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Microsoft taps into Apache Spark to drive its Big Data & analytics services
Microsoft is making what it claims is an “extensive commitment” to the Apache Spark Big Data processing engine, launching several new offerings out of preview and into general release. The move is the latest in Microsoft’s embrace of open-source technologies, a trend that only emerged in the last couple of years after CEO Satya Nadella ...
Lenovo renews data center push with enhanced networking, storage, server offerings
It’s no secret that China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. has its sights set on becoming a major player in the data center. That became apparent when the company bought out IBM’s x86 server business last year in a XXXX deal. Now, in advance of its much anticipated Lenovo TechWorld event later this week, the company has ...
Angry investor turns on Oracle over fake cloud revenue claims
An angry investor is suing Oracle and its top executives after the company’s share price plummeted in the wake of allegations that it doctored its cloud revenue figures. The complaint, filed on behalf of Oracle shareholders by investor Grover Klarfeld, alleges that Oracle’s executives have put their investments in the company at risk through their ...
Four top Cisco execs, collectively known as MPLS, leave the company
Cisco Systems Inc. announced a major organizational reshuffle last week that saw four of its leading names transferred to advisory roles within the company. One week later, all four have said they’re leaving the company for good. The leaders said they decided to quit Cisco due to a “disconnect regarding roles, responsibilities and charter” following ...
Maersk wants to use drones to resupply its fleet of tankers
Shipping giant A.P. Moller–Maersk Group is betting on the idea of using drones to resupply its vessels as they sail the seven seas. The conglomerate made headlines earlier this year when it used a drone to fly a bucket of cookies out to one of its tankers at sea, but that effort was just the ...
HPE takes pole position in storage market as rivals slump
The latest enterprise storage market tracker from International Data Corp. (IDC) shows that Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has done extremely well, bucking a trend that saw the wider market decline, with ODM supply to hyperscalers also on a downward spiral. Overall, the enterprise storage market was worth $8.2 billion for Q1 of 2016, IDC said, a ...
Google adds standard SQL support to BigQuery
Google has rolled out a new beta of BigQuery, the data warehousing and analysis service available on Google Cloud Platform, which lets admins use standard SQL instead of one of its dialects. BigQuery’s revamped SQL dialect replaces the existing dialect as the default query language. The new default is is fully compliant with the 2011 ...
Microsoft arms Office 365 with advanced threat detection capabilities
Microsoft has introduced a new set of tools that can identify and eliminate potential security threats in Office 365. Office 365 Advanced Security Management is based on the capabilities of Microsoft’s Cloud App Security offering, which provides insights into whether or not unsanctioned cloud services – sometimes called “shadow IT” – are being used by ...
Fight, fight, fight: Oracle plans to counter-sue cloud revenue whistleblower
Oracle “whistleblower” Svetlana Blackburn has a fight on her hands. The database giant, which has never been one to shirk away from its legal battles, has come out with all guns blazing in response to allegations it cooked its cloud revenue numbers, announcing plans to counter-sue the ex-employee. Oracle’s wrath stems from a lawsuit filed ...
Server market struggles with few bright spots
Server sales continue to disintegrate in the face of unstoppable cloud growth and the increasing popularity of virtualization. The global server market saw revenues decline while shipments rose only modestly, indicating that sales prices continue to slip. Analyst firm Gartner Inc. said on Thursday that global server revenues declined by 2.3 percent in the first ...