IBM lowers SoftLayer cloud prices but sticks to the plan
IBM is walking a fine line in the public cloud. While trying to remain special and distinct from its rivals, it also wants to stay competitive. At least, that’s what it’s trying to balance…
Facebook open-sources Haxl: Big Data Haskell library
By Kyt Dotson
Yesterday, Facebook announced the open-sourcing of Haxl, a Haskell library used to greatly simplify access to remote data, such as databases and API web-based services. This release continues a trend of Facebook’s strong bent…
HP offers ‘solutions for the new style of IT’ | #HPdiscover
At this week’s HP Discover event in Las Vegas, the executive vice president and general manager of HP’s Enterprise Group, Bill Veghte, sat down with SiliconANGLE to discuss the company’s strategy and embracement of…
Jaspersoft fuels innovation groove with another acquisition
Maintaining momentum after an acquisition is easier said than done in the world of enterprise computing, especially when the purchasing company is a traditional vendor and the new team is coming from a startup…
Bitcoin Weekly 2014 June 11: Yahoo! Finance adds BTC ticker, REEDS Jewelers partners Coinbase, Dark Wallet alpha promises anonymity
By Kyt Dotson
In the news today, Yahoo! Finance follows Bloomberg in adding a Bitcoin market price ticker. REEDS Jewelers is the newest retail chain to partner with Coinbase for bitcoin payments. Finally, Dark Wallet has been…
NFV will cause a paradigm shift for telcos | #HPdiscover
Hewlett-Packard is looking to help telecommunications vendors leverage network-function virtualization (NVF) technology as they advance into the new era of IT. The end goal is to help tlecos respond more quickly to changing demands,…
Two trends driving demand for HP’s converged systems: analytics + virtualization | #HPdiscover
Converged systems have moved from a conversation of potential to real market opportunities. Currently, “20 percent of IT are demanding that they buy converged systems,” said Tom Joyce, SVP & General Manager of HP…
Public clouds befuddled by SLAs? Nonsense!
By Guest Author
Bert Latamore wrote recently on SiliconANGLE about Qubole’s Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) offering and echoed some points made by Jeff Kelly on Wikibon who wrote that “[t]he value proposition for Qubole is…
Highlights from #HPdiscover : Exclusives on HP’s latest storage products
There was no denying the energy felt yesterday’s CrowdChat session for Hewlett-Packard’s annual event, HP Discover (#hpdiscover). The social media discussion ran live during SiliconANGLE’s ongoing coverage from HP’s conference, broadcasting interviews and announcements from theCUBE.…
How vexed government initiatives affect one cloud provider | #IBMEdge
By Rose Meadows
Jeskell is a nearly 20-year old IBM hardware and software reseller that also develops and sells solutions in the federal marketplace. In fact, 70 percent of its business is federal. In an interview for…