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Hortonworks shores up Hadoop security with new open-source technologies
Security emerged as a central talking point at the Hadoop Summit today after Hortonworks Inc. introduced a set of new features for its distribution of the platform aimed at helping customers protect their deployments more effectively. Standing out in particular is the addition of integration with Apache Metron, an emerging open-source system for identifying malicious activity. ...
The creators of Linux’s I/O stack just raised $40M for their new storage startup
The software-defined storage market is crowded with dozens of vendors ranging from small startups to well-established incumbents like EMC Corp., but Khosla Ventures believes that there’s still room for one more. The technology investment giant was today named among the contributors to a $40 million round into an outfit called Datera Inc. that promises to provide a ...
Robin Systems wants to containerize the world’s Hadoop and NosQL clusters
The surge of interest in containerization that Docker Inc. helped spark a few years ago was followed by the rise of several other venture-backed startups likewise set on monetizing the technology. One of the most heavily-funded names on the list is Robin Systems Inc., which is applying the emerging virtualization approach to Hadoop and other ...
CropX raises funding, revamps its sensor tech to extend the Internet of Things to the field
Out of all the industries that stand to benefit from the new types of connected devices entering the market these days, few have more to look forward to than the agriculture sector. Aerial survey drones are making it possible to spot weeds and other pests before they can spread, while on-site weather stations are facilitating ...
The start of a new era? Google natively integrates its public cloud with OpenStack
Linking on- and off-premise infrastructure will become much easier for OpenStack adopters once they upgrade to the new version of the platform that launched last week, at least if they plan on using Google’s public cloud. The Alphabet Inc. subsidiary has contributed a homegrown block storage driver to the release that makes it possible to ...
What you missed in Big Data: The rise of deep learning
The artificial intelligence craze continues to spread in the enterprise market. Last week saw Nvidia Inc. add its name to the long list of vendors trying to monetize the trend by introducing a new graphical processing unit specifically designed to run deep learning algorithms. The Tesla P100, as the chip is called, is the biggest ...
What you missed in Cloud: The operating systems of the future
Since the initial launch of OpenStack in 2010, the cloud ecosystem has taken a small break from its usual hustle and bustle every six months to welcome the platform’s newest bi-annual release. Last week saw the tradition repeat itself once again following the introduction of Mitaka, the 13th iteration of the project, which brings a ...
LinkedIn releases its internal Hadoop optimization tool
Less than two weeks after open-sourcing its internal application testing system, LinkedIn Inc. is expanding its open-source software portfolio once again with the release of Dr. Elephant, a performance optimization engine designed to help speed up Hadoop queries. The software was developed to spare the social networking giant’s data science team from having to manually instruct ...
Rackspace bolsters private cloud lineup with new on-premise OpenStack offering
Six years after its initial release, OpenStack is proving to be an attractive alternative to traditional data center management software for many organizations. But not every enterprise that would potentially be interested in adopting the platform can put together an implementation by itself, a segment Rackspace Inc. set out to tap this week by introducing the option ...
In blow to Intel’s data center reign, Google endorses IBM’s Power chips
Seeing how a large number of today’s most important data center trends originated from the web-scale crowd, Intel Corp. better take note of Google’s newly publicized interest in IBM Power chips. At an event hosted by Big Blue in San Jose yesterday, the Alphabet Inc. division revealed that it’s teamed up with Rackspace Inc. to ...
