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Google is stepping up its efforts to woo enterprises to try out its public cloud offering with the release into general availability of three database services ready to handle production workloads. The products include the second iteration of Google’s Cloud SQL managed …
Micron teases 3-D Xpoint memory ahead of late 2016 launch
Micron Technology Inc. took to the stage at last week’s Flash Memory Summit to introduce the new 3-D Xpoint (pronounced “cross point”) memory technology it developed jointly with Intel, demonstrating it for the first time in solid-state drives. At the summit, Micron …
Salesforce acquisition splurge continues with BeyondCore buy
Salesforce.com Inc. has added yet another acquisition in the shape of business analytics platform BeyondCore. The move was confirmed by BeyondCore’s CEO Arijit Sengupta in a blog post, and later in a tweet from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. The financial terms of …
Instagram just became a lot more business-friendly
The Instagram photo-sharing app is home to more than 200,000 advertisers of every persuasion, and they’re just dying to connect with you. And now, with the launch of Instagram’s new “Business Profiles” feature, they may very well do just that. Instagram first …
As robots get smarter and more capable, investments in R&D are booming
Robots paved the way for automation in the automotive manufacturing industry, but have since made their way into almost every sector that could conceivably benefit from them. Indeed, the robots of today are so flexible that they can handle increasingly varied and …
Google’s planning to use drones for video conferences
Google is considering plans to use drones to deliver video conferencing. The unusual idea was revealed in a patent awarded to the tech giant last week, which outlines the idea of a drone carrying a screen, video camera and audio systems that …
Microsoft backtracks on shorter Windows 7 support plan
Microsoft has relented on what many suspected was a cunning plan to push newer PC owners onto Windows 10 by restricting support options for certain CPUs. Back in January, Microsoft announced that any PC running Intel’s 6th-generation Core i5 or Core i7 …
Public cloud spending to more than double to $195BN by 2020
International Data Corp. (IDC) reckons that global spending on public cloud services will hit $195 billion a year by 2020. The forecast came in its Worldwide Semiannual Public Cloud Services Spending guide on Wednesday, which predicts $96.5 billion of spending this year, …
Microsoft justifies Azure Stack U-turn: It’s not feasible on systems we’ve never seen before
Microsoft caused controversy last month when it said it would be revamping and also delaying the release of its eagerly anticipated Azure Stack hybrid cloud platform. At its Worldwide Partner Conference last month, Microsoft executives went back on an earlier promise that …
AWS aims to simplify real-time data analysis with Kinesis Analytics
Amazon Web Services yesterday unveiled a range of new capabilities it’s adding to its cloud platform at its AWS Summit in New York City. The biggest announcement is AWS’s new analytics service for real-time data streaming, Kinesis Analytics, which the company said …