Page 4228 – SiliconANGLE

Cloud

Microsoft debuts tools aimed at luring companies to its public cloud

By Maria Deutscher Apr 12, 2017

Amazon.com Inc. isn’t the only cloud provider that is working on making it easier for companies to switch from competing products to its platform. Microsoft Corp., the firm’s top rival in the base-level infrastructure-as-a-service…

Cloud

VMware buys Sequoia-backed monitoring startup Wavefront

By Maria Deutscher Apr 12, 2017

Less than a year after acquiring a partner called Arkin Net Inc. to bolster its network monitoring capabilities, VMware Inc. has made another strategic purchase in infrastructure tracking. The virtualization giant today announced that…

Cloud

Qualtrics reels in $180M to help companies gather better feedback

By Maria Deutscher Apr 12, 2017

Companies have access to a variety of analytics tools that can help them better understand their target audiences, but often the best means of finding out what’s on a user’s mind is simply to…

Big Data

Databricks makes Spark projects easier to manage

By Maria Deutscher Apr 12, 2017

Analytics professionals are increasingly relying on the cloud as part of their work. Databricks Inc. is stepping up its efforts to capitalize on this trend today by launching a new edition of its data…

Cloud

Application container use surges, but lack of persistent storage irks more companies

By Paul Gillin Apr 12, 2017

Investment in containers, the simple, portable software wrappers for applications, is growing rapidly, but a lack of support for persistent storage has arisen as the top challenge of companies adopting the technology. That’s according…

Apps

Slack introduces dropdown message menus for third-party apps

By Collen Kriel Apr 12, 2017

Slack Technologies Inc. has added a new feature called message menus to its messaging app that allows users to add dropdown menus into the middle of Slack conversations. The new message menus are available…

Apps

Dropbox launches offline mode for Paper and scanning feature for Android users

By Collen Kriel Apr 12, 2017

Dropbox Inc. has announced updates for its collaboration tool, Paper and introduces its scanning feature for the Dropbox Android app. Dropbox Paper was introduced earlier this year following a six-month beta. The collaboration tool,…

Emerging Tech

To combat money laundering, Russia may legalize bitcoin after all next year

By Duncan Riley Apr 12, 2017

In a backflip worthy of a gold medal in an Olympic diving competition, the Russian government has announced it may legalize bitcoin next year after previously trying to ban it. The news of the…

Cloud

Amazon Web Services targets MongoDB users for database migration

By Mike Wheatley Apr 12, 2017

Public cloud leader Amazon Web Services is making another move aimed at winning over some of its rival’s customers. The Amazon.com Inc. unit on Monday extended its Database Migration Service with support for MongoDB,…

Infra

Computer engineer arrested for stealing securities trading code from employer

By Duncan Riley Apr 12, 2017

A Californian computer engineer has been arrested on an allegation that he stole proprietary stock trading software from his employer. Thirty-one-year-old Zheng Quan Zhang from Santa Clara was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on one…

the latest

Microsoft debuts tools aimed at luring companies to its public cloud

VMware buys Sequoia-backed monitoring startup Wavefront

Qualtrics reels in $180M to help companies gather better feedback

Databricks makes Spark projects easier to manage

Application container use surges, but lack of persistent storage irks more companies

Slack introduces dropdown message menus for third-party apps

Dropbox launches offline mode for Paper and scanning feature for Android users

To combat money laundering, Russia may legalize bitcoin after all next year

Amazon Web Services targets MongoDB users for database migration

Computer engineer arrested for stealing securities trading code from employer

LATEST FROM THECUBE

UPCOMING CUBE EVENTS

RECENT CUBE EVENTS

IBM's AI Operating Model 2026

Dell Technologies New York Symposium 2026

SEMICON West 2026

AI Data Pipeline Forum 2026

Infor Velocity Week 2026

Dell AI Data Platform Event: From Ambition to AI at Scale 2026

SIGN IN

Bio

Ethics statement

Contact us

Partner with us

Contact us

Guest inquiry