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Google’s cloud platform suffered another outage over the weekend in an incident that seems similar to a more serious brownout that took place last month. Google said the latest outage affecting its Compute Engine, which was first reported by The Register, came …
Gartner: Legacy vendors stay on top of the data analytics tree
The old legacy database vendors might still be the top dogs when it comes to data analytics, but their Hadoop-wielding rivals are hot on their heels, according to Gartner Inc.’s latest magic quadrant for Data Warehouse and Data Management Solutions for Analytics. …
Alibaba shakes up the cloud wars with entry into U.S. market
The cloud computing wars have entered a new phase with the news that Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group is to open its first data center in Silicon Valley, where it will go head-to-head with home grown cloud giants Amazon Web Services (AWS), …
Hadoop vendors turn up the heat as ODP debate ensues
Hadoop heavyweights Cloudera Inc. and Hortonworks, Inc. were at each other’s throats again this week, as they continued a lively debate around the merits of what the latter company is calling the new “governing body” of Hadoop’s development, the so-called Open Data Platform …
SanDisk shakes up the storage stack with new all-flash storage appliance
SanDisk, a company that’s best known for making consumer thumb drives and SD cards, made waves in the storage world this week by entering the market with a flash array that is claimed to be the first to break the $1/gigabyte barrier. InfiniFlash comes …
IBM steps up mobile enterprise push with 3 new Apple apps
Pressing ahead with an alliance it forged with Apple last year, IBM has just unveiled a fresh crop of enterprise-focused iPhone apps at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, targeting the banking, retail, and airline industries. IBM’s partnership with Apple was initiated …
HP advances hybrid cloud push with Helion updates
Hewlett-Packard Co. has reinforced its commitment to the hybrid cloud model with the launch of an updated version of its enterprise-focused, Openstack-based Helion cloud platform. The biggest news is that HP is restoring Helion’s compatibility with Amazon Web Services, following a decision …
Network Wars: Aruba give HP needed credibility in wireless market
Hewlett-Packard Co. yesterday confirmed rumors it wants to buy out Aruba Networks Inc., announcing it would acquire the company later this year in a deal worth almost $3 billion. The acquisition has been approved by the board of directors at both companies …
Drones in the enterprise: How high can they go?
Drones, also called unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are undergoing a dramatic transformation as they evolve from expensive toy to critical business tool. Fitted with sensors and miniature cameras, these unpiloted aircraft are being pressed into service in many industries – scanning agriculatural …
3D Robotics raises $50M to build better drones with mobile chips
Drone and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology startup 3D Robotics Inc. has just raked in a massive $50 million in a Series C funding round led by Qualcomm Ventures, the latest in a flurry of investments going into the industry. The Berkeley, …