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Redis, the cache that powers Twitter, gets a machine learning module
The growing number of services that run machine learning algorithms under the hood will now be able to tap the popular open-source database Redis’ capabilities much more easily than before. Typically used to cache applications’ most frequently accessed information, Redis has received a new extension today that brings integration with Spark ML. Organizations that employ ...
New MongoDB release can run across regions and perform graph analytics
After more than 20 million downloads and thousands of enterprise deals, MongoDB Inc. is launching a new release of its namesake documenet store that is aimed at large organizations with broad and complex datasets. Arguably the biggest enhancement in MongoDB 3.4 is support for graph processing, an addition that will enable users to analyze the relationships among ...
CenturyLink to acquire Level 3 for $34B to boost fiber optic network
The balance of power in the business Internet communications market is about to change in a big way. CenturyLink Inc., the third-largest carrier in the U.S., today entered into an agreement to acquire fiber network operator Level 3 Communications Inc. for about $34 billion. Excluding debt, the deal is worth about $25 billion in cash and ...
With new cloud hardware design, Microsoft aims to overhaul Open Compute Project
Since its launch five years ago, Facebook Inc.’s Open Compute Project has produced dozens of hardware designs that helped drive billions of dollars in infrastructure savings at the social network and other companies. But Microsoft Corp. still sees room for improvement. The software giant will attempt to nudge the initiative in a new direction this ...
IBM buys India’s Sanovi to bolster hybrid cloud capabilities
The growing popularity of hybrid cloud tools has not gone unnoticed by IBM Corp.’s top brass. The company today signed an agreement to buy Sanovi Technologies Pvt Ltd., a Bangalore-based firm that sells software for backing up on-premise workloads to and from the cloud. Its flagship Enterprise DR Management platform lets administrators manage recovery procedures through ...
Google unveils new Material Design toolkit for app designers
After taking the developer community by storm with its Go language and open-source projects such as Kubernetes, Google Inc. is setting its sights on another key segment of the technology world: application designers. As part of its push, the search giant has unveiled a set of homegrown user interface tools that aim to streamline the visual ...
CoreOS launches technical preview of OpenStack deployment tool
Setting up an OpenStack cluster can take weeks or even months of work, but CoreOS Inc. claims that the task can now be completed in under 15 minutes. This speedup is made possible by Stackanetes, an open-source deployment tool that the startup has developed in collaboration with Intel Corp. and launched into technical preview today. It ...
IBM and Slack team up to build smarter chatbots with Watson
Chatbots could become much more useful for knowledge workers if IBM Corp. and Slack Inc. have their way. Against the backdrop of its annual World of Watson summit in Las Vegas this week, Big Blue has struck a partnership with the communications startup to develop new artificial intelligence capabilities for Slack’s messaging platform. Their first ...
IBM augments Watson to better understand humans and data
IBM Corp. today unveiled a new analytics platform and a tool to create virtual agents more easily, both based on its famous Jeopardy!-winning Watson “cognitive” computing system. The company introduced the new services at its second annual World of Watson conference in Las Vegas, which opened today. IBM Chief Executive Ginni Rometty is betting much ...
Salesforce.com backs French sharing startup OpenDataSoft with $5.4M
Turning raw data into useful information is only half the business intelligence journey. Analytics teams must also share the results with their users on time and in an easily understandable format, which is much easier said than done when it comes to complex business or operational metrics. As a result, organizations are turning to providers ...
