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Broadcom shareholders move to block Avago takeover
Stakeholders of the networking chip maker Broadcom Corp. are apparently unhappy with the company’s decision to sell itself to rival chip maker Avago Technologies Inc. in a $37 billion deal, and have made their displeasure known by launching a class action lawsuit aimed at blocking the sale. The merger between the two companies was announced ...
Executive shakeup at EMC as three top execs jump ship
Storage giant EMC Corp. has lost not one, not two, but three executives this week, in a reshuffle that suggests there may be some big tensions in the company’s management as it battles to keep its Federation together. The biggest name of the three is undoubtedly Jeetu Patel, formerly the CEO of sync ‘n share ...
MongoDB adds support for IBM’s LinuxONE mainframes
NoSQL database leader MongoDB Inc. has expanded its partnership with IBM by adding support for Big Blue’s new IBM z Systems mainframe computers. IBM launched LinuxONE, a new generation of hardware, software and services solutions based on the z Systems mainframe yesterday, a portfolio that’s designed as a platform for enterprise-grade Linux applications. According to ...
PLUMgrid teams up with Linux Foundation to head open network virtualization project
The Linux Foundation and PLUMgrid Inc. are heading up a new alliance of distribution vendors and hardware manufacturers that aim to accelerate Linux networking and virtualization in the modern data center. Called the IO Visor project, the aim is to build a neutral forum that will work together to develop an open, programmable data plane ...
Salesforce adds drag-and-drop eCommerce buttons to its Community Cloud
Salesforce.com, Inc. has added eCommerce functions to its Community Cloud via drag-and-drop Lightning Components, making it possible to display a “Buy Button” on any of its online communities. Salesforce’s Community Cloud is a platform that allows businesses to build websites where they can easily interact with their customers. With the addition of eCommerce functionality, Salesforce ...
IBM boosts Bluemix with streaming analytics & data warehousing services
IBM has expanded its Bluemix platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering with new analytics and data warehousing services as part of a bid to add more analytics offerings to cloud-based apps. With the new services, IBM said developers will be able to integrate both data analytics and visualization capabilities into their applications. The new IBM Cloud tools include ...
Parse open-sources its SDKs for app developers
Parse, the Facebook-owned platform for building native mobile applications, has moved to open-source its SDKs, beginning with kits for Android, iOS and OS X. Those SDKs are available on GitHub now, while SDKs for JavaScript, React, Windows Phone and Xamarin will be made available soon. According to Parse, by open-sourcing its SDKs, developers will be ...
Oracle slams Google, says its “destroyed” market for Java
Oracle Corp. has hit out at Google and claimed that its Android operating system is “destroying” the market for its Java software, and potentially losing it millions in lost revenues from mobile devices. The claims come as part of an amendment to Oracle’s long running lawsuit against Google, in which it claims the search giant’s ...
Report: Configuration problems leaking Big Data all over the Web
Misconfigured installations of enterprise technologies have caused more than a petabyte of data to be exposed online, according to a new report from BinaryEdge. The Switzerland-based security engineering firm probed four popular enterprise technologies in its study, namely Redis, MongoDB, Memcache, and Elasticsearch, and found that configuration problems had led to numerous glaring weaknesses in ...
Rackspace reveals plan to piggy-back on AWS’ success
Having all but thrown in the towel in its public cloud fight against Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rackspace Inc. says its now building a managed services product for its arch rival’s platform. Rackspace CEO Taylor Rhodes announced the plan at the company’s second-quarter earnings call, saying he expects to roll out managed AWS services later ...