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QCT unveils Rackgo R infrastructure for optimizing data center environments
Data center hardware and software provider Quanta Cloud Technology is kicking off its Q.synergy 2017 event with the launch of new infrastructure offerings for cloud service providers and telecommunications firms. Taiwan-based QCT is a subsidiary of Quanta Computing Inc. that rivals established technology giants such as Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. and Dell Technologies Inc. with its data center products. ...
VMware rolls out new vSphere beta program
Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. is announcing a new, perpetual beta program for its main vSphere platform. The company said the new vSphere Beta Program is different from its previous beta programs because “it’s not tied to a specific version or release only.” Instead, the company said, it’s moving to a new format that sees ...
ServiceNow acquires SkyGiraffe for its low-code app development platform
Workflow automation and service management software provider ServiceNow Inc. has said it’s acquiring mobile application development firm SkyGiraffe Inc. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. SkyGiraffe has built what’s popularly called a “low-code” or “no-code” platform for building mobile applications for enterprise systems. Low-code app development involves minimizing hand-coding of applications by ...
HPE debuts new hardware and software for deep learning projects
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is the latest technology giant to get into the artificial intelligence game, announcing a new platform and services that are designed to help companies adopt AI technologies more easily. HPE said the focus of its new platform and services is on deep learning, a subset of AI that relates to the ...
With Delta, Databricks aims to make data easier to extract and process
Databricks Inc. aims to make data easier to extract and process with the launch of a new service intended to eliminate many of the hassles of juggling multiple data lakes, warehouses and streaming ingestion systems. Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Ali Ghodsi introduced Databricks Delta during his keynote at Spark Summit Europe 2017 on Wednesday. He ...
PredictionIO, open-source software for building machine learning apps, gets Apache top-level status
The Apache Software Foundation said today that it’s designating open-source machine learning software first developed by Salesforce.com Inc. as its latest top-level project. The project is called Apache PredictionIO, and is described as an open-source machine learning server that lets developers and data scientists create predictive engines and services to perform machine learning tasks. The idea is to democratize ...
Amazon Web Services adds PostgreSQL compatibility to its Aurora database
Public cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services Inc. has landed another blow against its rivals in the cloud database wars, announcing the general availability of Amazon Aurora with PostgreSQL compatibility. Basically what this means is that customers who use PostreSQL databases can now choose run them on Aurora, which is a relational database that’s optimized for ...
Microsoft puts Kubernetes at the forefront of Azure Container Service
Microsoft Corp. is hiking support for the open-source Kubernetes project, updating its Azure Container Service to put the software container orchestration manager at the center of that offering. To that end, Microsoft has also started calling the Azure Container Service “AKS” rather than “ACS,” which was the abbreviation it used before. The service is designed ...
GE updates Predix industrial internet platform with new edge capabilities
General Electric Co. is updating its Predix application development platform for the industrial internet with new edge-to-cloud capabilities, enabling customers to make more precise decisions in real-time. Launched in 2015, GE’s Predix is a platform as a service offering based on Pivotal Software Inc.’s Cloud Foundry software, tuned to the unique requirements of industrial applications. ...
Harness lands $20M funding to automate continuous software delivery
Another day, and yet another artificial intelligence-focused startup is launching itself out of the gate. The new company is called Harness, and its goal is to enable continuous software delivery for companies of all shapes and sizes. For the uninitiated, continuous software delivery is a relatively new software development method that sees updates rolled out ...