When Hadoop made its entry into the big data picture 13 years ago, it offered a necessary platform for big data management while the cloud was still a mere speck on the enterprise horizon. Now, the largest three Hadoop players — Cloudera Inc., Hortonworks Inc. and MapR Technologies Inc. — have big data workloads running ...

Responding to continued vulnerability of systems to security threats as more internet of things devices attach to networks, information technology security company Fortinet Inc. has introduced a new network access control solution to enable visibility at scale across multi-vendor environments. FortiNAC is a next step following the acquisition of Bradford Networks Inc. in June and is ...

When VMware Inc. made headline news last week with the announcement that it would launch its cloud service on Amazon Web Services Inc., a number of companies began scrambling to see how they might fit into the new picture. That wasn’t necessary for CloudEndure Ltd. because it already had a seat at the VMware table. ...

When Dell EMC rolled out its PowerEdge 14G server line last year, the company emphasized features such as automated server setup, security, and faster hyperscale workload performance in anticipation that the software-defined infrastructure would become a key element for enterprise data centers. One year later, prior to VMworld last week, Dell EMC announced its PowerEdge ...

Over Labor Day weekend, the Dell Technologies Championship golf tournament in Boston made headlines as Tiger Woods played in contention throughout the event. Faced with a chance to close within two shots of the lead midway through Monday’s final round, Woods left a putt right on the edge of the cup and failed to win. ...

As more enterprises move workloads into multiple clouds, the need to manage that infrastructure has become greater. To meet this demand, Cisco Systems Inc. has created CloudCenter, a multicloud management tool designed to provide preconfigured integration capabilities for a number of cloud platforms. “CloudCenter manages over 15 clouds today,” said Zach Kielich (pictured, right), senior ...

Being first to market often has benefits, and it can take a special kind of vision to be the initial investor before others join the bandwagon. Which is why when Andy Bechtolsheim (pictured), founder, chief development officer and chairman of Arista Networks Inc., gets excited about an evolving technology, it’s probably a good time to ...

Going into VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas this week, industry analysts were wondering how VMware Inc. would expand its cloud partnership with Amazon Web Services Inc., jointly announced a year ago. They didn’t have to wait long. On Monday, AWS revealed that it would bring its Relational Database Service, or RDS, to VMware. “This is ...

Out of meltdown comes opportunity. In the aftermath of the financial crisis that gripped the world a decade ago, one of the outcomes was that banks began to dictate strict limits on consumer loans and obtaining funds became about as easy as finding a taxi in rush hour during a downpour. Enter peer-to-peer lending. As the ...

With the many technology tools available in the digital age, it would seem impossible to miss the mark on customer engagement. Social media platforms, data analytics, and sophisticated messaging all combine to deliver a powerful connection. How can a company blunder? Tiffani Bova (pictured, right), global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce.com Inc., has ...