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Facebook will build a massive new data center in Singapore, its first in Asia
Facebook Inc. said Wednesday it has decided that Singapore will be the location of its first Asian data center, and it will soon begin construction on a 170,000-square-meter facility in the country. The new data center, to be built by Fortis Construction Inc., is projected to cost the social media giant just over $1 billion. Facebook said ...
Leading Oracle exec and cloud architect Thomas Kurian takes extended leave
Leading Oracle Corp. executive Thomas Kurian caused a stir late Thursday when it was announced that he’s taking “extended time off” from the database software company. Kurian is said to be one of the most powerful executives at the company, charged with leading its efforts to expand its cloud computing business. Kurian is also regarded ...
Logi Analytics aims to make it easy to embed predictive analytics into business apps
Logi Analytics Inc., a company that sells tools for developers to embed data analytics capabilities into their software applications, is expanding its capabilities with predictive analytics. Logi Analytics offers a development platform that allows application makers to tap into a wide range of data sources, including relational databases such as Oracle and SQL Server and ...
Google has created a new search engine for finding useful data
Google LLC today launched a new kind of search engine for academic researchers and journalists that’s designed to help them find the data they need more easily. Dataset Search provides an easy way to access “millions of datasets” across thousands of repositories dispersed across the internet. It’s currently in beta test mode and is free for anyone ...
SPECIAL REPORT: THE FUTURE OF THE DATA CENTER
EBay revamps its data centers by building its own customized servers
EBay Inc. has hit a significant milestone in its two-year effort to revamp its information technology infrastructure, announcing today that it has finished building its own custom-designed servers and will open-source the hardware designs by year-end. The company began its “replatforming” effort back in July 2016. The plan was to build its own hardware and artificial ...
Cloudera bounces back on improved guidance, strong subscription growth
Bouncing back from a disappointing outlook three months ago, big-data company Cloudera Inc. is riding high today on solid subscription revenue growth and the news that it’s raising its full-year earnings guidance. Cloudera’s quarterly earnings came in above Wall Street’s expectations too. It reported a second-quarter loss before certain costs such as stock compensation of ...
ThinCI raises $65M round for its AI chips
A relatively unknown artificial intelligence-focused semiconductor startup called ThinCI Inc. is raising eyebrows today after landing a “significantly oversubscribed” Series C funding round worth $65 million. The round was led by previous investor Denso Corp., a maker of automotive components and its subsidiary NSITEXE Inc., a developer of semiconductor components enabling automated driving, as well ...
Baidu and Intel team up to deliver new AI services in China
Chinese internet giant Baidu Inc. is collaborating with Intel Corp. on a number of artificial intelligence services that leverage the chipmaker’s hardware for superior performance. Outlined at the Baidu 2018 ABC Summit in Shanghai Tuesday, the new applications are being offered by Baidu Cloud and cover financial services, shipping, video content detection and data storage. ...
Severe weather takes down Microsoft’s Azure cloud services in Texas
Microsoft Corp.’s Azure public cloud has been bent out of shape by a real cloud, as the company blamed “severe weather” for an outage that took several services offline for users in the U.S. on Tuesday. Microsoft said its South Central U.S. data center located in Texas was hit by a thunder and lightning storm ...
Coupa’s stock soars as it acquires DCR Workforce and beats earnings forecast
Updated: Business spending management company Coupa Software Inc. made a useful acquisition today in the shape of DCR Workforce Inc., a move that was announced during its second-quarter earnings call. DCR Workforce is a nice fit for Coupa because it operates within the same realm, providing contingent workforce management and services procurement software for larger enterprises ...
