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Neo4j’s graph query language launches under standalone open-source license
Neo Technology Inc. made a lot of new friends in the open-source ecosystem this morning after releasing the query language powering its hugely popular graph store under an open-source license. The move officially clears the way for other vendors to implement the syntax in their own systems. The openCypher project, as the startup refers to the ...
Egnyte exploits hybrid cloud reach for new data visibility service
The shift up the value chain among file synchronization providers has finally caught up to Egnyte Inc., which is joining the fray this morning with the launch of new reporting service that promises to provide customers with better insight into how and where their data is stored. The addition attempts to exploit its main advantage ...
Canonical ships LXD as the default container engine in Ubuntu 15.10
Nearly a year after its introduction, LXD is finally coming of age. Canonical Ltd. will include the homegrown virtualization engine in the new version of its popular Linux flavor that is launching tomorrow as the default option for running containers in an effort to draw some attention away from the competition. Docker Inc. single-handedly put ...
Akamai invests in cloud governance startup FireLayers
Striking a balance between security and user freedom has proven one of the greatest challenges for CIOs in recent years. It first hit agenda after workers started taking corporate data outside the firewall with the proliferation of mobile devices and is now reemerging on an even bigger scale in the public cloud, where FireLayers Inc. hopes ...
SanDisk reportedly selling out to Western Digital for $16B+
Continuing what has by now almost become a tradition ahead of major technology acquisitions, insiders yesterday leaked advanced word that SanDisk Corp. is close to clinching an agreement to be bought out by one of its top rivals. The news is reportedly slated to go official shortly after its earnings call tomorrow. The flash memory maker is expected ...
YC-backed Citus Data raises $9.5 million to supercharge PostgreSQL
Citus Data Inc. has seized the growing investor interest in databases sparked by its peers over on the non-relational end of the competitive spectrum to secure a $9.5 million investment that will go towards promoting its commercial flavor of PostgreSQL. It’s a breath of fresh air in a segment that hasn’t seen many early-stage funding ...
Meet Google’s new secret weapon against Microsoft Office
Even with a recent study finding that Office 365 has become the single most widely-used cloud service in the enterprise, many organizations still rely on the traditional desk version of Microsoft Corp.’s productivity bundle for day-to-day work. That segment represents a massive untapped market that Google Inc. now hopes to snatch from under its rival’s ...
Illusive Networks raises another $22 million for its souped-up security honeypot
With the spike in data breaches over recent years showing that it’s becoming increasingly difficult for organizations to keep intruders out of their systems, Illusive Networks Ltd. is proposing a new approach to fending off cyberattacks that may just help curve the trend: Combating hackers once they’re already behind the corporate firewall. That unique value proposition has earned the Tel ...
ZeroStack raises $16 million for its converged OpenStack appliance
Venture capital keeps pouring into the OpenStack ecosystem. Only two months after Mirantis Inc. raised a formidable $100 million in funding for its commercial distribution of the cloud management framework, ZeroStack Inc. is announcing the completion of a $16 million investment that will help promote its own rivaling flavor. The ZeroStack Cloud Platform is a ...
AllSeen Alliance releases major security update for IoT standard
The advantages of extending the web beyond traditional end-points into everyday life can only be attained so long as hackers aren’t able to turn that expanded reach against the users whom it’s supposed to benefit, which is what the AllSeen alliance hopes to ensure with the latest changes to its connectivity framework. Reaching the necessary ...
