Application-monitoring expert New Relic files for an IPO
New Relic has laid out its plans for an IPO and filed the necessary paperwork the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
View ArticleLinkedIn open sources Cubert, a big data computation engine that saves CPU...
With Cubert hooked into LinkedIn’s infrastructure, the company no longer has to worry about Hadoop scripts that waste too many resources in a cluster or take hours to do what they're…
View ArticleA milestone moment for Microsoft: .NET is now an open-source project
In what probably never would have happened under the first two CEOs to lead the historic software company, Microsoft plans to announce on Wednesday that it is open sourcing the entire…
View ArticleAmazon unveils key-management security tool that works on-premise and in the...
Amazon detailed on Wednesday a new security tool called Amazon Web Services Key Management Service (KMS) that lets folks manage their encryption keys for both applications and services on-premise and in…
View ArticleAmazon courts the enterprise with a cloud configuration-management database...
Among the smorgasbord of features Amazon rolled out on Wednesday during Amazon’s re:Invent 2014 conference in Las Vegas, two operational services stand out as a way to further distinguish the cloud…
View ArticleAmazon details how it does networking in its data centers
Amazon shed some light onto what goes on with networking inside its many data centers on Wednesday at AWS re:Invent 2014 in Las Vegas. James Hamilton, the vice president and distinguished…
View ArticleIntel rolls out custom chip that powers Amazon’s EC2 instances
On Thursday, during AWS re:Invent 2014 conference in Las Vegas, Intel announced an exclusive Haswell processor designed specifically for Amazon. The Seattle giant said the new processors power its new...
View ArticleIBM to build two supercomputers for the U.S. Department of Energy
IBM said today that it will develop two new supercomputers for the U.S. Department of Energy that are based on IBM’s new Power servers and will contain NVIDIA GPU accelerators and…
View ArticleFacebook shows the promise of SDN with new networking tech
Facebook detailed on Friday a new networking technology dubbed Data Center Fabric that coordinates all of the information flowing throughout its new data center in Altoona, Iowa. The Altoona facility is…
View ArticleBitcasa won’t destroy customer data yet thanks to court order
Users of Bitcasa's now-shelved “infinite drive” have a few more days to move their data to Bitcasa’s new system, thanks to a temporary restraining order granted by the U.S. District Court…
View ArticleVeradocs lands $14 million to secure files in the cloud
Stealth-security startup Veradocs plans to announce Tuesday that it took in $14 million in two funding rounds, which includes a seed round when the company formed in January 2014. The startup…
View ArticleMicrosoft puts Docker on Windows clients
Microsoft said today that users can now run Docker inside a Windows machine and manage Linux-based containers using the new Docker Command Line Interface for Windows. The news follows up on…
View ArticleNetflix wants to bring personalization to mobile devices
For Netflix, the concept of personalization doesn’t just apply to what movies or television shows tickle your fancy; it also applies to the way you watch video, especially as it pertains…
View ArticleCipherCloud rakes in $50M to encrypt corporate data in the cloud
CipherCloud has landed a $50 million funding round, bringing total investment to $80.1 million. The San Jose-based startup specializes in securing an organization’s cloud environment through encryption...
View ArticleQualcomm aims to build server chips that power the data center
Qualcomm is moving beyond mobile chips and will target the data center market with new server-chips, according to Qualcomm CEO Steve Mollenkopf. Mollenkopf detailed the mobile chip-maker’s plans during...
View ArticlePrimary Data brings Woz aboard and talks virtualized storage
Storage startup Primary Data is ready to demo its technology to potential customers looking to improve their existing data-center storage setup. The startup also said today that Apple co-founder Steve...
View ArticleIf you want to make a well-designed product, give it some love
At the center of any good product design is a whole lot of heart. Mladen Barbaric, the founder and CEO of Pearl Studios, explained at Gigaom’s Roadmap conference Wednesday why design…
View ArticleMicrosoft performance update caused Azure to stumble Tuesday
Microsoft detailed Wednesday just what exactly went on in its data centers that led to its Azure cloud experiencing a series of hiccups on Tuesday.
View ArticleRuling gives irked Bitcasa users more time to move their data
If you want to hold onto your Bitcasa infinite-drive data long enough to move it somewhere else, you'll need to pay Bitcasa $99 for an additional month, according to an order…
View ArticleBox still on track for IPO, but picked the wrong time to file
Box CEO and co-founder Aaron Levie spoke to Bloomberg Television on Thursday and shared a few details regarding Box’s much-delayed IPO plans saying the company “should not have filed when we…
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