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Japan’s Fujitsu Laboratories is trying to address the demand for faster processing in big-data systems that handle analytics workloads. Today the Japanese company said it’s created a new technology that can help high-speed processing of big data in distributed storage systems, where …
Google’s Data Studio and Cloud Dataprep services now generally available
Google LLC today announced the graduation of two more cloud services from beta. As of today, Google Data Studio, a free business intelligence tool, and Cloud Dataprep, which is used to prepare data for analysis, are generally available. Data Studio has actually …
Portworx adds data management capabilities to its container storage product
Container storage company Portworx Inc. today added a software development kit to its PX-Enterprise platform, giving enterprises a way to automate cloud-native storage and data management. PX-Enterprise is Portworx’s cloud-native storage product for Kubernetes, which is the most widely used tool for managing …
Alibaba and Intel team up to deliver better cloud, IoT and 5G services
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. might be busy developing its own computer chips for tasks such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing, but those plans don’t seem to have put it off from relying on other chipmakers for other uses. In fact, Alibaba …
Alibaba outlines plans to build its own AI chips and quantum processors
China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has set up its own semiconductor manufacturing business and will soon begin building its own chips for artificial intelligence workloads, with further plans to build quantum processors down the road. The news was revealed Wednesday by Alibaba Chief …
Red Hat stock drops after miss on revenue targets and guidance
Updated: Red Hat Inc. endured a miserable after-hours trading session that saw its stock fall as much as 7 percent following a poor second quarter that saw it miss revenue targets and deliver guidance below forecasts. The company, which sells support for …
Google rolls out more cloud platform updates at Tokyo Next conference
Google LLC is taking the opportunity to beef up its Google Cloud Platform as it visits Japan for its Cloud Next Tokyo ’18 conference. The company made a raft of announcements early Thursday in Tokyo, including general availability of its Cloud Memorystore …
With support for Microsoft’s Power BI, Qubole powers more interactive data analytics
Qubole Inc. is giving its users another option to dig into their data and gain further insights through an integration with Microsoft Corp.’s Power BI business analytics service. Qubole sells a popular cloud-based platform that allows workers without coding skills to connect …
Stormy weather for traditional IT: Cloud spending edges closer to ‘tipping point’
Cloud computing will account for more than $1.3 trillion worth of information technology spending by 2022, according to a new report from Gartner Inc. The analyst firm, in its “Market Insight: Cloud Shift — 2018 to 2022” report published today, said that across key …
Kong releases version 1.0 of its open source API management platform
Enterprise application programming interface management company Kong Inc. today announced the 1.0 release of its open-source technology platform. The company says Kong 1.0 is now “feature-complete” and ready to serve as a foundation for developers looking to build a cloud-native microservices information technology …