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Infobright promises x1000 faster queries with new optimization tool
Vendors in the overcrowded data management space are becoming more and more creative in their efforts to stand out from the pack. The latest example of this increasing resourcefulness comes from Infobright Inc., which is rolling out a new offering today that promises to improve the performance of popular analytics systems such as Apache Spark ...
Nimble dives into the all-flash market with new petabyte-scale systems
Six months after word leaked that Nimble Storage Inc. is planning to follow in the footsteps of its top rivals from the hybrid array market and expand to the all-flash category, the news is now official. The vendor this morning pulled back the curtains on a new family of systems packed entirely with 3D NAND ...
Alluxio, the in-memory store for Apache Spark, hits version 1.0
As the Hadoop File System continues to lose traction among Spark adopters, new and more sophisticated storage frameworks are starting to take its place. One of the most popular options is the open-source Alluxio (previously known as Tachyon), which is moving under the wing of a dedicated foundation this morning on occasion of its first ...
Docker takes containers on-premise with new DevOps platform
Thousands of organizations have adopted Docker Inc.’s container engine since its release three years ago, but only a tiny fraction boast large-scale production deployments. And the number becomes even smaller when narrowing down the list to traditional enterprises. The startup is moving to remedy the situation today with the launch of a new platform that ...
xMatters wants to solve DevOps’ communications problem
The first step toward bringing a downed server back online or undoing a botched patch is finding the right person for the task, which is easier said than done in a large enterprise with thousands of employees. Alerting provider xMatters Inc. has carved out a respectable niche for itself helping organizations overcome the challenge that ...
What you missed in Big Data: Training AIs
Last week witnessed yet another escalation in the fight to win over the hearts and minds of the machine learning community. The first shot came from Google Inc., which open-sourced a homegrown automation framework designed to simplify the deployment of the complex algorithms used in recommendation engines and ad delivery platforms. TensorFlow Serving provides the ...
What you missed in Cloud: Reining in off-premise records
Renting hardware resources from a cloud provider is much more convenient than buying and maintaining in-house infrastructure, but managing the workloads running on top is an entirely different story. The difficulty of handling the growing amounts of information that are being moved outside the firewall returned to the agenda last week after Red Hat Inc. ...
KPCB-backed Trusona exits stealth to disrupt user authentication
Venture-backed security startups are a dime a dozen nowadays, but Trusona Inc. stands out. For starters, one of its advisers is credited as the inspiration behind a blockbuster Leonardo DiCaprio film. And more notably, it’s developed a new kind of authentication service that promises to nullify the threat from the so-called session replay attacks that ...
Pivotal picks up Singaporean web development shop Neo Innovation
If three do indeed make a trend as the old journalistic saying goes, then Pivotal Software Inc. is now officially on an acquisition streak. The vendor this week made its third strategic purchase in two months and picked up a Singaporean web development studio called Neo Innovation Inc. that caters to large enterprises. Adobe Systems ...
NetApp to axe 1,500 workers in cost-cutting push
The global economic turmoil is starting to take its toll on the rank and file of the enterprise storage industry. NetApp Inc., the second largest array maker by revenue, this week launched a drastic cost-cutting effort to mitigate the slowing international demand for its hardware that will see nearly 1,500 staffers laid off over the ...
