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AWS to build new data center facilities in Canada
Amazon Web Services might be the leader in the public cloud in terms of revenue, but it still trails its biggest rival Microsoft when it comes to its the physical reach of its cloud. The location of data centers is rapidly becoming an important factor for many cloud customers who care about where their data ...
Google’s autonomous cars can’t be trusted yet
Google’s self-driving cars are still some way from becoming roadworthy, according to a new report the company prepared for the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The report, which looks at all of the test drives said cars undertook from September 24, 2014 to November 30, 2015, reveals that human drivers had to take over control ...
PC vendors struggle for breath as shipments slump by 9%
The “Big Two” analyst firms, Gartner Inc. and International Data Corp. (IDC), have proclaimed that 2015 was a disastrous year for the PC, with both reporting steep declines in shipments over the last year. The analysts also note that neither Windows 10 nor Christmas failed to boost sales as much as vendors would have liked. ...
Databricks could be headed for an IPO amid leadership changes
Speculation is mounting that Databricks Inc., the company behind the Apache Spark cluster computing framework, might be headed for an IPO or perhaps even more after it announced a change of leadership this week. The company quietly appointed Ali Ghodsi, its vice president of engineering and product, as its new chief executive officer on Monday. ...
Public cloud costs fall 66% in 2 years as competition intensifies
Entry-level prices for cloud computing are now 66 percent cheaper than they were just two years ago, thanks to providers continually slashing costs in the face of increased competition. Tariff Consulting’s (TCL) newly released Pricing the Cloud 2 – 2016 to 2020 report shows that the average entry-level cloud instance now costs just $0.12 per ...
Microsoft revamps Azure Site Recovery for VMware users
Microsoft has enhanced its Azure Site Recovery (ASR) tools for VMware customers, making it easier for them to back up and recover their VMware virtual servers. “Customers can now protect and replicate their VMware virtual machines and physical servers to Azure, without the need to deploy any replication or orchestration components in Azure IaaS [Infrastructure-as-a-Service],” ...
Known vulnerabilities cause 44 percent of all data breaches
Most IT experts are well aware of the need to patch vulnerabilities in their systems as soon as possible, but despite this, known security issues remain the leading cause of corporate data loss and production downtime in the enterprise. That’s the biggest finding of BMC Software Inc.’s latest security survey, The Game Plan for Closing ...
Google stamps its feet: Our cloud is still cheaper than yours!
Unsettled by Amazon Web Services’ latest round of price cuts last week, Google has gone on the record to insist its own cloud services are still much cheaper than its rival. The company has just posted a blog outlining a price comparison of its services versus those from AWS, reflecting what it says are lower ...
Ford and Google’s self-driving car partnership is still on the table
Rumors that Ford and Google might be launching a joint venture in the nascent autonomous driving sector were expected to be confirmed at last week’s CES Show in Las Vegas, but although that didn’t happen, the two companies are still said to have plans for a collaboration in the works. In a Wall Street Journal ...
NewVantage: Big Data adoption went mainstream in 2015
Big Data is officially “a thing” with senior executives at Fortune 1000 firms indicating they’ll increase spending on collecting and analyzing data sharply over the next few years. In addition, the majority of enterprises recognize the importance of having someone to lead their Big Data efforts, and are increasingly hiring Chief Data Officers to do ...
