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Hitching its wagon to the current craze for “digital transformation,” Alfresco Software Inc. is combining its open-source enterprise content management and business process management services into an integrated package topped by an application development platform. The Alfresco Digital Business Platform is used …
Study finds big rewards in IoT adoption, but troubling security worries
A new study of 3,100 information technology and business decision makers across 20 countries finds strong adoption plans for smart devices – or the so-called Internet of Things — but also serious concerns about security and confusion about how to use the …
Q&A: Application containers finally take off as barriers crumble
Enterprise use of containers — those simple, portable software wrappers for applications — is set to explode, with up to 80 percent of organizations expected to be in production by the end of this year. Brian Gracely (pictured) follows this phenomenon closely …
Splunk issues weaker first-quarter outlook, pushing shares down
Splunk Inc. topped analyst expectations in both revenues and earnings per share in its fiscal fourth quarter financial results, but the stock dove 7 percent after hours on a weaker-than-expected first-quarter forecast. The developer of log analytics tools for operational intelligence said total …
This chief data officer is breaking down silos, one at a time
Ursula Cottone has no formal background in technology. Over the course of a nearly 20-year banking career, she has worked in just about every area of the business, including including branch management, lending, commercial banking, investments and large-scale technical projects. Just not …
Adobe brings cloud-based digital signatures to your smartphone
Adobe Systems Inc. today unveiled its first cloud-based digital signature capability, opening up a potentially huge market of billions of smartphones that currently can’t capture digital signatures. The company also added features to its mobile applications that makes it possible for documents …
Cisco extends network virtualization to branch offices
Extending its belated but seemingly earnest push toward network virtualization, Cisco Systems Inc. today introduced a new hardware platform and virtual network services for branch locations. The networking giant also launched new software for virtualizing the network perimeter and extending that capability …
Genomic researcher tames container data problem to speed new therapies
If you think you’ve got big data challenges, consider the plight of the Translational Genomics Research Institute. The Phoenix-based nonprofit manages and share data on thousands of patients across a network of academic, government, clinical and corporate partners. With each genome sequence consuming …
Talend CEO sees stalled IPO market almost ready to rev
On the heels of strong quarterly earnings powered by a doubling of its big data and cloud businesses, Talend SA’s stock price is flirting with the all-time high it set last August, four weeks after its highly anticipated initial public offering — and …
Syncsort eases chore of integrating data from many sources
Syncsort Inc. is planting its feet deeper into the red-hot data integration market. The Pearl River, New York-based company on Thursday announced enhancements to its DMX-h extract/transform/load, or ETL, software that include integrated workflow and support for the new 2.0 release of the …