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Lyft picks up two startups to fuel ride-hailing growth

By Maria Deutscher Aug 10, 2017

Lyft Inc. is putting the pedal to the metal on its marketing efforts. This morning, the ride-sharing giant revealed that it has acquired two startups focused on user acquisition. The first is YesGraph Inc., a…

Cloud

Hyperconverged infrastructure adoption on the rise, says tech company COO

By Mark Albertson Aug 10, 2017

The newly hired chief operating officer of Winslow Technology Group LLC, a provider of information technology solutions and consulting services, is in a position to hear from IT customers about what excites them. And he’s…

Cloud

Tape storage is alive and well, says Quantum datacenter product director

By Mark Albertson Aug 10, 2017

In the virtualized data center environment, there is seemingly no place for tape storage. But following Veeam Software Inc.’s “3-2-1 rule,” with three copies of data on two different kinds of media plus one…

Big Data

Escape from the ‘Jurassic petting zoo’: Science firm overcomes aging IT

By Mark Albertson Aug 10, 2017

Many companies would probably admit they have not spent enough on information technology system upgrades. Refresh budgets often do not survive when confronted with the realities of cost management in today’s competitive business environment.…

Emerging Tech

Microsoft unveils open-source Coco Framework to speed enterprise blockchain networks

By Kyt Dotson Aug 10, 2017

Microsoft Corp. today announced the release of Coco Framework, an open-source system for building large scale, confidential blockchain networks that meet enterprise standards. With the Coco Framework, enterprise developers can quickly roll out distributed…

Infra

Report: Software container pioneer Docker to raise $75M at $1.3B valuation

By Maria Deutscher Aug 10, 2017

Two years after its last funding round, it appears that Docker Inc. is looking to raise new capital. Citing anonymous sources, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that the pioneer in software containers, which allow companies to…

Infra

Immutable object storage may be best ransomware defense, says analyst

By R. Danes Aug 10, 2017

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Security officers know it, but so do hackers; hence the growth of cleverly camouflaged ransomware. WannaCry ransomware infected more than 230,000 computers by getting users to…

Emerging Tech

Starcraft II becomes a testing ground for new AI research

By Eric David Aug 10, 2017

DeepMind Technologies Inc. made an unexpected appearance at last year’s Blizzcon, an annual convention held by legendary game studio Blizzard Entertainment Inc. for its fans. In between presentations for hit games such as Overwatch…

Cloud

A Swiss success story in guarding against IT systems failure

By Mark Albertson Aug 10, 2017

It’s every data center manager’s worst nightmare. Two active directory controllers broke over the weekend, and now the information technology department at the Baloise Group faced the uncomfortable prospect that if a third controller failed, 1,500…

Big Data

Dell set to grow through channel partners, focused branding, says CMO

By Mark Albertson Aug 10, 2017

Dell’s privatization in 2013 and $67 billion merger with EMC has been a four-year epic, running longer than many television series. The newly branded company that emerged — Dell Technologies Inc. — now stores…

the latest

Tape storage is alive and well, says Quantum datacenter product director

Microsoft unveils open-source Coco Framework to speed enterprise blockchain networks

Report: Software container pioneer Docker to raise $75M at $1.3B valuation

Immutable object storage may be best ransomware defense, says analyst

Starcraft II becomes a testing ground for new AI research

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