Big Data
Dell EMC, SAP tag team on digital transformation for customers
An oil rig company is analyzing the pressure data of a rig in the Gulf of Mexico to make sure it’s not going to burst. A train company is taking measures to know when…
Apps
Slack’s new Actions feature adds a new dimension to team chat
Adding a new wrinkle to the highly competitive team chat market, Slack Technologies Inc. today unveiled Actions, a new feature that gives its 8 million users an easier way to access the services they rely…
Emerging Tech
The stats behind PowerMax’s speed and how Dell EMC is future-proofing workloads
Dell EMC is looking to revolutionize the way traditional data centers perform with the introduction of a new high-end storage product, PowerMax. The new line takes the best of Dell and its acquired technologies from…
Big Data
Datometry tackles three-headed IT monster: time, money and risk
What keeps chief information officers up at night? Time, money and risk. The triple-headed monster accounts for the biggest source of heartburn for information technology executives when it comes to database migration. This is…
Infra
Facebook open-sources Katran, its latest network load balancing software
With billions of people all over the world using its services, Facebook has long been forced to develop its own networking infrastructure in order to cope with the load because the systems and technologies…
Big Data
Okera launches from stealth mode to solve enterprises’ data governance problem
San Francisco-based Okera Inc. is on a mission to tackle the barriers that make it difficult for enterprises to take full advantage of their data. The startup, which was founded by two former Cloudera…
Big Data
As data-driven road gets bumpier, Informatica and others race to finish
By R. Danes
As if data collection, cleansing, wrangling, mangling and disentangling weren’t frustrating enough to enterprises, the General Data Protection Regulation is going live this month, impacting any business with customers in Europe. How are companies going to…
Big Data
Is this CloudIQ system the ‘Fitbit for storage’?
As an increasing number of companies undergo digital transformation, the potential for tech across business processes is growing and enabling innovation that improves efficiency and security. With many customers eager to take the next…
Cloud
Red Hat’s newest hyperconverged infrastructure links data centers to the network edge
Open-source software giant Red Hat Inc. is merging its Ceph Storage platform with its OpenStack distribution to create a new hyperconverged infrastructure product that combines compute and storage functions in a single, colocated private…
Apps
Cloudtenna debuts with new search software to tackle enterprise file sprawl
A startup called Cloudtenna Inc. is betting on its ability to tackle the problem of “file sprawl” in enterprises after landing $4 million in a seed funding. The round for the Sunnyvale, California-based company,…