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Intel announces Optane, the first solid-state drive based on its 3D Xpoint memory
Intel Corp. on Sunday announced an entirely new kind of storage device based on its new 3D Xpoint memory technology that’s designed to bridge the gap between low-cost NAND memory typically found in all-flash storage systems and the higher-performance memory known as DRAM. The Intel Optane SSD DC P4800X is a solid-state drive designed for data ...
Microsoft adds faster virtual machines to its Azure cloud
Microsoft Corp. has added a new series of virtual machines to its Azure cloud platform that are aimed at tackling cloud-based workloads with high storage requirements. The new VMs, or computers emulated in software that can be run on a variety of data center or cloud systems, are called the L Series for Storage, and ...
Adobe pulls off another strong quarter thanks to Creative Cloud growth
Marketing and creative cloud software provider Adobe Systems Inc. reported increased profits in its first quarter thanks to higher recurring revenues from its Creative Cloud suite. The maker of Photoshop and Illustrator, which has pivoted in recent years toward becoming a software-as-a-service force in marketing services as well, said its earnings topped $398 million, or ...
Report: Majority of businesses deploy sensitive data without proper security in place
Thales e-Security Inc. has just published its 2017 Data Threat Report, revealing that an overwhelming number of enterprises are using sensitive data in advanced computing solutions without adequate safeguards in place. Thales’ survey, which was conducted alongside 451 Research Inc., found that 93 percent of enterprise respondents plan to use sensitive data in big data, ...
Parts of Microsoft Azure cloud hit by eight-hour outage, but you probably didn’t notice
Microsoft Corp. has confessed that some of its Azure cloud storage service customers might have “experienced difficulties provisioning new resources or accessing their existing resources” during two outages, one of which lasted for around eight hours on Wednesday night through Thursday morning. Microsoft Azure’s East U.S. region was the only one to be impacted by ...
DevOps teams need more automation & flexibility, survey finds
The expanded use of the cloud and microservices resulting from the rise in hybrid information technology infrastructure is leading to greater demand for automation in areas such as compliance, according to a new study. DevOps specialist Chef Software Inc. said its poll of more than 1,500 information technology managers reveals a steady shift to hybrid ...
Microsoft announces Apache Spark connector for Azure database
Microsoft Corp. wants its Azure cloud to be the go-to platform for big data services. To that end, on Wednesday it made available a new Apache Spark connector for its DocumentDB database. The announcement was one of several the company made at at the Strata + Hadoop big data conference in San Jose, California, and ...
Cloud wars: Amazon hits back at Google with more flexible pricing
Google Inc. reignited the cloud price wars last week at its Next cloud conference when it announced “committed use discounts” for customers that commit to a one- or three-year contract to use its virtual computers. A quick study by RightScale Inc. had found Google’s pricing offers substantial savings versus Amazon Web Services’ own Reserved Instances offer for its ...
Docker open-sources its container core to the Cloud Native Computing Federation
Fulfilling a promise made last December, Docker Inc. on Wednesday donated containerd, a core piece of the Docker runtime engine, to the Cloud Native Computing Federation. The containerd runtime is used as a method to boot, run and manage external interfaces for containers, which enable applications to run on any operating system, much like shipping ...
Lenovo launches new server-based storage appliance
In an effort to stem a decline in server sales, Lenovo Group Ltd. is taking another crack at software-defined storage with a new appliance that leverages its server platform, storage virtualization software and storage area networking software from partner company DataCore Software Corp. Lenovo said Tuesday that its new DX8200D appliance is based on its old ...