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Report: SAP is buying Hadoop-as-a-service startup Altiscale for over $125M

By Maria Deutscher Aug 26, 2016

It appears that more consolidation is on the way for the analytics ecosystem. An anonymous insider has told VentureBeat that SAP SA is in the final steps of closing a $125-million-plus agreement to acquire Altiscale Inc.,…

Rackspace going private in $4.3B deal

By Paul Gillin Aug 26, 2016

Cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace Hosting Inc. is going private in a $4.3 billion deal announced this morning. The deal comes after three weeks of speculation that the hosting provider would seek an alternative to the public…

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Wikibon says hyper-convergence has reached a market tipping point

By Bert Latamore Aug 26, 2016

When Wikibon introduced the concept of the Server SAN in 2014, “hyper-convergence” was not yet a term in general use, and many considered it to be a small piece of the highly fragmented storage marketplace.…

Lyft updates its business profiles, offers users custom expense reports

By Collen Kriel Aug 26, 2016

Lyft Inc. introduced business profiles in April as a way for users to record their rides depending on whether it is for personal or work-related use and charge it to a different payment card. The…

HPE & HP Inc. hit with age discrimination lawsuit

By Mike Wheatley Aug 26, 2016

The Hewlett-Packard sisters are in the doghouse, facing a class action lawsuit that accuses the two firms of discrimination against older employees back in the days when the two companies were one. The lawsuit,…

Analysts remain bullish on Hadoop even as Spark threatens to steal the show

By Mike Wheatley Aug 26, 2016

Apache Spark might be stealing all of the headlines in Big Data circles these days, but Hadoop remains as hot as ever, according to a new forecast from Research and Markets that predicts strong…

Australian academics say Microsoft Excel is messing up many scientific research papers

By James Farrell Aug 26, 2016

According to a recent report, Microsoft’s spreadsheet software, Excel, is to blame for numerous errors in academic papers. The report states that when the software has been used to name genes in the study…

Microsoft gives away free Windows Server licenses to VMware customers who’ll switch to Hyper-V

By Mike Wheatley Aug 26, 2016

Microsoft is making another effort at pinching a few customers from VMware Inc., saying it will give away free Windows Server Datacenter licenses to anyone who switches to Hyper-V. This is a time-limited offer…

WhatsApp updates privacy policy: How to stop your phone number being sent to Facebook

By Collen Kriel Aug 26, 2016

When Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014, users of the popular messaging platform feared the worst when it came to the company’s stance on privacy and restriction of ads. At the time, both Facebook and…

Satoshi Citadel Industries has acquired bitcoin investment app Keza

By Duncan Riley Aug 26, 2016

Philippine Bitcoin fintech startup Satoshi Citadel Industries (SCI) has acquired bitcoin investment app Keza for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2015, Keza allowed bitcoin users to invest in bitcoin or fixed income stocks in the United…

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Report: SAP is buying Hadoop-as-a-service startup Altiscale for over $125M

Rackspace going private in $4.3B deal

Wikibon says hyper-convergence has reached a market tipping point

Lyft updates its business profiles, offers users custom expense reports

HPE & HP Inc. hit with age discrimination lawsuit

Analysts remain bullish on Hadoop even as Spark threatens to steal the show

Australian academics say Microsoft Excel is messing up many scientific research papers

Microsoft gives away free Windows Server licenses to VMware customers who’ll switch to Hyper-V

Satoshi Citadel Industries has acquired bitcoin investment app Keza

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