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The reality of information technology today is that most enterprises want to mix and match platforms from multiple different vendors, a reality that has driven the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform to make interoperability a key goal. At the OpenStack Summit in Barcelona …
ServiceNow beats analysts’ forecasts with strong Q3 results
Cloud automation platform vendor ServiceNow Inc. posted better-than-expected results in its third quarter, prompting its shares to jump by almost 5 percent in after-hours trading, to $78.90. The company registered a net loss of $36.3 million, or 22 cents a share, on …
Samsung’s smartphone profits collapse after Galaxy Note7 recall
The world’s largest smartphone maker, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., saw its revenues and profits tank in the last quarter. Not surprisingly, the consumer electronics giant blamed the losses on plunging sales that resulted from its recall of the high-end Galaxy Note7. Samsung said …
Red Hat: OpenStack moving beyond the proof-of-concept phase
OpenStack production deployments increased significantly in the last year, according to a survey of 150 information technology decision makers and professionals carried out by Red Hat Inc. Red Hat’s annual poll found that 43 percent of respondents have deployed the cloud platform …
Mirantis, HPE announce new solutions at OpenStack Summit
Pure-play OpenStack vendor Mirantis Inc. had good news and bad news to reveal at Tuesday’s OpenStack Summit. The company has signed what could be a profitable deal with the world’s third-largest telecommunications firm, NTT Communications. However, that news was dampened somewhat by …
Forrester: U.S. tech spending to grow 5.1 percent in 2017
Forrester Research Inc. has offered up a rather optimistic forecast on tech spending in the U.S., saying it will increase by 5.1 percent to $1.51 trillion in 2017. The forecast comes just a week after Gartner Inc. published its own report on global …
Amazon offers up new migration service for virtualized workloads
Just days after tying up a deal with VMware Inc. to allow vSphere to run on its cloud, Amazon Web Services has introduced a new migration service that lets companies easily teleport virtualized workloads onto its cloud. According to AWS Chief Evangelist …
Intel invests $38M in a dozen high-tech sports startups
Intel Corp. is hoping to bring next-generation technologies such as data analytics, tracking and image capture to the world of pro sports with the creation of a new Intel Sports Group. The new group was announced by Intel Capital president Wendell Brooks …
IBM drops SoftLayer brand, moves cloud offerings to Bluemix
With surprisingly little fanfare, IBM Corp. has decided to do away with its SoftLayer brand and reorganize all of its Infrastructure-as-a-Service offerings under the Bluemix moniker. “Today, we’re excited to share the next big step in SoftLayer’s evolution as part of the IBM …
IBM uses blockchain to track pork supply chain in China
IBM Corp. is teaming up with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Tsinghua University to bring safer food to Chinese tables using blockchain technology as a guarantee. China has developed an unenviable reputation for its poor quality food standards in recent years. The most …