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HarperDB launches new HTAP database for the ‘internet of things’
Startup HarperDB Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today with a faster database specifically for software developers creating applications for the “internet of things.” Combining traditional SQL for structured data and NoSQL for other kinds of data such as documents or photos, HarperDB is a hybrid transactional/analytical processing database. Gartner Inc. defines these HTAP databases as an ...
Cisco says virtually all data center workloads will be based in the cloud by 2021
Cloud services are becoming so ubiquitous that they will account for virtually all data center traffic within the next three years, according to a new report from Cisco Systems Inc. The latest Cisco Global Cloud Index published this week says both business and consumer applications are contributing to the growth of cloud services. So are ...
Startup Pensa delivers new platform for automating software-driven networks
Intelligent automation software startup Pensa Inc. is adding to its product portfolio with today’s release of Pensa Maestro NFV, a new offering designed to automate the process of replacing dedicated network hardware with software that can run on a variety of server computers. Pensa is a relatively new face in Silicon Valley. The company, which ...
Cybersecurity firm Fortinet’s earnings beat expectations
Cybersecurity firm Fortinet Inc. gave itself a big pat on the back Monday after posting fourth-quarter earnings results that comfortably beat Wall Street’s forecast. The company, based in Sunnyvale, California, reported a net loss of $29 million for the quarter, or 17 cents per share, on $416.7 million in revenue. Earnings after certain costs such ...
Cloud infrastructure giants Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Alibaba all gain market share
Enterprise spending on cloud infrastructure services in the fourth quarter of 2017 leaped by 46 percent to more than $13 billion from the previous year, according to a new report released Friday by Synergy Research Group. Synergy attributed the rapid rise in spending to the growth of major cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services Inc., Alibaba ...
Heptio announces new Kubernetes subscription service for multicloud deployments
Startup Heptio Inc. is looking to differentiate its platform from the numerous Kubernetes software distributions inundating the market with what it calls the first “undistribution” of the container orchestration software. Heptio’s new Kubernetes subscription service is aimed at helping enterprises achieve the multicloud goal of avoiding getting locked into a particular provider’s information technology infrastructure ...
Broadcom ups its bid to acquire Qualcomm to $121B
Updated: U.S.- and Singapore-based semiconductor firm Broadcom Ltd. doesn’t like taking no for an answer. The company, which recently saw an offer to acquire rival chipmaker Qualcomm Technologies Inc. rejected, Monday said it has made a new offer of $121 billion. Reuters Sunday cited unnamed sources who say the new bid is designed to force Qualcomm ...
Lightelligence aims to accelerate AI workloads to light speed
Boston-based startup Lightelligence has just landed $10 million in seed funding as it bids to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads with a new technology based on light. The round was led by Baidu Venture and a consortium of U.S. semiconductor executives. The company’s approach is to speed up information processing through the use of a nascent ...
Cisco jumps on the Kubernetes bandwagon with its new Container Platform
Cisco Systems Inc. may have a been a bit late to the software container game, but it’s hoping to make up for lost time with the launch today of its own Kubernetes distribution, wrapped up in its new “Container Platform.” The networking giant said the Cisco Container Platform is designed for managing containerized software applications across a ...
ServiceNow delivers solid earnings thanks to growing enterprise customers
Workflow automation and service management software provider ServiceNow Inc. has chalked up another solid quarter, signing up 41 new customers in deals worth over $1 million as it beat analysts’ expectations. The company today reported a fourth-quarter profit after certain costs such as stock compensation of $63.6 million, or 35 cents per share, in line with Zack ...
