IBM Extends Spark Push With Analytics Tools
IBM is expanding its Bluemix cloud development platform with a heavy dose of data analytics tools designed to integrate data services into a growing number of hybrid cloud deployments. ...Full Article
Microsoft Eyes Hybrid Cloud Shift With Azure Stack
Microsoft is zeroing in on the steady shift to hybrid cloud deployments with an Azure cloud-based platform that would allow customers to deliver Azure services from their own datacenters. ...Full Article
Docker Acquires Cloud Pioneer Unikernel Systems
Industry consolidation around an emerging application container ecosystem gained momentum this week with Docker Inc.'s acquisition of U.K.-based Unikernel Systems, a developer of lightweight operating systems used to deliver ...Full Article
Hazelcast Platform Targets Cloud, App Container Rollouts
In-memory computing specialist Hazelcast Inc. rolled out the latest version of its "data grid" that includes support for new cloud management and application container deployments along with a higher ...Full Article
‘Social Good’ Startup Captricity Raises $35M to Expand Automation Platform
While most enterprises we cover are focused on scaling their infrastructure and with it their growth, a small but growing number of "social good" enterprises are looking for ways ...Full Article
Getting a Handle on ‘Shadow IT’
Shadow IT, the systems and solutions used inside organizations without explicit approval, are becoming a fact of life for most organizations. Indeed, industry studies estimate that nearly 30 percent ...Full Article
New Ranking of Public Cloud Providers Reveals Big Price/Performance Disparities
As companies increasingly move portions of their advanced scale computing workloads to the cloud, at least one industry watcher warns that the lure of an instant, scalable virtual infrastructure ...Full Article
New Security, Automation Tools Emerge for Containers
New approaches to automating the management of open source software, especially emerging Linux-based application containers, are arriving at a steady pace from key open-source players and startups formed over ...Full Article
Here’s What 6 Smart People Say Enterprise Technology Managers Should Pay Attention to in 2016
Want a prediction that’s a lock for this, and every, year? The pace of innovation in advanced scale computing will accelerate. The spread of HPC into the commercial realm ...Full Article
Cloudability Acquires DataHero to Help Manage IT Costs
Now that most enterprises have been convinced they need a cloud strategy that frequently begins with the embrace of public cloud, a services sector has emerged to help companies ...Full Article
