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CA continues Agile buying spree with Grid-Tools acquisition
A week after paying $480 million to buy one of the biggest names in the Agile development world for its project management services, CA Technologies Inc. is redirecting the acquisition train to its own partner ecosystem with the purchase of Grid-Tools Ltd. to complement that functionality. The combination could provide a multiplier effect for developer ...
Hadoop gets another open-source stream processing engine courtesy of DataTorrent
A year to the week after launching its homegrown in-memory stream processing platform into general availability, DataTorrent Inc. is releasing the code for the core execution engine under a free license. The move levels the playing field against the open-source alternatives that have hit the scene since then. There are no fewer than three other ...
OpenStack consolidation continues as Cisco picks up Piston Cloud
The OpenStack ecosystem saw another early distributor bow out this week when Cisco Systems, Inc. announced the acquisition of Piston Cloud Computing, Inc. in a deal that has in many ways been a long time coming. The move brings full circle a period of unprecedented consolidation for OpenStack. The crunch started with the networking giant buying ...
MicroStrategy 10 brings new analytic capabilities to the Hadoop table
MicroStrategy Inc.’s has launched a major upgrade to its namesake business intelligence platform that promises to help organizations make more out of the vast troves of data they’re storing in Hadoop. That’s done through improved connector bundled natively into the new release. MicroStrategy 10 enables analysts to manipulate imported information using new search and visualization functionality ...
Microsoft continues Linux embrace with SSH support
Another day, another show of support from Microsoft for the open-source community. A forthcoming update for the PowerShell utility in Windows revealed this week will introduce the ability to manage Linux services from the native command line interface using the Secure Shell protocol and Shell session (SSH). That ends decades of a backhand in which Microsoft ...
Couchbase launches SQL access layer for its NoSQL database
The ability to run structured queries again unstructured data has become a staple feature of analytic systems in recent years, particularly in the Hadoop ecosystem. But the trend is only now reaching the NoSQL world, where Couchbase Inc. is breaking new ground with the debut of a relational access layer for its popular document store. ...
HP bakes Eucalyptus’ hybrid tech into the latest iteration of CloudSystem
Hewlett-Packard kicked off the second round of product announcements at its annual Discover summit in Las Vegas this week with the introduction of a landmark upgrade to its CloudSystem that introduces the ability to support applications originally built to run outside the firewall. The functionality is based on technology from its acquisition of Eucalyptus Systems Inc. ...
Forget flash; Nantero says carbon nanotubes are the future of storage
Just as the traditional enterprise is starting to embrace the potential of flash, a startup called Nantero Inc. is breaking into the scene with an entirely new breed of storage that is described as hundreds of times faster. The launch is the culmination of many millions in investment and no less than 14 years of ...
Arkin releases ‘single-pane’ data center monitor and adds to cash pile
Half a year after emerging from stealth with $7 million in investors’ money and a promise to simplify how data centers are monitored, Arkin Inc. is finally launching its service to take on the numerous existing alternatives that its founders have deemed too complicated. The startup’s answer? Bringing the entire network under a single pane ...
Another win for open-source as Cloud Foundry arrives on Microsoft’s Azure
Microsoft has become the most recent of the three top infrastructure-as-a-service providers to throw its weight behind Cloud Foundry with the release of a preview implementation that will allow users to take full advantage of the free middleware stack. The move marks the latest milestone in CEO Satya Nadella’s efforts to woo to developers and the open-source ...
