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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is mulling an acquisition of data center backup and recovery provider Veeam Software Inc., according to reports. The Register cites unnamed sources as saying HPE is looking at buying the company to bolster its own data center backup …
Verizon launches dedicated high-speed network for Internet of Things
Telecommunications giant Verizon Communications Inc. on Friday will launch a nationwide high-speed network to offer wireless access solutions for Internet of Things devices. Verizon says its 4G LTE Category M1 is a wide area network designed for IoT sensors that requires less power than …
Kubernetes 1.6 release now scales up to 5,000-node clusters
Developers have just rolled out the latest version of Kubernetes, the open-source orchestration platform for application containers that can be distributed and run on multiple computers and operating systems. The most important new feature in the Kubernetes 1.6 release is something called …
Rise of IoT causing confusion in a ‘chaotic’ cloud security landscape
The rapid rise of Internet of Things deployments threatens to strain an already complex and chaotic cloud security environment, according to a survey of information technology security experts at the recent RSA Security conference. IT security vendor AlienVault Inc.’s survey of almost 1,000 …
SUSE launches test version of application container as a service platform
Enterprise Linux company SUSE is getting serious about application containers with the beta launch of a new container as a service platform Wednesday. CaaS is a model where information technology organizations and developers can work together to build, ship and run their …
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 …
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 …
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” …
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 …
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 …