Novetta enhances Entity Analytics tool
Analytics technology provider Novetta has rolled out a new version of its Novetta Entity Analytics data processing and analytics service. Version 2.5 of the tool has been upgraded to make it easier for users…
SAP dives deeper into data center analytics
SAP SE is set to bolster its analytical tool offerings in the coming weeks, and has previewed a number of upcoming new capabilities aimed at different kinds of enterprises. Earlier this week, SAP unveiled…
HP fronts up $100M to settle Autonomy-related shareholder suit
Hewlett-Packard Co. is forking over another $100 million as the courtroom drama over its ill-fated $11.7 billion acquisition of Autonomy Corp. continues In the latest round, HP said it’s decided to cough up the cash…
Mesosphere’s Data Center OS launches into general availability
Mesosphere, Inc. has announced the general availability of its Data Center Operating System (DCOS), the latest gambit in its bid to rule the data center and make everything fully virtualized. The company said the…
Talkdesk nabs $15M to spin up cloud-based call centers
The telephone might be rather old as far as technology standards go, but there’s no doubt it’s still one of our favorite ways to communicate with companies, especially when we require a fast response.…
Facebook kicks satellite plans into touch
Facebook has reportedly given up on a project to launch an Internet-delivering satellite into orbit, according to a report in The Information. Amir Efrati writes that the previously unknown project (outside of Facebook) would…
Apple makes a Swift shift to open-source
Apple is open-sourcing its Swift programming language in a bid to make it more pervasive. The Swift language’s compiler and iOS, OS X and Linux libraries will be made available under an open-source license…
Teradata adopts Presto for Hadoop SQL queries
Big Data analytics firm Teradata Corp. is throwing its considerable weight behind the open-source Presto project, which provides an SQL query engine for interactive queries. This could be a very big deal. Presto was,…
Microsoft opens first Transparency Center in Europe
Microsoft has opened the doors to a new “Transparency Center” in Brussels, allowing European governments to review the source code of its software to ensure it doesn’t contain any “backdoors” that might allow U.S. intelligence…
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Google’s cloud analytics focus is a smokescreen, analysts say
Google might have lost the cloud race to Amazon Web Services, but it certainly hasn’t lost the war. Not yet anyway. Instead of chasing its rivals for market share, Google is heading down a…