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Deloitte teams up with Amazon Web Services to push SAP Hana
Enterprise consultancy firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. has said it’s creating a new cloud practice for Amazon Web Services Inc. with around 2,500 expert consultants ready to advise companies on how to build cloud-based applications on AWS. The AWS practice will also collaborate closely with German enterprise software firm SAP SE, in order to market the company’s ...
Cohesity expands hyperconverged storage lineup with on-premises editions
Hyperconverged storage startup Cohesity Inc. on Tuesday announced the addition of two more products to its Data Platform lineup, including a software-only virtual edition and a hyperconverged node. The new products, Cohesity DataPlatform Virtual Edition and Cohesity C2100 Hyperconverged Node, join the company’s existing hardware and software sets C2100, C2300 and C2500, and its Cloud Edition product. ...
Oracle rolls out cloud data integration system for real-time analytics
Oracle Corp. on Monday issued a new bid to join Amazon Web Services Inc. at the top of the public cloud summit with the introduction of a new service that aims to integrate enterprise customers’ data with real-time analytics. On Monday, the company rolled out its Data Integrator Cloud Service that’s designed to accelerate support ...
AWS adds cloud video conferencing service with Amazon Chime
Amazon Web Services Inc. is continuing its push into cloud services with the launch of a new Internet voice service competitor to Skype for Business, Slack, WebEx and GoToMeeting. Called Amazon Chime, the new service is available for Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows, the company said. “It’s pretty hard to find people who actually like the ...
Intel Security launches free service ranking the most dangerous cyber threats
Information technology system administrators have a tough time keeping up to date with the latest threats in cyber land. Those tasked with keeping corporate networks safe face an uphill struggle to stave off the never-ending flow of new exploit kits, ransomware strains and other vulnerabilities. Now they’re getting a helping hand from the guys at ...
Cisco announces unified system for Microsoft’s Azure Stack
Cisco Systems Inc. has become the latest information technology firm to offer a system capable of running Microsoft Corp.’s hybrid cloud offering Azure Stack, which enables companies to run the Azure cloud and its software in companies’ own data centers. The new hardware offering is called Cisco Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack, and is ...
Report: Worldwide IT spending to rise 3.5% in 2017, to $2.4 trillion
The world will shell out $2.4 trillion on technology in 2017, an increase of 3.5 percent from the year before, according to information technology analyst firm International Data Corp.’s updated Worldwide Semiannual IT Spending Guide: Industry and Company Size. The firm also forecasts that of that amount, just under half will come from companies and organizations with ...
SAP updates S/4Hana Cloud with vertical editions, CoPilot & more
German enterprise software firm SAP SE has rolled out a major new update to its S/4Hana Cloud product, which is a combination of the company’s popular business suite and its flagship Hana in-memory database, running in the cloud. SAP announced the new update at SAP Capital Markets Day at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, ...
Microsoft offers Azure customers protection from patent trolls
Amid an increase in the number of cloud-based intellectual property lawsuits, Microsoft Corp. has said it’s willing to shield its Azure cloud customers from patent litigation. Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith said in a blog post that there has been a 22 percent increase in the number of cloud-based IP lawsuits in ...
Rackspace to lay off 6 percent of its workforce
Cloud services and support specialist Rackspace Inc. has revealed plans to lay off 6 percent of its staff, including about 250 of its U.S.-based workforce. Rackspace Chief Executive Taylor Rhodes broke the news in a Feb. 7 blog post, where he positioned the move as a kind of balancing act. In particular, the layoffs are ...