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Uber Inc., which builds the ride-sharing app of the same name that has taxi firms the world over running scared, could soon be worth $50 billion if rumors of a new $2 billion funding round hold true. Uber apparently told investors of …
Russian-made Elbrus chips, PCs and servers hit the market
Ever since Edward Snowden lifted the lid on the full extent of the NSA’s mass surveillance programs, foreign nations have been looking for alternatives to U.S. manufactured equipment. In the wake of Snowden’s revelations, one Russian firm announced its intention to build …
Tableau Software thrashes analyst expectations in Q1
Tableau Software Inc. posted blockbuster first quarter of 2015 earnings, showing an astonishing 75 percent revenue growth year-over-year to $130.1 million. That figure helped the firm to smash the estimate among analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters of $115 million in revenue. Tableau …
New Relic aims to keep a lid on Docker containers
While Docker containers are still relatively rare as far as actual production deployments go, security will be a major challenge for IT operations teams in the coming years. A number of Docker security concerns have already been raised, but data analytics firm …
Teradata stock price tumbles on poor Q1 earnings
Teradata Corp’s stock price took a tumble after it reported disappointing first quarter earnings numbers yesterday. The Big Data analytics firm saw its first quarter revenues slip by seven percent to $582 million, compared to $628 million in the previous year. Also, …
Uber bids $3B to take HERE Maps off Nokia’s hands
Alternative transportation outfit Uber Inc. has yet to make any major acquisitions, but that could be about to change, with rumors emerging that its entered the race to snap up Nokia’s mapping product HERE, according to The New York Times. That Nokia …
SAP takes a shot at the Internet of Things with its Hana Cloud Platform
SAP SE might be struggling to get its cloud business up and running, but that hasn’t deterred it from pushing onwards and upwards. And so what’s next? The Internet of Things (IoT). The company unveiled its HANA Cloud Platform (HCP) for the …
SAP launches a one-click app store for the enterprise
When it comes to downloading new apps the process for consumers is so easy they barely even think about it. Simply click on ‘download’, wait and while and, voilà! There it is, ready to be played with. If only it were that …
Google unveils its Bigtable NoSQL database “as-a-service”
You might not have heard of Google’s Bigtable database, but you’re almost certainly a regular user. That’s because it’s the database that powers the majority of Google’s products, including search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube and more. It’s a huge and extremely powerful database capable …
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 …