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Gartner: AWS, Google & Microsoft lead the way in cloud storage
Enterprise giants Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google and Microsoft have been recognized as the undisputed leaders in the cloud storage space by Gartner Inc.’s analysts. Last week, Gartner rolled out its latest Magic Quadrant for Public Cloud Storage Services, Worldwide, acknowledging just seven vendors it considers worthwhile bothering with. They are the leaders AWS, Google ...
Uber goes continental with UberBOAT launch in Istanbul
After succesfully tricking legions of Thai Uber-ites with the (fake) launch of its UberBoat service in Bangkok, Thailand, last April, Uber Inc., has actually launched a (real) boat service after all, dubbed “UberBOAT”. Uber is now officially offering transportation between continents with its new service, which is being launched in Istanbul, Turkey, the so-called “Gateway ...
Nadella spells out Microsoft’s new mission: Help everyone “achieve more”
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has officially revised the company’s mission statement, in an email sent out to employees yesterday. As of today, the Redmond firm’s goal is to “empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more,” Nadella wrote in his communique. The email was first leaked to GeekWire, and has since ...
Study: Most organizations still struggle to mine Big Data
Although some businesses saw revenues increase by more than $10 million, others have struggled when it comes to mining their Big Data archives, a new International Data Corp. (IDC) study shows. The white paper, Mining for Insight: Rediscovering the Data Archive, was commissioned and has now been published by Iron Mountain Inc. It reveals that ...
Google launches Cloud Source Repositories to take down GitHub
Google has gone under the radar with the beta launch of a private Git repository hosting service on its Google Cloud Platform that looks set to rival the popular GitHub service. Known as Cloud Source Repositories, the service was first spotted by VentureBeat, which notes Google hasn’t yet made any official announcement. It provides beta ...
Red Hat unveils PaaS & IaaS offerings with Docker & Kubernetes support
Hot on the heels of this week’s DockerCon fest, enterprise Linux vendo Red Hat Inc. yesterday unveiled a couple of new container-centric products at its own Red Hat Summit in Boston. The biggest announcement was Red Hat’s OpenShift Enterprise 3, a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering designed to help enterprises build private clouds. According to Red Hat, ...
Clarabrige updates CEM platform to burn down the data silos
Customer Experience Management (CEM) provider Clarabridge Inc., has announced the release of Clarabridge 7, a platform that aims to help marketing firms speed up the actionability of data intelligence by burning down corporate silos. The Clarabridge 7 platform is built to empower enterprise teams to gather and filter actionable insights from their company’s data. The ...
Microsoft Office apps land on Android
Microsoft’s plan to get its software running on every kind of device is coming together with the release of free versions of its Office software for Android phones. The release is part of CEO Satya Nadella’s master plan to make Microsoft relevant again, especially in mobile where Windows Phone is barely able to get any ...
BlackBerry’s enterprise push bears fruit even as losses mount
BlackBerry Ltd.’s transition from being primarily a maker of smartphones to a more-rounded enterprise software company focused on mobile remains on track, even as shareholders were left disappointed with its latest quarterly results. Stil smarting from the stunning collapse of its smartphone business, the firm is hoping to revitalize itself with a laser-sharp focus on ...
MapR offers Hadoop students $500 of free credit with Google Cloud
Hadoop vendor MapR Technologies, Inc. is teaming up with Google Cloud Platform to offer each new registrant on its free Hadoop On-Demand Training program up to $500 of free credit to be spent on Google’s cloud services. MapR is hoping the initiative will tempt more people to sign up for its free Hadoop On-Demand Training ...