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Amazon Web Services targets MongoDB users for database migration
Public cloud leader Amazon Web Services is making another move aimed at winning over some of its rival’s customers. The Amazon.com Inc. unit on Monday extended its Database Migration Service with support for MongoDB, the open-source NoSQL database that’s proved to be a massive hit with developers. Amazon said that its DMS service now supports migration ...
The biggest cloud computing leaders are devouring the market
The biggest cloud service providers such as Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are quickly taking over the business. Hyperscale cloud service operators’ market share is rapidly growing in several key cloud service markets, according to new data published by Synergy Research Group. Not surprisingly, in turn those cloud service markets themselves are also growing at ...
VMware turbocharges vSAN storage platform with Intel’s speedy new flash memory
Much of the recent focus in the storage business has been on hyperconverged infrastructure, which can help data center operators reduce costs while simultaneously boosting performance. Other features, including better management tools and baked-in security, are also fast becoming a must-have. VMware Inc. on Tuesday took the wraps off a new update for its vSAN ...
Qualcomm hits back at Apple in patent licensing dispute
Qualcomm Inc. is taking the gloves off over its patent spat with Apple Inc. On Monday, the chipmaker responded to an Apple lawsuit over its patent licensing practices with a 134-page redacted filing that included some counterclaims of its own, such as a breach of contract. Qualcomm also asked for an unspecified amount in damages ...
Report: Foxconn leads bidders for Toshiba’s chip business with $27B offer
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., commonly known as Foxconn, is said to be readying a massive $26.93 billion bid to acquire Toshiba Corp.’s semiconductor business. The Wall Street Journal first reported news of the potential bid, saying that the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer faces bidding competition from companies including SK Hynix Inc., Broadcom Ltd. and Silver ...
Gartner slashes tech spending growth forecast on strong US dollar, shift to the cloud
Strong headwinds, including a rising U.S. dollar and an ongoing slowdown in the server market, have forced analyst firm Gartner Inc. to cut its forecast on global information technology spending. In its latest quarterly Worldwide IT Spending Forecast, Gartner pegs global spending at $3.46 trillion this year, which represents a 1.4 percent increase over the ...
Cloud infrastructure spending grew 9.2 percent in 2016
Enterprises ramped up spending on networking gear in 2016 in order to build out their data centers, public and private cloud infrastructure, International Data Corp. said in its latest Worldwide Quarterly Cloud IT Infrastructure Tracker. IDC’s report found that revenue from infrastructure gear, which refers to servers, storage and Ethernet switches, increased by 9.2 percent ...
Connected car chip maker Valens lands $60m Series D funding round
Valens Semiconductor Ltd., an Israeli semiconductor startup focusing on connected cars, has just landed $60 million in a late-stage funding round. The Series D financing was led by Israel Growth Partners, with participation from Delphi, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Goldman Sachs and MediaTek, as well as previous investors. The company, based in the city of Hod Hasharon, ...
Google to add open-source search engine Elasticsearch to its Cloud Platform
Google Inc. said last week that it’s teaming up with the startup Elastic to offer fully managed versions of that company’s Elasticsearch and Kibana open-source search software on its cloud platform. Elasticsearch is a search engine for structured and unstructured data, while Kibana provides a dashboard for Elasticsearch as well as data visualizations. What the partnership ...
Enterprises can now sign up to Microsoft’s Windows Insider program
Microsoft Corp. has finally opened up its Windows Insider program for information technology departments that want to test new features in its software ahead of time. The company said the Windows Insider Program for Business enables companies to try out upcoming releases of its Windows 10 operating system in workplace test environments before they’re made ...