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DataStax says its enterprise-focused Cassandra database is now twice as fast
DataStax Inc. said today it’s updating its commercial version of the Apache Cassandra database with significant enhancements to performance and ease of use. DataStax Enterprise 6.0 is touted by the company as a high-availability, high-performance database that can be run in the cloud or on any on-premises hardware. Essentially it can be thought of as a ...
Microsoft doubles down on IoT security with Azure Sphere service
Microsoft Corp. is expanding its push into silicon chips as part of its new Azure Sphere service that combines a security chip design, a cloud service and — perhaps surprisingly for the creator of Windows — a Linux-based operating system to secure billions of “internet of things” devices. The company today announced Azure Sphere during the ...
Symantec seeks out targeted attacks with AI-based threat detection tool
Cybersecurity specialist Symantec Corp. says it’s targeting “targeted attacks” on enterprises with the launch of a new threat detection tool that was used to uncover some of the most infamous cyberattacks in history. Symantec’s new Targeted Attack Analytics tool was created by the company’s Attack Investigation team, which used the technology to uncover malware attacks ...
Microsoft’s new admin tool for cloud and on-premises workloads goes live
Microsoft Corp.’s “Project Honolulu” has moved into general availability and is now being called the Windows Admin Center. The new service delivers administrative tools via a web interface, which means users will need a browser such as Chrome or Edge to run it. Microsoft said Windows Admin Center is a hybrid information technology management tool ...
Amazon rivals, led by Oracle, call for multiple bidders to land lucrative Pentagon cloud contract
The scramble among cloud computing giants to land an extremely lucrative contract from the U.S. Defense Department is becoming more complicated and controversial by the day. The Pentagon on Thursday said it would soon release a revised list of requirements for the decade-long contract, which could be worth up to $10 billion for the company ...
Public cloud services market will hit $302B by 2021, Gartner says
The global market for public cloud services will be worth $302 billion by 2021, when just 10 companies will command almost three-quarters of the market’s sales, up from 50 percent in 2016. That’s according to Gartner Inc.’s updated public cloud revenue forecast, which it released today. Gartner breaks down the cloud market into five distinct segments and ...
Couchbase adds new features to help developers tame mobile data at the edge
Nonrelational database company Couchbase Inc. is updating its mobile data management platform with new capabilities that should make it easier for developers to build portable versions of business-critical applications. The company said Couchbase Mobile 2.0 is a “full-stack data platform for securely managing and syncing data from edge devices back to the cloud.” More specifically, Couchbase Mobile ...
NeuVector debuts incident response system for Kubernetes software deployments
With software containers growing increasingly popular in enterprise information technology deployments, securing them has taken on a much higher priority. With that in mind, Kubernetes security specialist NeuVector Inc. today is updating its container firewall with new capabilities, including an incident response system and other process and file system protections. NeuVector offers a security platform for ...
Programmable power: Intel plugs its FPGA accelerator chips into Dell’s and Fujitsu’s servers
Intel Corp. is hoping to entice enterprises to tap into the benefits of its field-programmable gate arrays in order to accelerate their data center workloads. The chip maker said Wednesday that it’s teaming up with server makers Dell EMC, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies Inc., and Fujitsu Co. Ltd. to put Arria 10 GX Programmable ...
Report: Google is trying to buy Nokia’s airplane broadband system
Google LLC is reportedly in advanced talks with Nokia Oyj to buy its airplane broadband business, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. Using Nokia’s technology, Google might be able to offer a faster alternative service to current in-flight Wi-Fi, Bloomberg said. Nokia’s airplane Wi-Fi technology is based on an LTE A2G cellular-based system that has been under development for some ...