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Birst reshapes Big Data for the user with new release
Big Data is rapidly transforming the way businesses operate, but there are numerous ways in which data analysis can be presented and used. The results of data analysis – a mishmash of graphs, visualizations and confusing dashboards – can often be overwhelming and confusing, which is why there’s such an advantage to be had in ...
Cloudera valued at $4.7 billion but won’t turn a profit soon, analysts say
Hadoop is getting hotter, and that can only be good news for Cloudera Inc. as it looks to cash in on one of enterprise software’s biggest trends. Rival companies like Hortonworks Inc. and IBM might have thrown a spanner in the works when they established the ever-so-slightly controversial Open Data Platform, but Cloudera is still ...
Microsoft hints at Windows-as-a-Service strategy for future revenues
The software-as-a-service (SaaS) model has expanded rapidly in the past few years, with many companies preferring it over the traditional licensing model. But Microsoft, the biggest software company of them all, has been somewhat slower to embrace the concept, and is only beginning to do so now that its traditional cash cows are feeling the ...
USBKill transforms your thumb drive into a kill switch
Cybercriminals who spend their lives looking over their shoulders, terrified of being caught red-handed by law enforcement with a laptop full of incriminating information can breathe a little easier, thanks to an empty USB drive and some simple code. That’s because a coder who goes by the name “Hephaestos” has just released a Python script ...
Microsoft brings Azure to your data center with Azure Stack
Microsoft is boxing up a number of its cloud-based operating system components into a new Azure Stack offering that’s designed to be run in customers on-premise data centers. The new service extends Microsoft Azure’s application development and deployment model to any data center, be it a private enterprise or a web hosting company. The Azure ...
Outreach snags $2M to automate sales tasks
Outreach Inc., which delivers a sales platform that helps companies to automate calls and emails, has just announced $2 million in seed funding. The platform is capable of giving salespeople “superpowers”, said Manuel Medina, the company’s CEO, in an interview with VentureBeat. It does so by allowing users to manage more potential customers in less ...
Intel sets its sights on Altera in hostile takeover bid
Intel Corp. could soon launch a hostile takeover of rival chip making firm Altera Corp., after a standstill agreement signed between the two companies comes to an end on June 1. The report comes via Reuters, which cites “unnammed sources” familiar with the matter who said Intel signed the agreement earlier this year, and that ...
Gartner: Enterprises to hold off on PC purchases; higher prices to blame
The PC market has been feeling the pinch for a few years, and things are likely to get tougher as vendors are forced to raise their prices by as much as 10 percent this year, due to the impact of the strong dollar on profits. That forecast from Gartner, Inc. will have a ripple effect ...
Oracle distances itself from Salesforce acquisition rumors
Salesforce.com, Inc. might be up for sale, but Oracle yesterday played down speculation that it is the mystery suitor, as most analysts initially suspected. The comments came directly from Oracle CEO Safra Catz, who didn’t outright deny her company was interested in buying Salesforce, but simply refused to comment. However, she was more forthcoming when ...
Adatao brings its Big Data machine learning tools to the masses
Big Data startup Adatao Inc. is aiming to make business intelligence accessible to everyone with the release of its first products, after it raised $13 million in venture capital late last year. The company’s main offering is the Adatao Data Intelligence Platform, which comes with a user-friendly interface and combines a set of predictive applications ...