Cloud
IBM sues former cloud CIO to prevent his joining Amazon Web Services
IBM Corp. is taking one of its former executives to court in a bid to stop him from starting a new job at its cloud rival Amazon Web Services. Big Blue last week filed…
Infra
Codefresh teams up with Google to make Kubernetes more accessible
With software containers rapidly emerging as a foundation for enterprise developers to build and distribute business applications, advocates are increasingly turning to tools such as Kubernetes to help them orchestrate their deployments. Kubernetes, which…
Emerging Tech
SoftBank CEO Son says he may invest in either Uber or Lyft
Japanese tech giant SoftBank Corp. is setting its sights on ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. with an eye toward a possible investment in either of the two. “We are interested in…
Emerging Tech
‘Dynamic cloud users’ reap important cost and agility benefits, survey says
Organizations that embrace more sophisticated, multicloud environments that leverage new technology trends such as DevOps and application containers will benefit from greater agility, lower costs and faster time to market, says a new report.…
Infra
Qualcomm could be forced to up its bid to buy NXP Semiconductors
Qualcomm Technologies Inc. could be forced to up its $38 billion bid acquire rival chipmaking firm NXP Semiconductors N.V. after the infamous “activist investor” firm Elliot Management Inc. announced it has taken a stake…
Cloud
Cisco Meraki cloud engineering error leads to customer data loss
Cisco Systems Inc. has admitted to losing some of its customers’ Meraki Cloud data late last week following a configuration error. “On August 3rd, 2017, our engineering team made a configuration change that applied…
Infra
Startup Rubrik emerges as major player in data center backup and recovery
Gartner Inc. is offering up its latest Magic Quadrant for Data Center Backup and Recovery Software, charting some interesting movements for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Rubrik Inc. The latter company is probably the…
Big Data
Accenture beefs up cloud services play with two more acquisitions
Technology consultancy Accenture Plc on Thursday announced it’s buying two more startups, bringing its total number of acquisitions this summer to seven. The company said it’s acquiring the marketing and sales consultancy Brand Learning…
Big Data
Primary Data lands $40M to fuel its chase for data management leadership
Primary Data Inc. has just picked up $40 million in funding to fuel its growth in data management. The company said $20 million came via a Series C funding round, while the other half…
Cloud
Google’s cloud gets a boost as Forrester names it a leader in data analytics
Google Inc.’s efforts to establish itself as a major player in cloud computing received a small boost Wednesday when it was named by research firm Forrester Research Inc. as the undisputed leader in a…