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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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Google adds Cloud Dataflow & Pub/Sub to its Big Data suite
Google has made two of its Big Data tools generally available, adding a new data analysis framework and real-time data stream management service to its cloud portfolio. These include Google Cloud Dataflow, which offers a framework for merging data from different sources …