by Angela Guess A press release out of the company states, “IBM Research scientists have achieved a new world record in tape storage – their fifth since 2006. The new record of 201 Gb/in2 (gigabits per square inch) in areal density was achieved on a prototype sputtered magnetic tape developed by Sony Storage Media Solutions. […]
Oracle Expands Cloud at Customer with PaaS and SaaS Services
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Empowering organizations to move workloads to the cloud while keeping their data on their own premises, Oracle today announced significant expansion of the breadth of services available through Oracle Cloud at Customer. The portfolio now spans all of the major Oracle PaaS categories and for the […]
Dun & Bradstreet Teams Up with Microsoft to Reimagine the Power of Data in the Cloud
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Dun & Bradstreet, the global leader in commercial data, analytics and insights for business, is teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to give companies worldwide direct access to its data through Microsoft’s cloud services. Together the companies announced the following: (1) Dun & Bradstreet has selected Microsoft as a strategic […]
Syncsort’s New Change Data Capture Capabilities Extend Leadership in Mainframe Access
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Syncsort, a global leader in data liberation, integrity and integration solutions for next-generation analytics, today announced new capabilities in its unrivaled mainframe data access and integration solution that continuously, quickly and efficiently populates Hadoop data lakes with changes in mainframe data. The new DMX Change Data […]
Gain Insights from Cloud Services Using the Latest Version of Splunk Enterprise Security 4.7
by Angela Guess A recent announcement out of Splunk states, “Our customers use Splunk Enterprise Security (ES) as an analytics-driven SIEM to quickly detect threats, respond to attacks, ransomware, to accelerate responses across their cloud and on-premises deployments. The latest version of Splunk ES, version 4.7 introduces key enhancement to improve investigation efficiency and provides […]
CrowdStrike Extends Falcon Platform with Enhanced Cloud and Data Center Coverage
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “CrowdStrike® Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced, as part of its Spring release, new features of the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform custom-built for cloud providers and modern data centers, providing best-in-class prevention, detection and response for Windows, Linux or macOS servers, powered by artificial […]
Qubole Unveils First Autonomous Data Platform in the Cloud at Data Platforms 2017
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Qubole, the big data-as-a-service company, today announced it is building the industry’s first autonomous data platform. This next-generation data platform includes three new products: Qubole Data Service (QDS) Community Edition, QDS Enterprise Edition and QDS Cloud Agents. The solution can intelligently automate and analyze platform usage to […]
Press Release: DATAVERSITY to Host Database Focused Conference Including Talks on Data Lakes, Graph Databases, and Data Architecture
DATAVERSITY Education, LLC announced the agenda and opened registration for the company’s newest online conference, Database Now Online (DBO). The event will be held online at databasenow.com on July 19th, 2017 from 8:00 am to 2:20 pm Pacific Time. Registration is free and attendees will receive access to the on-demand recordings, slides, and materials following […]
IBM Extends Data Science Collaborative Workspace to the Private Cloud
by Angela Guess A new press release states, “IBM today announced the availability of a collaborative workspace for private clouds geared towards organizations and data scientists working with sensitive data. Using Data Science Experience Local, data scientists are now able to more easily and quickly collaborate on analytic models and deliver insights that developers can […]
Pivotal and Cognizant to Accelerate Adoption of Enterprise-Scale Cloud Applications
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “Pivotal and Cognizant today announced a new joint initiative designed to accelerate the adoption of cloud applications and software platforms at enterprise scale. The combination of Cognizant’s application engineering expertise and industry knowledge, together with Pivotal Cloud Foundry®, will enable large businesses to rapidly deploy critical […]