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Sealing Treasure Data buy, Arm launches Pelion IoT Platform to manage data on any device
British chip designer Arm Holdings Plc Thursday announced a new platform for the “internet of things” devices that can handle data from any kind of device on any cloud. The platform was made possible thanks to Arm’s acquisition of data analytics company Treasure Data Inc. That deal was first rumored to be happening last weekend, and finally confirmed ...
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Amazon wants to ditch Oracle’s software by 2020, but analysts say it won’t be easy
Amazon.com Inc. and Oracle Corp. have famously been at each other’s throats for years, arguing over whose products and services are more superior and offer better value. Even so, Amazon has also been a major customer of Oracle’s for many years, using its database software to power the information technology infrastructure for both its retail ...
Siemens eyes IoT opportunity as it acquires low-code software developer Mendix
German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said today it’s acquiring “low-code” software development platform provider Mendix Inc. in a deal valued at about $700 million. Siemens will pay cash to acquire Mendix, which has its headquarters in Boston. The company will also boost its investment in research and development and global expansion over the next few ...
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Microsoft chips away at Amazon’s lead in the cloud infrastructure market
If Gartner Inc.’s latest report on the state of the cloud infrastructure-as-a-service market wasn’t surprising in putting Amazon Web Services Inc. well out in front, it does show that Amazon.com Inc.’s cloud unit had better check its rear-view mirror. Although AWS continues to dominate the market by some distance, its rivals, including Microsoft Corp. with its ...
To save money, enterprises are replacing virtual machines with software containers
Docker software containers are seeing increased enterprise adoption at the expense of older virtualization technology platforms, according to a new survey from bare-metal container company Diamanti Inc. The company, which quizzed 576 information technology leaders for its newly published 2018 Container Adoption Benchmark survey, found that enterprises are mostly shifting to containers in order to ...
Confluent’s new release makes Apache Kafka easier to use and more secure
Confluent Inc. is pressing forward with its goal of making Apache Kafka easier and safer to use, updating its commercial version of the open-source streaming data processing software with enterprise-grade security and new developer features. Confluent Platform 5.0 is based on the Apache Kafka project that was first developed by LinkedIn Corp. Kafka was built ...
After a record-breaking quarter, Apple edges closer to $1 trillion valuation
Apple Inc. is inching closer toward becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar valuation company after smashing expectations with record-breaking third-quarter earnings. The iPhone maker Tuesday easily beat Wall Street’s forecasts with earnings of $2.34 per diluted share, up 40 percent from the same period one year ago. Revenue also rose 17 percent, coming in at $53.3 ...
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Istio, an open source service mesh for microservices, hits version 1.0
The open source Istio project is ready for prime time with the release of version 1.0, according to announcements by its key developers, Google LLC, IBM Corp. and Red Hat Inc. Istio is a “service mesh” that enables developers to connect, manage and secure microservices, or components, of applications built using software containers. Launched a ...
Yellowbrick Data exits stealth with $44M and an all-flash data warehouse
Data warehouse startup Yellowbrick Data Inc. is emerging from stealth mode today after four years in the making, backed by $44 million in venture capital funding. The company is touting what it says is a “revolutionary” data analytics platform for hybrid cloud environments that’s designed for “direct flash queries” with results returned in a matter ...
Samsung’s profits wobble as smartphone sales decline
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. saw its profits decline for the first time in seven quarters following disappointing sales of its flagship smartphones. However, the company said Monday that strong semiconductor sales and higher prices for its display panels should drive new record-breaking earnings in the next quarter. Samsung’s second-quarter earnings report reveals its operating profit fell ...