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When the SpaceX-12 rocket, developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, next week en route to the International Space Station National Lab, it’ll carry a new passenger: an Apollo 40 high-performance computer by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. specifically for …
Talend CEO on IPO anniversary: ‘I’m happy with our progress’
Mike Tuchen called from Vail, Colorado, where he’s attending the Pacific Crest Global Technology Leadership Forum. The chief executive of Talend Inc. estimates that it’s his sixth investment conference this year, but that’s not unusual for the head of a company that …
Cloud computing is consolidating, raising the risk of customer lock-in
Barely a decade into the cloud revolution, consolidation is already setting in, and the implications for customers aren’t good. That’s according to a new report from Forrester Research Inc. The three areas of greatest consolidation are currently in the base-level computing and storage known …
Quantum leap: Obstacles remain, but a revolution in computing is almost here
Salesman Tom is about to hit the road for a monthlong journey to visit customers and sales prospects, a trip that will take him to 50 destinations across the United States. Tom needs to optimize the trip by three priorities. He must …
CloudVelox extends cloud-moving toolset with on-premises options
Cloud automation software provider CloudVelox Inc. is expanding its migration scope into the data center with release 5.0 of its One Hybrid Cloud software. Announced today, the new release enables three new migration scenarios, including between data centers, racks and cloud to …
Supply chain tops list of Oracle Cloud Applications enhancements
Oracle Corp. wants you to know that it’s serious about supply-chain management. The database giant today is introducing release 13 of its Oracle Cloud Applications suite, anchored by improved user experience, mobility and significantly enhanced supply-chain management features in the form of six …
Proov raises $14M for its proof-of-concept marketplace
ProoV Inc., which offers startups what it calls “pilot as a service,” has raised $14 million in a series B funding round, bringing its total funding to $21.1 million. The company says its cloud service solves a fundamental problem for startups: how …
Teradata revenues plunge, but brightened outlook cheers investors
Teradata Corp., the company that helped to invent big data, is continuing to struggle to come to terms with big data’s success. The data warehousing vendor today reported a steep drop in revenue, to $513 million in the second quarter, down 9 percent …
AMD pleases investors with earnings upside thanks to strength in data center chips
Buoyed by the success of its Ryzen line of Intel Corp. x86-compatible processors and initial favorable reviews of its new Epyc line of chips for the data center, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. knocked its second-quarter results out of the park. Results topped analysts’ expectations on …
Looker and Segment hook up to improve marketing automation performance
Data segmentation and analytics firm Segment.io Inc. has joined forces with rising business intelligence star Looker Data Sciences Inc. on a technology integration that enables Looker users to pipe the results of their analysis into Segment’s data pipeline for purposes such as …