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Flash, Cloud Volumes and SAP Hybris are key for NetApp’s next-gen data center
NetApp Inc. has made a series of announcements this year designed to provide additional options for customers looking to modernize data centers for the hybrid cloud. The moves included continued integration with SAP’s HANA solution and leveraged NetApp’s All-Flash FAS enterprise class storage and its Cloud Volumes service for analytics and database migration. “At the ...
Fortinet security strategist sees rise in stealthy attacks as zero-day market matures
Crooks are getting smarter at covering their cyber tracks. The FortiGuard Labs’ Q1 2018 “Threat Landscape Report” sheds new light on the growth of designer malware, tools used by cybercriminals to infect systems in ways that are difficult to detect and harder to remove. “Cybercriminals are evolving their attack methodologies to be able to increase their ...
Is ‘lift and shift’ more trouble than it’s worth?
It seems like a safe and simple proposition. A workload or task can be moved from one compute environment to another, often from an on-premises data center to the cloud. Yet, this process, known as “lift and shift,” can actually create unforeseen issues, according to the top executive of CloudGenera Inc., a cloud decision engine that ...
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VR pioneer Jaron Lanier quit social media and says you should too
Anyone interested in connecting over social media with Jaron Lanier, virtual reality pioneer, computer scientist and consultant for a number of well-known films, is out of luck. He’s not on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter or Reddit for one simple reason: He doesn’t want to be manipulated. Lanier (pictured) is so concerned about the subject of commercial ...
HPE focuses on the intelligent edge and making hybrid IT simple for big data workloads
Increasing complexity in the information technology world is leading companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. to focus its efforts on moving customers to a simpler place. Automation, artificial intelligence, and multicloud management tools are key elements in HPE’s approach to handling big data demands. “You’ve got to make a lot of decisions to be ...
China, blockchain and chips: Western Digital looks beyond storage
Executives at Western Digital Corp. have a lot on their minds these days. This week, their attention was focused on new additions to the company’s data center portfolio involving object storage, enhanced all-flash arrays and a new hybrid storage server platform. Last week, the company launched new artificial intelligence-equipped drives for surveillance cameras and released ...
MongoDB engages developers looking to jump from legacy systems
MongoDB Inc. has built a successful business on the promise of open-source database software, and the firm’s latest product announcements show that it wants to bring more enterprise users to its database platform. To this end, the company is also wooing enterprise developers with MongoDB Atlas, a fully-automated cloud service for modern applications. Developers appear to ...
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How Apple, Pixar and Polaroid fueled the collective genius of innovation
When Steve Jobs decided to visit Polaroid Corp. co-founder Edwin Land many years ago, the Apple Inc. co-founder probably didn’t realize he was writing a new chapter in corporate innovation. Yet, the lessons Jobs took away from that meeting with the inventor of instant photography, involving leadership, creativity and company culture, have reverberated throughout the ...
Hortonworks’ bet on containers, cloud-native and AI in line with partners’ needs
Developers and partners interested in building cloud-native data applications to support analytics had to be pleased with the news out of the DataWorks Summit in San Jose, California, this week. The newly-announced Hortonworks Data Platform 3.0 will support faster deployment of containerized advanced analytics, making that a key part of its next-generation release. “Hortonworks has ...
From Big Iron to Big Data: Syncsort takes a fresh look at future applications
Syncsort Inc. has carved out a role for itself as a provider of technology to bring information stored on mainframes into the robust world of big data processing. Now the company is strengthening its portfolio with the release of software to handle enterprise workloads on-premises or in the cloud, while building a new bridge for ...
