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Web hosting firm GoDaddy to go all-in on Amazon Web Services
Always keen to show off its marquee customer signings, Amazon Web Services Inc. took the chance to highlight another big win with the news today that web hosting company GoDaddy Inc. is going all-in on its public cloud. GoDaddy said it intends to move the “vast majority” of its information technology infrastructure to AWS as ...
Data Artisans brings Apache Flink’s stream processing power to the enterprise
Berlin-based big-data company data Artisans GmbH today announced that its dA Platform based on the Apache Flink stream processing framework, is generally available almost a year and a half after it was launched in preview. Apache Flink first came to the attention of enterprises back in 2015 when it was promoted to “Top Level Project” status ...
Atidot pockets $5M to help life insurance firms make data-driven decisions
Atidot Ltd., a provider of data analytics tools for the life insurance industry, is emerging from stealth mode today after raising $5 million in an early-stage funding round. The Series A round was led by Vertex Ventures with participation from existing investors D.E. Shaw Group, Moneta Seeds and Bank Hapoalim. Atidot is something of a ...
AT&T and the Linux Foundation pitch new network operating system
The Linux Foundation has added a new open-source project to its stable that aims to foster greater collaboration with information technology network hardware, forwarding and operating system layers. The Disaggregated Network Operating System, or DANOS, is based on wireless operator AT&T Inc.’s dNOS software framework, and is being pitched as an open, cost-effective and flexible ...
With a new release, Kubernetes software container manager grows up
Developers behind the Kubernetes container orchestration project have pushed out their first major update of the year. The version 1.10 release comes with notable enhancements to its storage, security and networking capabilities. Kubernetes is the most popular orchestration software for application containers, which are used by developers to build applications that can run on any hardware ...
Red Hat delights investors as cloud products gain traction
Open-source software leader Red Hat Inc. had a smile on its face today after posting solid fiscal fourth-quarter financial results that pushed up its share price more than 5 percent in after-hours trading. The company reported a net loss of $12.5 million for the quarter, or 7 cents per share. Like other tech firms that ...
New AppOrbit release enables connectivity across hybrid IT infrastructures
Application modernization company AppOrbit Inc. is adding new networking capabilities to its platform, helping companies to better connect and secure legacy apps across a range of hybrid information technology infrastructures. Founded in June 2015, AppOrbit aims to help facilitate digital transformation initiatives in enterprises by moving their legacy applications to any cloud infrastructure platform. It does ...
Azure Databricks analytics platform lands on Microsoft’s public cloud
Big-data company Databricks Inc. today made its flagship analytics platform available as an integrated service within Microsoft Corp.’s Azure public cloud. The service, called Microsoft Azure Databricks, is designed to help customers better process massive amounts of data stored in Microsoft’s cloud, the companies said. Databricks has grown to become one of the most recognized players on ...
Micron beats earnings forecast but shares fall on plans to hike production capacity
Flash memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. posted big gains in its latest earnings report Thursday and said it’s planning to spend some of its cash to build new production facilities. The company reported a profit after certain costs such as stock compensation of $2.82 per share on revenue of $7.35 billion in its fiscal ...
Facebook donates updated Big Basin server design to the Open Compute Project
Facebook Inc. has released an updated version of its open-source graphics processing unit-based server design “Big Basin” to the Open Compute Project. Facebook launched the OCP to help other companies build more efficient server and storage systems for their data centers based on so-called “white-box” hardware, which is cheaper and usually unbranded gear. The initiative ...