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Pentaho eases data handling process with visualization everywhere

By Paul Gillin Oct 17, 2016

Pentaho Corp. is giving data engineers and analysts access to the same tools as business end-users in Pentaho Business Analytics 7.0, which is launching today. The new release also features simplified deployment options, improved…

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What you missed in Big Data: graph processing and machine learning

By Maria Deutscher Oct 17, 2016

Most traditional data management products aren’t equipped to handle the increasingly complex and diverse information that is flowing into the corporate network these days. As a result, organizations are turning to new solutions like…

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What you missed in cloud: Old rivalries are cast aside

By Maria Deutscher Oct 17, 2016

As organizations continue moving and more of their internal workloads to the cloud, it’s becoming increasingly important for traditional IT vendors to address the trend. Last week, VMware Inc. joined the bandwagon by announcing…

Microsoft offers up a checklist to ease cloud procurement decisions

By Mike Wheatley Oct 17, 2016

Microsoft Corp. is positioning itself as the “responsible” public cloud provider by releasing a checklist for customers looking to make cloud procurement decisions. The Cloud Services Due Diligence Checklist is meant to help organizations muddle their…

Docker drops anchor in China with Alibaba Cloud partnership

By Mike Wheatley Oct 17, 2016

Docker Inc. is bringing the container phenomenon to China via a partnership with one of its biggest cloud computing providers, Alibaba Cloud. Founded back in 2009, Alibaba Cloud is the cloud computing arm of…

New Acecard trojan malware asks victims to pose for selfies with their ID cards

By Duncan Riley Oct 17, 2016

A new variant of the Acecard trojan malware for Android has been discovered that asks gullible Android users to pose for selfies with their ID cards. The trojan itself was first discovered in February…

Salesforce walks away from Twitter acquisition, for now

By Mike Wheatley Oct 17, 2016

Twitter Inc. was dealt another blow just before the weekend when the last of its potential suitors, Salesforce.com Inc., distanced itself from an acquisition in the near term. The news follows reports last month…

World’s first commercial drone service delivers blood to remote hospitals in Rwanda

By Duncan Riley Oct 16, 2016

The world’s first commercial drone delivery service has begun, but it’s probably the last place you’d think it would be: the landlocked African country of Rwanda. In a partnership between San Francisco-based drone startup…

Palantir: Suit claiming discrimination against Asians based on faulty data

By Duncan Riley Oct 16, 2016

Big Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies Inc. has responded to allegations that it discriminates against Asians in its hiring process by claiming the methodology used by the U.S. Department of Labor is incorrect, among…

Podcast: analyzing the AWS-VMware deal and much more on the Silicon Valley Friday Show

By John Furrier Oct 15, 2016

This week’s podcast Silicon Valley Friday Show (episode 4) drills down on the industry-changing deal between Amazon Web Services and VMware Inc. to bring a viable hybrid cloud solution to the market. Peter Burris…