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IBM moves quickly to shift software base to Red Hat OpenShift
IBM Corp. is losing no time in its efforts to demonstrate results from its acquisition of Red Hat Inc., which closed just three weeks ago. The company today is announcing that it will make much of its software portfolio available in cloud-native form on OpenShift, which is Red Hat’s version of the Kubernetes container orchestration ...
FEATURE
Why hardware still matters in the era of cloud computing
The University of California at San Diego has adopted a cloud-first strategy that involves retiring three mainframes, shifting as many computing workloads as possible to the cloud and abandoning on-premises software in favor of software-as-a-service wherever possible. “I long ago realized that the CIO should be more of a supply chain leader than someone who ...
Replicant raises $7 million for conversational AI system for contact centers
Artificial intelligence startup Replicant Inc. today said it has raised $7 million in seed funding for its customer relationship-focused voice response technology and appointed a former executive from contact center unicorn Talkdesk Inc. as chief executive. The San Francisco-based company said its automated assistant can carry on complex and detailed conversations with customers with response times ...
Data governance specialist Collibra zeroes in on raft of new privacy regulations
Collibra Inc., which makes software that helps companies enforce the integrity and security of their data, today is launching a new product aimed at helping enterprises comply with two major privacy-related regulations: the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation and the soon-to-be-enacted California Consumer Privacy Act. The data governance specialist, which has raised $234 million, ...
SAP stock falls as earnings come up short, but execs say it’s a blip
SAP SE missed estimates on both profit and revenue in its fiscal second quarter, sending its stock down nearly 5% in early trading, but the company blamed the shortfalls on uncertainty caused by trade tensions with China and said it’s on track to meet its forecasts for the full year. Revenue rose 11% year-over-year, to $6.66 ...
ANALYSIS
IBM’s revenue slide drags on, but strong profit growth buoys investors
Updated: IBM Corp.’s business continued to shrink in its fiscal second quarter, although its profit grew at a faster clip than analysts expected and the company reaffirmed its full-year earnings guidance. The news initially buoyed investors, but sentiment turned negative after the company’s earning call with analysts, sending shares down more than 1% after hours. ...
Cloudera relents, adopts pure open-source strategy
Who acquired whom? Although billed as a “merger of relative equals,” last fall’s combination of Cloudera Inc. and Hortonworks Inc. was by all accounts a Cloudera acquisition of its smaller big-data rival. But it now appears that Hortonworks’ open-source business model has won the day. Cloudera Wednesday quietly announced changes to its licensing policy that ...
Alluxio’s data orchestration platform now spans multiple clouds
Alluxio Inc., developer of a virtual distributed file system aimed specifically at data science and analytics workloads, today released what it says is the most significant enhancement to its platform since its initial release more than three years ago. The company sells a commercial version of its namesake open-source data orchestration technology, formerly known as ...
ANALYSIS
After closing Red Hat acquisition, IBM bids for hybrid cloud dominance
When it announced its intention to acquire Red Hat Inc. last October, IBM said it expected to close the deal in the third quarter of 2019. Big Blue let little grass grow under its feet in fulfilling that pledge, announcing this morning that it has finalized the acquisition deal just nine days into the quarter. ...
MapR pins hopes on single investor as rescue deadline passes
MapR Technologies Inc. missed a self-imposed July 3 deadline to secure new funding or find a buyer, but said it’s continuing discussions with a potential funding source that could keep the big-data company in business. “MapR is making meaningful progress toward a strategic transaction,” David H. Greenberg, vice president or legal at MapR, said in a ...