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Google Inc., just won’t give up on its ambitions to unseat Windows from the desktop, no matter how hopeless it’s Chromebooks might look to business power users. It’s latest plan? It’s teaming up with VMware Inc., and Nvidia Corp., to bring some …
All aboard the Hadoop horse: Can vendors make a difference?
Newly formed partnerships between large technology firms and Hadoop startups have refocused attention on the open-source data analysis software. But can such high-profile alliances give one framework the edge over the rest? The most recent of these partnerships went down last month, …
Red Hat eyes up the cloud with CloudForms 3.1 | #VMworld 2014
Red Hat Inc., might already be a superpower where Linux is concerned, but it has no intention of resting on its laurels. It has ambitions to become a major player in the cloud as well, and to that end it’s launched an …
VMware unveils its own OpenStack distribution | #VMworld
VMware has been focused on the software-defined data center for some years, but now the virtualization giant wants a piece of OpenStack too. Yesterday the company announced at VMworld 2014 its plans to integrate OpenStack application programming interfaces (APIs) with its cloud …
VMware embraces Docker to head off container threat| #vmworld
If there were any doubts about the disruptive potential of container technology, they’ve been cast aside by the news that VMware Inc., is teaming up with Docker Inc., Google Inc., and Pivotal Software Inc., to integrate it with VMware’s virtualization software. VMware …
Forrester Research says it’s time to ditch physical storage arrays
It’s no secret within the storage industry that sales of physical arrays are slowing down. What with alternatives like cloud storage and virtual arrays proving themselves to be far cheaper and just as useful, it’s getting harder to justify the cost of …
Intel, HyTrust team up on cloud data security
The advent of cloud computing has made geography virtually meaningless as it means we can store and access data from anywhere. But this doesn’t solve the problem of data security policies that require the enforcement of physical boundaries, a challenge that HyTrust …
Microsoft unleashes its first NoSQL database into the cloud
Microsoft has just shipped out its first-ever non-relational database on Windows Azure, which also happens to be its first database product of any kind since releasing its legendary SQL Server. Called “DocumentDB”, the database is a complete departure from Microsoft’s relational roots, …
Deadly Docker: Why containers are a threat to cloud virtualization
Few technologies have more disruptive potential than Docker. Although the company and its namesake technology are barely two years old, almost every major cloud vendor has, or is in the process of, providing support or integration with Docker. If you aren’t familiar …
Twitter’s Big Data crunching ‘BotMaker’ muscles in on spam
If you’re an avid Twitter user, you might have noticed a significant drop in the amount of spam messages and tweets bugging you. That’s because Twitter’s introduced a new anti-spam system called BotMaker that’s helped it to achieve a 40 percent reduction …