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Cloudera adds new tools for building data-hungry apps
Big data pioneer Cloudera Inc. is trying to ease the burden for companies building complex applications that leverage new technologies such as machine learning. To do so, today it added a new service called the Shared Data Experience to its Cloudera Enterprise Data Hub platform. SDX, as the service is called, is a suite of ...
In major product overhaul, MapR adds real-time analytics and SQL database support
Big Data specialist MapR Technologies Inc. made waves at the Strata Data Conference on Tuesday, announcing a major overhaul of its flagship Converged Data Platform. The company has introduced a slew of new capabilities for its MapR-DB NoSQL database – a key component of its Converged Data Platform – designed to power a new generation ...
Accelerite eases hybrid cloud management with Rovius Cloud
Cloud infrastructure company Accelerite is getting into the hybrid cloud management game with the launch of its new Rovius Cloud platform. Rovius Cloud is a new product geared toward enterprises that’s designed to simplify the deployment of on-premises and public cloud-based compute, storage and networking resources. It also helps companies to federate on-premises resources with those of ...
Report: 75% of enterprises would pay more for cloud security, performance guarantees
The desire for greater security and performance, along with a skills gap in many cloud deployments, is creating new opportunities for cloud providers to more deeply integrate with their customers, according to a new report from 451 Research Inc. The report, Voice of the Enterprise: Hosting and Cloud Managed Services – Organizational Dynamics, found that ...
Oracle makes new MySQL 8.0 database release candidate available on GitHub
The popular open-source relational database management system MySQL is close to getting a long-overdue makeover with the launch of a new release candidate that’s designed to make the software work better with modern applications. For the uninitiated, MySQL is an open-source RDBMS for creating, updating and administering databases that make use of the Structured Query ...
Splice Machine’s database management platform lands on Amazon cloud
Hybrid database management system provider Splice Machine Inc. hit an important milestone on Monday with the release of its database as a service platform on the Amazon Web Services Inc. Marketplace. Splice Machine’s DBaaS platform is aimed at enterprises that want to build new, next-generation “predictive applications,” the company said. Predictive apps are those that ...
Intel targets high-end gamers with 8th-generation desktop chips coming Oct. 5
Looking to fend off the renewed challenge from rival firm Advanced Micro Devices Inc., semiconductor maker Intel Corp. has just announced the launch of its 8th Generation Intel Core “Coffee Lake” desktop chips that it says are its best gaming processors to date. Intel said Sunday evening that the new generation of processors are designed for ...
Google adds new Nvidia cloud GPUs to accelerate machine learning
Google Inc. is hoping to get more users to run their machine learning and artificial intelligence workloads in its cloud with the launch of new Nvidia Corp. graphics processing units in multiple regions. Specialized cloud GPUs such as those built by Nvidia are designed to accelerate workloads such as machine learning training and inference, geophysical ...
Report: HPE to shed 5,000 jobs, or 10% of its staff, by year-end
Enterprise information technology giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is about to downsize once again, with reports emerging that it’s planning to shed about 10 percent of its workforce, or 5,000 people. Bloomberg, which first reported the cost-cutting measure, citing people familiar with the matter, said the job cuts will begin before the end of this ...
Despite big losses and big competition, database firm MongoDB files for an IPO
New York City-based database company MongoDB Inc. today formally announced its plans to launch an initial public offering. MongoDB, which develops open-source database software including its namesake MongoDB NoSQL database, submitted its IPO plans on Thursday, confirming reports that emerged in August that it was planning to do so. Those reports came after the Wall Street ...