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Big Data vendor Teradata Corp. has chalked up another disappointing financial quarter, and has said it’s taking drastic action to rectify the situation by getting out of the business for marketing applications. The company’s revenues fell again, with the $606 million it …
Google intros TensorFlow, a machine learning system for everyone
Google has long been considered a leader in the field of machine learning, and now it’s hoping to share some of its expertise. The Web giant has just open-sourced a new machine learning system called TensorFlow that can do everything from finding …
Prison officials want your help to stop drones delivering drugs
The US Federal Bureau of Prisons has asked the public for ideas to help them stop contraband-laden drones from flying drugs into prisons. While legal drone deliveries won’t take off until next year at the earliest, contraband smugglers have been using quadcopters …
Docker 1.9 intros a fix for container networking headaches
Docker Inc. rolled out Docker version 1.9 last week with a major fix that makes containers a lot more ‘network aware’ than they ever were. One of the biggest problems for Docker users was they had few options when connecting one container …
Microsoft readies its next major Windows 10 Fall Update release
Microsoft is on the verge of issuing its first major update to Windows 10. Officially called the Windows 10 Fall Update, the upgrade adds new functionality and a number of bug fixes to the operating system. The final test build of the …
Tech giants bet on Swagger in new Open API Initiative
We never stop hearing about how APIs are facilitating the development of all kinds of weird and wonderful apps, and now the Linux Foundation is jumping on the bandwagon with the launch of the Open API Initiative (OAI) to promote a common, …
Microsoft teases its Windows Store for Business
Almost a year after it first unveiled plans for a dedicated business app store, Microsoft is prepping the release of its Windows Store for Business for Windows 10. The Redmond-based firm will first introduce the store to those who’ve signed up for …
Cask Data collects $20M to help devs brew packaged apps on Hadoop
A little-known Hadoop developer called Cask Data, Inc. has found itself under the spotlight after securing a $20 million in a Series B financing round led by Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. The round, which also saw participation from Battery Ventures, Ignition Partners and …
Nutanix teams up with Lenovo in China
Nutanix Inc. has engaged China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. as a hardware partner for its hyperconverged software systems, giving it a big leg up as it looks to secure a sizable share of the lucrative Chinese market. Lenovo is to build a family …
Hortonworks beats analysts’ estimates again in Q3 earnings
Hadoop heavyweight Hortonworks Inc. posted its third quarter financials late on Wednesday, reporting adjusted earnings per share of negative $0.74 and revenues of $33.1 million. That performance beat analysts expectations of negative $0.83 per share and revenues of $30.69 million. Hortonworks shares …