Infra
Tape takes on big data at VMworld
Tape is the granddaddy of storage methods. Cheap, secure and durable, it has helped store data since the dawn of modern computing. But far from fading away, tape is proving a resilient solution in…
Cloud
Unicorn sighting: Incident response startup PagerDuty raises $90M at $1.3B valuation
PagerDuty Inc., a startup that helps engineers spot and respond to technical problems, today announced that it has secured $90 million in new financing at a $1.3 billion valuation. The round included a Who’s…
Cloud
On-prem data centers are here to stay, while HCI continues to grow
Gone are the days when it was thought that customers would flock to the cloud and throw away on-premises data centers forever. But even as hyperconverged infrastructure continues to move enterprises forward with cloud, companies…
Apps
Lyft launches its scooter-sharing service in Denver with an eye to expansion
Like rival Uber Technologies Inc., Lyft Inc. is expanding its focus beyond ride-sharing to other modes of transport. The company today took the effort a big step forward by launching an electric scooter service…
Cloud
Salesforce introduces new automation features for salespeople and marketers
Salesforce.com Inc. today introduced new capabilities, including some powered by artificial intelligence, to make the salespeople and marketers using its services more productive. The two biggest additions are rolling out for the company’s flagship Sales…
Infra
Dell earnings surge as company shakes off storage woes
By Paul Gillin
Updated: Dell Technologies Inc. this morning reported strong revenue and earnings growth in its second quarter and raised forecasts for the full fiscal year, calming concerns that the integration of EMC Corp. was distracting…
Apps
Logi Analytics aims to make it easy to embed predictive analytics into business apps
Logi Analytics Inc., a company that sells tools for developers to embed data analytics capabilities into their software applications, is expanding its capabilities with predictive analytics. Logi Analytics offers a development platform that allows…
Big Data
Data for good, or good for nothing?
By Neil Raden
You might have noticed the recent surge in “Data for Good” programs, where organizations devote some resources to doing something perceived to be good for people, or the environment or other causes that aren’t…
Emerging Tech
VR headset sales plummet, but it’s not all doom and gloom
By Duncan Riley
Sales of virtual reality headsets plummeted in the second quarter, but analysts are spinning the numbers as a temporary setback. The numbers, published Wednesday by International Data Corp., showed that sales of VR headsets dropped almost 34 percent…
Big Data
Google has created a new search engine for finding useful data
Google LLC today launched a new kind of search engine for academic researchers and journalists that’s designed to help them find the data they need more easily. Dataset Search provides an easy way to access…