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Google Cloud Platform gets lower latencies, faster connections
Google LLC announced some updates to its cloud platform today that should lead to a significant reduction in network latency for its customers and faster, more secure connections for those seeking higher availability. The first update relates to part of the core infrastructure of Google’s cloud. The internet giant said it’s updating the Andromeda software-defined ...
IBM updates Watson so it can feed data-hungry AI apps faster
IBM Corp. is looking to make data more accessible for its Watson Data Platform so it can be used by applications that leverage artificial intelligence. The company on Thursday said it’s adding new data cataloging and refining features to Watson that will make it easier for developers and data scientists to prepare and analyze data ...
Cybersecurity stocks tumble on disappointing outlooks
A number of high-profile cybersecurity firms have been left reeling as investors rushed to sell off their stocks after being disappointed by recent earnings results. The latest company to be hit is Symantec Corp., which saw its share price fall by 8 percent, to $29.58, in after-hours trading Wednesday. That came after the company reported a ...
VMware acquires VeloCloud in a bid to take on Cisco in networking
Updated Virtualization software giant VMware Inc. today announced it plans to acquire software-defined wide area network provider VeloCloud Networks Inc. in a move that suggests it’s squaring up to battle Cisco Systems Inc. for dominance in the networking world. No purchase price was revealed for the deal, which is expected to close in VMware’s fiscal ...
VMware’s new Photon OS boosts security and cloud app options
VMware Inc. is updating its Project Photon OS platform for running software containers with new security improvements and support for more packages for prototyping and deploying cloud-native applications. Photon OS is an operating system that has been optimized for software containers, cloud-native apps, public clouds and VMware’s infrastructure. Software containers are used as a way ...
Apache Kafka data streaming engine hits milestone as version 1.0 goes live
The Apache Kafka distributed data streaming engine has finally hit version 1.0, a milestone that indicates the platform is finally ready for mainstream business. “Apache Kafka is playing a bigger role as companies are moving to real-time streaming and embracing stream processing,” Jun Rao, vice president of Apache Kafka, said in a statement. “The 1.0.0 ...
With platform update, Periscope Data takes aim at data fragmentation
Big data analytics startup Periscope Data Inc. is the latest company to takee a crack at helping companies organize their data more effectively. The San Francisco-based company has just revamped its flagship product to address the complete “analytics lifecycle,” enabling data teams to organize, analyze and report on data easier and faster via a single platform. Periscope ...
Microsoft has built a secret network emulator it says can prevent most cloud outages
Microsoft Corp.’s researchers have lifted the lid on a new “cloud-scale” emulator they’ve built that’s designed to completely eliminate outages in its public cloud. The emulator is called CrystalNet, and it was one of the main subjects of discussion at the ACM Annual Symposium on Operating Systems Principles 2017 event that’s taking place this week ...
IBM unveils new software platform to bridge public and private clouds
IBM Corp. has built a new software platform that makes it easier for companies to shift on-premises applications and workloads into private clouds, and from there into public cloud environments as well. The new platform, announced today, is called IBM Cloud Private, and it’s designed to help organizations set up on-premises private cloud environments with ...
Samsung shakes up management after posting record earnings
Hours after reporting record earnings, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Tuesday revamped its executive ranks, replacing its co-chief executives in an attempt to stem a leadership crisis that began with the conviction of its top executive in August. The South Korean tech giant appointed new heads of its three main business lines: mobile, electronics components and ...