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Kinetica aims to speed users onto its graphics chip database train
Kinetica Db Inc., which makes a high-speed in-memory database designed for use with hardware graphics processing unit chips, is adding programs to make its product and applications easier to install and operate. The Install Accelerator and Application Accelerator programs “help customers translate business requirements into best practices for integrating Kinetica into their environment, designing solutions and implementing new use cases ...
Atlassian beats estimates but investors shrug
Atlassian Corp. Plc. exceeded revenue estimates and reported slightly better-than expected earnings for the fiscal first quarter of 2017, but investors bid the stock down a little less than 2 percent in after-hours trading. Revenues of $136.8 million for the first quarter were up 34 percent year-over-year. The operating loss – reported under International Financial Reporting ...
Can your connected devices be hijacked? UK firm has a way to find out
In the wake of last week’s massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the domain name server hosting provider Dynamic Network Services Inc. that brought down some of the internet’s largest websites, I got an email from London-based Bullguard Ltd. informing me of the BullGuard IoT Scanner, a free tool that enables consumers to check whether their ...
VMware calms investor nerves with solid third-quarter results
VMware Inc. today beat analyst expectations for both revenues and earnings per share in its third quarter and raised revenue guidance for the rest of the year as new cloud partnerships boosted sales. The news buoyed investor spirits. VMware’s shares jumped nearly 3 percent in after-hours trading. Third-quarter revenues came in at $1.78 billion, an increase ...
Report says DevOps adopters are failing on security
Organizations are embracing the DevOps approach to software development, with fervor, but they’re overlooking security in the process. That’s according to a new report (pdf) by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. that was released in the wake of last week’s massive distributed denial-of-service attack on the domain name server hosting provider Dynamic Network Services Inc. HPE concludes ...
Wavefront raises $52 million for metrics-based monitoring platform
Data center monitoring provider Wavefront Inc. raised a huge $52 million series B funding round, bringing its total investment to $65.5 million and setting the stage for global expansion. Tenaya Capital joined previous investors Sequoia Capital Operations LLC, Sutter Hill Ventures and others in the round, which comes just eight months after Wavefront’s previous $11.5 million A ...
Actifio ‘virtual data’ pitch catches on with storage-weary enterprises
Big data and the Internet of Things have created an explosion of data, and with it a new set of problems for information technology organizations. Not only do they need to store and manage all that data, but they also must control the multiple copies that are needed to satisfy the applications that use it. ...
Dell EMC exec: Hybrid cloud drives big data’s business value
As a new age of big data analytics dawns, customers are shifting their attention away from building and managing infrastructure and toward turnkey solutions that enable them to focus on building applications that deliver business value. Dell Technologies Inc.’s Dell EMC division is putting the finishing touches on a technology portfolio that will enable that ...
SAP misses on earnings, but buoyant outlook boosts shares
A bullish SAP SE raised its fourth-quarter outlook on third-quarter financial results that it said were “beyond expectations.” The business software giant missed earnings forecasts on slightly higher-than-expected revenues. But the higher forecast appeared to satisfy investors, who bid the stock up about 2 percent in opening trading in trading Friday morning. SAP reported third-quarter ...
Docker support among host of Puppet automation enhancements
Support for Docker containers is among a host of enhancements Puppet Labs Inc. made at its PuppetConf user conference this week. The maker of IT automation software for use in DevOps environments also enhanced its core enterprise product with support for the Jenkins automation server, new reporting capabilities and orchestration features that enable teams to ...
