Intel, BlueData partner on big data following $20m funding round

Hadoop specialist BlueData announced a strategic collaboration with Intel this week after the chip company’s venture capital arm helped lead a $20m funding round for the startup. BlueData offers a…

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Dell tells VMworld how it simplified the cloud

Dell claims it will demystify the cloud for enterprise buyers with a raft of new products and services, which it unveiled at VMworld in San Francisco. A new release of…

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Cloud strategy still tentative for many UK corporations – study

IT managers and CIOs should not feel they’ve missed the boat as the majority of enterprises have only just started their cloud journey, according to a new enterprise study. If…

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SAP announces improvements to cloud platform and Vora analytics software

SAP has released new software that it claims will make analytics easier for users of open source Hadoop software. The SAP HANA Vora is a new in-memory query engine that…

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Salesforce says its Health Cloud is about building relationships, not records

Salesforce has unveiled a new cloud based system aimed at helping clinicians to build stronger relationships with patients. The launch comes in the same week that UK health secretary Jeremy…

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IBM launches cloud-based Internet of Things service for electronic industry

IBM has launched the first in a series of cloud-based, industry-specific services for the Internet of Things (IoT), with an offering for the electronics industry. Its debut IoT service will…

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Salesforce would be mMore effective if it was more mobile, workers tell survey

Customer relationship management leader (CRM) Salesforce needs to improve the employee experience before its clients can get the most out of it, says a new report. The advice comes in…

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Google and Alcatel announce content delivery network upgrades to cloud services

Two major content delivery network (CDN) technology announcements have highlighted the strategic importance of CDN in delivering content without lag and latency. Google’s Cloud Platform is to be sped up…

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BT and the IoT

It is often said that the Internet of Things is all about data. Indeed, at its absolute heart, the whole ecosystem could even be reduced to four distinct layers, ones…

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HP overtakes Cisco in cloud infrastructure equipment leadership battle

HP is now the top selling supplier to the cloud infrastructure equipment market, having sat on the shoulder of market leader Cisco throughout 2013 and 2014, according to a study…

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