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When Oracle Corp. acquired Sun Microsystems for $7.5 billion in 2009, there was some concern expressed in the tech community that the company would view Sun’s open-source database – MySQL – as a troublesome competitor, destined for oblivion. Instead, Oracle has taken …
Apps ON Cloud Summit focuses on application optimization solutions, May 11-13
The use of cloud applications has grown to a point where few, if any, businesses can operate without them. Apps enable people to connect, create, save money and time, and generally power key engines of the global economy. A growing problem, however, …
New version of Enterprise Manager helps Oracle customers connect the hybrid dots
Oracle Corp. is strengthening its offerings for monitoring and management automation in the hybrid cloud. The company announced the newest release of Oracle Enterprise Manager in late April. The latest version – 13c, Release 5 – is designed to create a unified …
Michael Dell talks about VMware, edge computing, inclusion and his forthcoming book
With a net worth of $50 billion, according to Bloomberg, Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Technologies Inc., should by all rights be the richest person in Austin, Texas. He’s not even close. That distinction belongs to recent Texas …
Watch live: Future of edge and storage on the agenda for Dell Technologies World May 5-6
As activity around the enterprise edge continues to heat up, some major technology players are building data processing architectures around multi-access edge computing, or MEC. The services model emerging from this trend will be a point of exploration at this week’s Dell …
Snowflake and Io-Tahoe see growing customer interest in combined solution to address data quality
The partnership between Io-Tahoe LLC and Snowflake Inc. represents an acknowledgement that the power of the cloud combined with intelligent automation is going to play a central role in the future of enterprise data management. When it comes to data the needs …
Dell’s plans for 5G, edge and Project APEX set the backdrop for Dell Technologies World, May 5-6
For Dell Technologies Inc., 2020 set the table for what promises to be a very active 2021. The company achieved a record fiscal year, generating $94.2 billion in total sales, which included a high of $48.4 billion in sales for its Client …
Watch Live: Enterprise interest in AI for analytics drives Io-Tahoe and Snowflake collaboration, Apr. 29
Enterprises are learning that integrating artificial intelligence and machine learning into a data analytics strategy can result in two significant benefits: increased innovation and reduced costs. These two outcomes are fueling interest in the application of AI analytics to massive data stores. …
Unstructured data drives renaissance in file and object storage through Pure’s unified solution
The challenge for enterprise IT is to stay at least one step ahead of the next technology wave. When it comes to data, that means preparing for the unstructured tsunami. Unstructured data is predicted to grow for most enterprises by over 50% …
Watch live: Focus on OpenShift and hybrid just part of the many storylines for Red Hat Summit on April 27-28
For Jim Whitehurst, becoming the chief executive of Red Hat Inc. in 2007 was like ordering a five-course meal and only receiving a couple of appetizers. He expected to find a customer list that represented the core global industries and biggest information …