have reverberated throughout the ...
Hortonworks’ bet on containers, cloud-native and AI in line with partners’ needs
Developers and partners interested in building cloud-native data applications to support analytics had to be pleased with the news out of the DataWorks Summit in San Jose, California, this week. The newly-announced Hortonworks Data Platform 3.0 will support faster deployment of containerized advanced analytics, making that a key part of its next-generation release. “Hortonworks has ...
From Big Iron to Big Data: Syncsort takes a fresh look at future applications
Syncsort Inc. has carved out a role for itself as a provider of technology to bring information stored on mainframes into the robust world of big data processing. Now the company is strengthening its portfolio with the release of software to handle enterprise workloads on-premises or in the cloud, while building a new bridge for ...
HDP 3.0 is Hortonworks’ latest initiative for modern data architecture
Monday’s announcement by Hortonworks Inc. of a new version for its Hortonworks Data Platform included a number of new features, such as application deployment via containerization, support for deep learning, and enhanced security. One key takeaway from the release of HDP 3.0 is that Hortonworks is intent on playing a major role in what it ...
Harvard professor finds that boards, lack of collaboration hinder corporate innovation
When a group of academic researchers conducted a 2017 study of how corporate boards enable innovation, they found that many directors were struggling with the concept. Reasons ranged from risk avoidance to a bias for short-term results. “What we did find is many boards actually are seen as being inhibitors,” said Linda Hill (pictured), Wallace ...
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Researcher who coined term ‘internet of things’ sees move to mass production
The term “internet of things” came to life more by desperate accident than design. When Kevin Ashton was a junior manager at Procter & Gamble Co., he came up with an idea to place radio frequency identification tags into the company’s numerous products and connect them to the internet. “The challenge I faced as a young executive ...
It’s nice to be wanted and paid: Twitch helps gamers monetize content
One of the most popular video game streamers on Twitch, the gaming website acquired by Amazon four years ago for $1.1 billion, is Tyler Blevins. He streams his video game sessions on the platform almost every day and has 250,000 paid subscribers, which earns him $500,000 … per month. If there is any doubt about ...
As PTC pivots toward IoT, partnerships will be key
PTC Inc. got its start in 1985 as the Parametric Technology Corp. selling computer-aided design software. But today the “p” might as well stand for pivot. PTC has embarked on its own digital transformation with a major push into technology for “internet of things.” “It went through a pretty dramatic transformation,” said Dave Vellante (@dvellante), co-host ...