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The 5 biggest markets the IoT is poised to disrupt
Few disagree that the Internet of Things is accelerating at rapid speed. Gartner Inc. predicts there’ll be more than 25 billion connected devices in the world by 2020, generating revenues of more than $300 billion for those who catch the wave. But even with this massive amount of growth being forecast, most enterprises fail to ...
Google intros “node pools” to support heterogeneous container clusters
Google Container Engine users can now set up container clusters with nodes sporting multiple configurations within them. Google’s support for heterogeneous clusters comes by way of a new feature called Node Pools, which moved into general availability late last week. Fabio Yeon, software engineer at Google’s Cloud Platform group, said in a blog post that ...
Amazon Web Services said to be secretly building a new AI service
Amazon Web Services is said to be testing a new service that will make it easier for customers to run artificial intelligence (AI) software on its cloud, according to a report in Bloomberg. The move is a rare case of Amazon chasing, instead of leading, its competitors in the public cloud, the publication adds. Bloomberg ...
Microsoft’s Office Online gets real-time chat capabilities
Microsoft’s Office Online is pretty comprehensive when it comes to collaboration, allowing multiple users to edit documents online, embed comments and so on. But sometimes that just isn’t enough – what people need is the ability to ask impulsive questions or make off-the-cuff remarks to speed things along. With that in mind, Microsoft has said ...
Cloud wars: Value, not price, drives market share in the public cloud
Contrary to what many have suggested, the public cloud market is still a long way from becoming a commodity market, according to new research from analyst firm 451 Research LLC. The findings come from 451 Research’s latest Cloud Price Index (CPI), which shows that the so-called “race to the bottom” in public cloud, embodied by ...
Google takes on Microsoft & Tableau with free data visualization tool
Google is upping its game in the business analytics market with the launch of Data Studio, a free version of its new reporting and data visualization tool, Google Data Studio 360. While the free, beta version isn’t quite as robust as the paid offering, users can still create as many as five multi-page reports that ...
Red Hat beefs up Ansible with broader support for Docker, Windows & Azure
Red Hat Inc. has updated its recently acquired Ansible technology, launching a new version that comes with enhanced support for Docker containers and also Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform. Ansible was only acquired by Red Hat in October of last year, and the new Ansible 2.1 update is actually the second new version of the DevOps ...
Salesforce hitches a ride on Amazon’s cloud, eyes international expansion
Salesforce.com, Inc. and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are solidifying their relationship in the cloud, with the former announcing that it’s chosen AWS as its “preferred public cloud infrastructure provider”. Salesforce says it’s decided to go with AWS in order to further its international expansion plans. As a result, services including its Sales Cloud, Service Cloud, ...
Placemeter’s “Urban Intelligence” platform gets improved object recognition capabilities
“Urban Intelligence” outfit Placemeter Inc. has made a name for itself by offering cities and businesses the chance to measure what’s happening outside of their business premises, on the roads and even in city parks. The company does so by way of real-time video feeds. Its software taps into video cameras placed in strategic locations, ...
Hungry industries to drive rapid global Big Data revenue growth
New research from International Data Corp. (IDC) forecasts global revenues in the Big Data and business analytics market to grow from $122 billion in 2015 to $187 billion by 2019, a greater than fifty percent increase over the five-year forecast period. The analyst firm said that services will account for more than half of all ...