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Oracle launches ‘industry-first’ cloud converged storage service
Oracle Corp. aims to make it cheaper and easier for companies to migrate data to its cloud with the launch today of what it claims is the world’s first service that integrates public cloud with on-premises network-attached storage systems. The new service is called Cloud Converged Storage, and it comes with the latest Oracle ZFS ...
Brocade unveils new network switch for all-flash data centers
With all-flash arrays becoming part of the furniture in data centers, network switch makers are leveraging the technology as a way to ease network bottlenecks and adapt to new, data-driven workloads. A case in point is Brocade Communications Systems, Inc., which upgraded its Fiber Channel switches on Tuesday with 32 gigabytes per second performance and ...
Report: Oracle ponders massive acquisition of Accenture
Oracle Corp. is said to be looking at the possibility of a multibillion-dollar acquisition of the global consultancy firm Accenture Plc. A report in The Register cites unnamed sources as saying the database giant has “hired global specialists to explore the feasibility” of buying the company. Those global specialists are not only looking at the ...
House votes to let ISPs sell customers’ browsing data to the highest bidder
The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday voted to repeal privacy rules that prevent Internet Service Providers from selling their customer’s web browsing histories without their consent, following a similar vote in the Senate last week. The House voted 215-205 to scrap privacy rules created by the Federal Communications Commission last year. The rules had not yet ...
Nice Software enables high-performance computing on Amazon’s cloud
Nice Software s.r.l., the Italian high-performance computing company that was acquired by Amazon Web Services last year, has announced a new service that simplifies high-performance computing cluster deployments on AWS’ cloud. The service is called EnginFrame 2017. It’s designed to run on the AWS cloud and enables easy deployments of Linux-based HPC clusters in under ...
Networking and storage pros see biggest salary increases in 2016
A growing demand for highly skilled storage and networking professionals in the tech industry is pushing up salaries, particularly in the hospitality, Internet, manufacturing, consumer products and banking sectors, according to a new report. Tech careers and job search website Dice’s latest annual report on technology industry salaries found that overall average pay in the ...
Report: Elon Musk to launch new company that connects brains to computers
As if being a billionaire futurist and chief executive of both Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Tesla Inc. isn’t enough, Elon Musk is launching yet another company, this time focused on neural implants. Citing unnamed sources familiar with the venture, the Wall Street Journal reported the new company would be called Neuralink. It’s supposedly working ...
Report: Dell EMC leads in converged systems as market stumbles
Converged systems that combine computer servers and storage devices are supposedly the lone bright spot in those two markets, but the latest analysis from International Data Corp. says otherwise: Sales took a big tumble in the final quarter of 2016. IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker for the fourth quarter shows that growth is nonexistent, ...
Mocana touts a platform approach to industrial IoT security
Network security vendors are only just beginning to grips with securing vulnerable Internet of Things deployments, particularly in the leading edge of Industrial IoT infrastructure. One upstart vendor that’s trying to cut its teeth securing ubiquitous embedded systems is Mocana Corp., which offers a platform-based approach to securing IoT clouds and devices. The company, based ...
Privacy rights advocates up in arms as Senate votes to quash ISP privacy rules
Despite protests from privacy and consumer advocacy groups, the Republican-led Senate has voted along party lines to roll back broadband privacy rules that were approved just months ago by the previous Obama administration. Last October, the Federal Communications Commission introduced new rules that meant Internet Service Providers such as Comcast Inc. and Verizon Wireless Inc. would ...