SoftBank Invests in Bare Metal Cloud Startup
Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. continues to invest in enterprise infrastructure developers, leading an early funding round and forming a partnership with bare metal server automation startup Packet. The partners ...Full Article
OpenStack Readies Newton as Mitaka Releases Arrive
As more vendors unveil their enterprise-grade distributions of OpenStack Mitaka released in the spring, developers are already preparing the launch of the new OpenStack upgrade dubbed Newton. Several vendors ...Full Article
Merged Dell-EMC Targets Hybrid Cloud
If bigger is better, the new IT behemoth Dell Technologies Inc. that combines the holdings of Dell and storage leader EMC Corp. fits the bill with the completion a ...Full Article
Google Buys Cloud Software Startup
In an attempt to keep pace with its cloud rivals, Google has acquired a cloud enterprise services startup and its platform for buying and selling enterprise software in the ...Full Article
Startup Touts ‘Mixed Reality’ for IoT apps
A Google-backed startup emerging from stealth mode this week is pitching a concept called the "real world web," a cloud-based platform designed to capitalize on emerging virtual reality technology ...Full Article
Mostly Cloudy: IBM Weather Unit to Guide Drones
Among the array of sensors being incorporated in Internet of Things architectures are fleets of drones being used to deliver cloud-based data such as hyper-local weather reports. The Weather ...Full Article
Data Protection Goes to the Cloud
Growing deployment of distributed applications on scale-out and cloud databases has, vendors claim, fueled the need to protect critical application data, resulting in data governance standards that mandate backup ...Full Article
‘Cloud Shift’ Gains Momentum, Spending Surge Seen
So-called "cloud first" strategies are expected to propel IT spending over the next five years as more enterprises transform themselves into digital businesses, a new forecast predicts. In a ...Full Article
