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Starburst now runs distributed queries across all three major cloud platforms
Starburst Data Inc., which sells the commercial distribution of the Trino distributed SQL query engine, today introduced what it says is the first software-as-a-service analytics package that can assess data across multiple clouds. Starburst Galaxy, which the company introduced in February, is being outfitted with the new capabilities and manage cloud-native package that can be ...
SPECIAL REPORT: WHAT'S NEXT IN CLOUD
Why your cloud computing costs are so high – and what you can do about them
Small mistakes in the cloud can have big consequences. John Purcell, chief product officer at custom developer DoiT International Ltd., tells of one customer who made a keystroke error that caused the company to spin up an Amazon Web Services Inc. instance much larger than what was needed. A job that was supposed to finish ...
Grassroots effort helps JPMorgan Chase ease the tech skills crisis
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has found a way to boost employee morale, stem attrition and build its employees’ technology skills. And it’s doing it for the price of pizza and doughnuts. For the past five years, the financial services giant has been nurturing a grassroots program called Ignite based on communities of practice, an informal ...
VMware beats estimates but investors want to see more subscription growth
VMWare Inc.’s third-quarter sales and earnings beat analysts’ estimates on healthy 11% sales growth as the company’s message of helping customers move to multicloud environments appeared to be hitting home. “It’s clear that multicloud will be the model for digital business for the next 20 years,” said Chief Executive Raghu Raghuram (pictured), who took the helm ...
Cloud security unicorn Lacework lands record-busting $1.3B funding round
When Lacework Inc. raised $525 million in a Series D round back in January, it billed the investment as one of the largest in the history of the cybersecurity industry. With an additional $1.3 billion in funding announced today, the security analytics company has set a new high-water mark for investor enthusiasm. The six-year-old firm ...
Foxit integrates digital signatures into its PDF editor
Foxit Software Inc., maker of a line of tools for creating and editing PDF documents, today announced version 11.2 of its Foxit PDF Editor with integrated e-signature capabilities. The combination enables users to create, edit and sign legally binding documents without leaving the PDF editor. The company is banking on simplicity in an environment in ...
Alluxio stokes data orchestration ambitions with $50M funding round
Distributed filesystem developer Alluxio Inc. today announced $50 million in new funding, bringing its total funds raised to date to $70 million. The company also released version 2.7 of its Data Orchestration Platform, claiming a fivefold improvement in input/output efficiency for machine learning training applications and other performance improvements. The company will use the proceeds from ...
Invoca now spots which missed calls deserve the fastest response
Invoca Inc., a maker of artificial intelligence-based software that enables companies to analyze contact center representatives’ conversations with shoppers, today announced a new cloud service that spots missed sale conversion opportunities when prospective customers abandon a call because they fail to reach a live agent. The company targets businesses in complex industries such as health ...
Oracle boosts cloud security in an effort to set itself apart from rivals
In a bid to distinguish itself from other cloud platform providers through a focus on security, Oracle Corp. today is broadening the range of built-in and add-on cybersecurity features in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. The company cited the results of a survey it co-sponsored KPMG LLP last year that found that 78% of organizations use more ...
Talend introduces continuous data quality monitoring and Snowflake integration
Talend Inc. today is stepping up its efforts to promote its concept of data health – a combination of validity, popularity, completeness, discoverability and usage – with a new range of services and features built on top of its data integration platform. The new Fall ’21 release includes a service that uses the company’s data ...