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Oracle to offer proof of its commitment to the cloud | #CloudWorld
As Oracle CloudWorld kicks off today in Washington, DC, customers will be looking to see what new cloud offerings and plans the company has in store since announcing its commitment to the cloud at the Oracle OpenWorld 2015 conference. Will they see evidence that founder and CTO Larry Ellison’s vision of bringing hardware and software ...
Micro Focus makes DevOps move with purchase of Serena Software
Looking to build up its DevOps capabilities, Micro Focus International plans to buy Serena Software in a transaction valued at $540 million. The acquisition, which is expected to close in May and is subject to approval from competition authorities in the U.S. and Germany, complements Micro Focus’ offerings and will help customers build and deploy ...
Webscale takes web application delivery to the cloud
If a website can’t quickly add resources when customer usage is high, it can mean lost sales. An unresponsive site or a stalled checkout can cause a person to walk away. The elasticity of running the application on the cloud can help, but cloud service providers’ reactive format, where resources are added when you hit ...
IBM buys cloud CRM company Optevia, builds up public-sector services
To help grow its business in cloud services for government and other public sector organizations, IBM has acquired Optevia, a privately owned software as a service (SaaS) systems integrator that specializes in Microsoft Dynamics CRM solutions for the public sector. U.K.-based Optevia will join IBM Global Business Services where it will help the company meet ...
Datameer Cloud removes barrier to big data analytics
In an effort to bring down the barrier between business analysts and big data analytics, Datameer Inc. today announced Datameer Cloud. Running on Microsoft Azure HDInsight, Datameer Cloud provides one-stop self-service big data analytics—available as a service—to help enterprises integrate, visualize, analyze and operationalize data of any size, type or source. The goal is to ...
Google Cloud to power Apple’s iCloud
Chalk another one up for Google. The company has landed Apple as a customer for the Google Cloud Platform, according to CRN and other resources. Apple is reportedly paying between $400 million and $600 million on the platform. The company has also cut back on its dependence of Amazon Web Services (AWS), which it uses ...
Altiscale Insight Cloud simplifies Hadoop for business users
Business owners looking to quickly and easily make sense of data stored in Hadoop have a new option: Altiscale Insight Cloud, a self-service analytics solution for big data. The new solution replaces more complex, expensive alternatives that require heavy IT involvement, said Raymie Stata, CEO of Altiscale Inc. It allows business users to access and ...
Amazon launches AWS Database Migration Service
More and more companies are moving to the cloud, and Amazon is taking steps to make the transition easier. On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched the AWS Database Migration Service to help businesses shift their production Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases from on-premises data centers to AWS. In October, Amazon ...
Public cloud performance: You don’t always get what you pay for
When it comes to features, security and support from public cloud service providers (CSPs), there’s often a direct correlation between price and what is delivered. That isn’t the case with performance, according to research from Cloud Spectator. Cloud Spectator’s new study, “2016 Top 10 Cloud Vendor Benchmark, European Report,” found the best-value CSPs offer virtualized ...
Cloud usage: Microsoft Azure the most popular IaaS provider
Where do companies turn when it comes to adopting cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS)? According to a new survey by Spiceworks Inc., Microsoft Azure is their top choice. The study, “Diving into IT Cloud Services,” found 16 percent of the 340 IT professionals surveyed use Microsoft Azure for IaaS. And that is expected to ...