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For many years, Veeam Software Corp. was known for punching above its weight class in the data backup market. Now, with 375,000 customers, $1 billion in annual sales and a valuation more than $5 billion, a case could be made that it …
Partnership with HPE fuels customer interest in startup Pensando
When Pensando Systems Inc. emerged from stealth mode in October, the company unveiled its programmable processor built for edge computing along with $278 million in funding, led primarily by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. During today’s Future Proof Your Enterprise event, Pensando executives …
HPE and Pensando collaborate on new paradigm for distributed services
If one product could power software-defined cloud, compute, storage, security and networking services, that would cover a lot of ground in the enterprise space. This is what Pensando Systems Inc. and its partner — Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. — are banking on. …
Pensando surfs the edge with its entry into a third wave of software-defined networking
Technology tends to arrive in waves, and in the software-defined networking space, a third wave of change is about to break upon enterprise shores. It started with Nicira Inc., which was bought for $1.26 billion in 2012 by VMware Inc. and turned …
Jen Felch embraces role as Dell’s CIO and CDO during time of significant change
2020 has been a year of change and adjustment in ways that few could have imagined. The transformed world has also meant dealing with a new reality for chief information officers in most organizations as well. “The role of the CIO just …
From commodity to technology: Pure extends storage vision in evolving enterprise data market
Corn, wheat, barley, soybeans, oats … and data. They all require storage like any other commodity, yet Pure Storage Inc. has taken a different point of view when it comes to handling data. Several years ago, the enterprise computing world appeared headed …
Get ready for state-backed digital cash, programmable 5G and synthetic media
The world feels like it has been irrevocably changed in the past few months, but that may be just the warmup act. Before long, new disruptions in key areas such as finance, media and global communications could soon take center stage. Disruption …
Render’s simplified deployment solutions for developers gain traction in US and Europe
He was the eighth employee hired at payments platform Stripe Inc. in 2011 and watched as the business grew to earn a $20 billion valuation in less than a decade. But for Anurag Goel, founder and chief executive officer of Render Services Inc., one …
Reconnecting with empathy: How Pegasystems leads clients from channel-focused to customer-centric
It was the third interaction on a customer service call to his cable company that sent Don Schuerman (pictured, right) over the top. Schuerman, chief technology officer of Pegasystems Inc., needed to increase his home bandwidth as a result of being suddenly forced, …
IBM Think 2020 sets company record for participants at digital-only event
After moving from a live in-person event to a digital-only experience in May, IBM Think 2020 is officially in the books. Yet, the lessons learned from putting on three days of livestreamed content and interactive sessions still resonate among IBM Corp. staff, …