In today’s age of information, data is undeniably one of the most important factors for ensuring your business’ growth. Big data is transforming the world of business as it can simplify the process of finding new opportunities by giving valuable insights from data. This enables you to make improvement in areas from customer service to […]
Archives for October 2018
IBM snaps up Red Hat for $34 billion
IBM and Red Hat have reached an agreement under which Big Blue will acquire open source cloud software provider Red Hat for approximately $34 billion. In a joint statement, IBM chairman and CEO Ginni Rometty called the acquisition of Red Hat a “game-changer” for the cloud market. According to Big Blue, the market is “proprietary” […]
IBM to Acquire Red Hat in $34 Billion Stock Deal
News IBM to Acquire Red Hat in $34 Billion Stock Deal By John K. Waters 10/29/2018 On Sunday IBM Corp. announced its plans to acquire leading enterprise open source software provider Red Hat Inc. IBM and Red Hat said the $34 billion stock deal should be completed in the latter half of 2019, once Red […]
Western Digital reveals ‘world’s first’ 15TB SMR hard drive aimed at data centres
Western Digital has launched the world’s first 15TB SMR hard drive, designed for use with hyperscale cloud and data centre workloads. The company suggested it could be used to power smart city data centres where huge amounts of data, such as video surveillance and legacy information, needs to be stored for regulatory compliance. SMR (Shingle […]
Cloud computing helps Google and Intel rake in revenue
The growing popularity of cloud technologies has resulted in record-breaking financial results for both Google and Intel in this round of financial results. Intel overall earnings were up 19% year-on-year, the company revealed, with its data centre operation raking in $6.14 billion in revenue, surpassing its estimates of $5.89 billion and deserving of its second-place […]
3 Great Ways to Sabotage Your Digital Transformation
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Alexa for Business now open to third-party integration
Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant could soon be popping up on office printers and photocopiers. The firm has announced an extension to its existing Alexa Voice Service Device SDK that would enable third-party manufacturers to add the voice assistant to their business devices. The SDK would enable devices to sport Alexa and be managed as shared […]
Amazon cloud revenues up by nearly a half in third quarter
Amazon’s AWS cloud business increased by 46% year-on-year in its third financial quarter. It made revenues of $6.68 billion in the quarter, compared with the average estimate of $6.71 billion. AWS also netted over $2 billion in profit. Net sales for AWS for the last 12 months were $23.3 billion, and operating income for AWS […]
SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security
News SD-WAN Report: It’s All About Security By David Ramel 10/25/2018 Organizations rolling out software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solutions report increased network security is the main achievement of such deployments, according to survey results just published by Barracuda Networks. Security was front and center throughout the report, titled “The Challenges and Opportunities of SD-WAN” and […]
Microsoft Q1 results show cloud is still a major earner
Cloud has once again been a big earner for Microsoft, with the company posting Azure revenue growth of 76% over the last quarter. Server products and cloud services have grown by 28%, while its “intelligent cloud” division has increased revenues by a quarter compared to the second quarter of 2018. However, the growth of Microsoft’s […]