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Big Data vendor MapR Technologies Inc. has teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer its customers the chance to test drive versions of Dataguise DgSecure, HPE Vertica and Apache Drill & TIBCO Spotfire via AWS on its Apache Hadoop and …
Intel beats Wall Street estimates in Q4 earnings results
Intel had rare cause for celebration yesterday afternoon when it posted stronger-than-expected fourth quarter profits, showing it’s still a force to be reckoned with even though it’s failed to gain a foothold in the mobile device market. The chipmaker pulled in $3.6 …
Yahoo has just made a massive 13.5TB machine learning dataset available
Yahoo has just handed over what it claims is the world’s largest-ever machine learning dataset to the academic research community through its ongoing program, Yahoo Labs Webscope. The company said it’s hopeful that the release will encourage more people – not just …
AWS to build new data center facilities in Canada
Amazon Web Services might be the leader in the public cloud in terms of revenue, but it still trails its biggest rival Microsoft when it comes to its the physical reach of its cloud. The location of data centers is rapidly becoming …
Google’s autonomous cars can’t be trusted yet
Google’s self-driving cars are still some way from becoming roadworthy, according to a new report the company prepared for the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The report, which looks at all of the test drives said cars undertook from September 24, 2014 …
PC vendors struggle for breath as shipments slump by 9%
The “Big Two” analyst firms, Gartner Inc. and International Data Corp. (IDC), have proclaimed that 2015 was a disastrous year for the PC, with both reporting steep declines in shipments over the last year. The analysts also note that neither Windows 10 …
Databricks could be headed for an IPO amid leadership changes
Speculation is mounting that Databricks Inc., the company behind the Apache Spark cluster computing framework, might be headed for an IPO or perhaps even more after it announced a change of leadership this week. The company quietly appointed Ali Ghodsi, its vice …
Public cloud costs fall 66% in 2 years as competition intensifies
Entry-level prices for cloud computing are now 66 percent cheaper than they were just two years ago, thanks to providers continually slashing costs in the face of increased competition. Tariff Consulting’s (TCL) newly released Pricing the Cloud 2 – 2016 to 2020 …
Microsoft revamps Azure Site Recovery for VMware users
Microsoft has enhanced its Azure Site Recovery (ASR) tools for VMware customers, making it easier for them to back up and recover their VMware virtual servers. “Customers can now protect and replicate their VMware virtual machines and physical servers to Azure, without …
Known vulnerabilities cause 44 percent of all data breaches
Most IT experts are well aware of the need to patch vulnerabilities in their systems as soon as possible, but despite this, known security issues remain the leading cause of corporate data loss and production downtime in the enterprise. That’s the biggest …