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IBM buys observability startup Databand.ai to fix ‘bad’ data issues
IBM Corp. is boosting its data quality capabilities, announcing the acquisition today of a company called Databand.ai Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. Databand.ai is a provider of data observability software that’s used by companies to fix any problems with their data, such as errors, pipeline failures and poor quality. IBM said data quality has become a ...
GoTo buys Miradore to expand its mobile device management expertise
The flexible-work software provider GoTo Technologies Inc. said today it has acquired Finland-based startup Miradore Ltd. to strengthen its capabilities in the cloud-based device management market. GoTo, which was formerly known as LogMeIn until it rebranded earlier this year, sells a range of cloud-based remote working tools that focus on collaboration and information technology management. ...
US pushes Dutch firm ASML to stop selling older chipmaking machines to China
The United States government is reportedly pushing the Dutch semiconductor manufacturing equipment provider ASML Holding NV to stop selling any more of its gear to Chinese chipmakers. A report from Bloomberg today says the U.S. government is intent on curbing China’s rise in matters of chipmaking technology. To that end, it’s seeking to expand an ...
IDC expects cloud spending to surpass noncloud infrastructure for first time this year
Spending on compute and storage infrastructure products for cloud deployments will surpass that of other scenarios for the first time later this year, according to a forecast by International Data Corp. In its latest Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker: Buyer and Cloud Deployment, IDC said such spending rose 17.2% in the first quarter from a ...
Alibaba Cloud’s Energy Expert helps customers reduce their carbon emissions
Alibaba Cloud is following rivals such as Amazon Web Services Inc., Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud with the launch of a new tool for customers to measure the carbon emissions associated with their business. Energy Expert is a software-as-a-service offering offered by Alibaba Cloud, which is the cloud computing arm of China’s Alibaba Group Ltd. ...
Amazon EKS Anywhere gets bare-metal server support
Amazon Web Services Inc. today announced that Amazon EKS Anywhere now supports bare-metal servers, those without an operating system or applications installed, meaning customers can simplify and standardize Kubernetes deployments on their self-managed bare-metal infrastructure. Launched in September, Amazon EKS Anywhere is an extension of the Amazon Elastic Kubernetes service that enables companies to run ...
Gartner estimates PC sales to drop by almost 10% this year
Makers of personal computers are going to have to brace themselves for a sudden drop in sales, if Gartner Inc.’s latest forecast proves accurate. The analyst firm said in a report today that it believes global PC shipments will decline by 9.5% in 2022 from a year earlier, with consumer demand likely to fall by ...
Micron offers weak earnings outlook, blaming soft demand for PCs and smartphones
Shares of the computer chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. are trading lower today after it warned that its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and revenue will likely fall some distance short of Wall Street’s estimates. Analysts had already been expecting a soft forecast, but the severity of Micron’s miss was likely to have shocked investors. Indeed, the company ...
Cloudera brings Apache Iceberg data lake format to its Data Platform
Big-data analytics provider Cloudera Inc. today announced the general availability of Apache Iceberg within its flagship Cloudera Data Platform, giving customers access to a 100% open table format developed by the Apache Software Foundation. CDP is the product suite that encompasses Cloudera’s flagship data management and analytics services. It’s used by companies to collect business ...
Oracle announces first cloud infrastructure region in Mexico
Database pioneer Oracle Corp. announced the opening of its first cloud infrastructure region in Mexico today, becoming the first major cloud services provider to establish a dedicated cloud region there. The Oracle Querétaro region is the company’s 39th worldwide and will provide local and Central American customers, partners and developers with faster and more seamless ...