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Software-Defined Storage: Freedom Wrapped in Sheet Metal
A few months after we started Qumulo in 2012, VMware bought Nicira, a hot software- defined networking company, for $1.25 billion. As always, whenever a company without products in ...Full Article
AI, Machine Learning Among Top Cloud Workloads
More evidence is emerging of the inexorable shift of analytics and related workloads to the cloud, with adopters feeling more confident about hybrid infrastructure in their search for ways ...Full Article
GE, Apple Bringing Predix IIoT Apps to iPhones/iPads
The powerhouse team of Apple and General Electric are joining forces to offer predictive data and analytics industrial apps from Predix, GE’s IIoT platform, to Apple iPhones and iPads. ...Full Article
A Wary Look at AI from an IT Implementation Veteran
If the AI hype cycle were a dial setting on a washing machine, it would now be in the spin cycle phase. It’s intense. The talk and hopes for ...Full Article
Challengers Arise to S3 Storage Dominance
When it comes to storing data, Amazon’s Simple Storage Service (S3) is a runaway success. With trillions of files under management spanning many exabytes worth of data, S3 is ...Full Article
Oracle Takes Aim at Public Cloud Heavies, Claims 50% Cost Savings
In an overt attempt to overtake – or at least enter the arena with – the Big Three public cloud services providers, Oracle today unveiled new public cloud offerings ...Full Article
IBM Goes ‘Retro’ For Cloud Data Migration
The rise of streaming analytics, and with it ever-greater volumes of big data in motion, is prompting new ways to "transport" data that is increasing ending up in the ...Full Article
Heptio Looks to Reduce Container Complexity
Startup Heptio announced its latest funding round this week as it seeks to drive application container orchestration deeper into enterprise IT infrastructure by making the technology more accessible to ...Full Article
HPE Reports Q3 Gains Along With Cloud Deal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter ending July 31 despite what it described as continued "commodities cost pressures" related to tighter memory supplies for servers. ...Full Article
