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Red Hat scales up Storage Server 3 with support for Hadoop
Red Hat has revamped its Storage Server platform, adding support for the Hadoop framework and the ability to scale up to support larger volumes of data. Released last week, Red Hat Storage Server 3 is the latest version of its software-defined storage (SDS) platform, which is based on the open-source Gluster project the company bought into ...
Divide and conquer: HP plans to split itself into two companies
Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) is poised to split into two separate entities, according to an unconfirmed story in the Wall Street Journal. The restructuring move will result in one company that’s focused on building and selling PCs and printers, and another for its enterprise computing and services operations. The WSJ says HP shareholders will be given ...
Google proposes ‘Physical Web’ to replace apps for smart things
When it comes to smart devices, in almost every case there’s an app for that. But in a world where almost every physical object can potentially be online, it won’t be practical to download an app for all of them. Google thinks it’s come up with a solution. This week, the web giant launched a new ...
Adblock vows to defend users from Facebook’s new Atlas tracking tech
Adblock has just thrown a wrench into Facebook’s bid for world ad-domination with the launch of its revamped Atlas people-tracking system. Atlas was quietly re-launched earlier this week, and not surprisingly the system didn’t go over well with privacy advocates, who dislike the idea of being tracked as they flit from site to site around the ...
VMware’s vSphere 6.0 release candidate is ready for testing
Last month’s VMWorld show in San Francisco was notable for the lack of upgrades to VMware Inc.’s core vSphere virtualization platform. While a new beta version was announced, VMware didn’t say which version was being tested and the news barley received any media notice. Now, though, VMware has let it be known that there’s a ...
Pica8 grabs $12.5M funding to show its software is key to SDN
Software-defined networking (SDN) startup Pica8 Inc. has just announced a $12.5 million funding round led by VantagePoint Capital Partners, Cross Head and Pacific Venture Partners, bringing its total funding to more than $20 million. Steve Garrison, Vice President of Marketing at Pica8, broke the news during an appearance on theCUBE at this year’s Oracle OpenWorld ...
StackEngine wants to help organize your Docker containers
Docker containers are one of the most hyped-up technologies of the last few years, but there’s still a long way to go before containers fulfill their potential of supplanting traditional virtualization. The key to moving Docker along is deployment, management and orchestration tools, says a new startup called StackEngine. The Austin, TX-based company has just unveiled a ...
Open Data’s dirty secret: poor quality and potential for abuse
This week the government released data on more than 4.4 million medical payment records in line with its Open Payments initiative, and it’s already come in for some strong criticism from the media. It’s a reminder that open data, while free, is usually far from perfect. The controversial release, which is required under the Affordable ...
Oracle makes a splash in the all-flash party with its FS1-2 arrays
Oracle Corp. has burst back into the SAN storage scene with the launch of its new Oracle FS1-2 Flash Storage System, which is “like no other array on the market”, writes Wikibon analyst David Floyer in his latest professional alert. According to Floyer, the FS1-2 provides oustanding performance in Oracle application environments thanks to number ...
Reddit gets $50m funding, plans new cryptocurrency to share the wealth
Self-styled ‘front page of the Internet’ site Reddit.com is flush with case all of a sudden, after confirimg a new $50 million funding round. It’s a bucket-load of cash to be sure, but what’s more interesting is that the site is promising as much as 10 percent of the amount will be shared with community ...