Amazon takes on MySQL with Aurora
After nine months of testing, Amazon Web Services is now offering its Aurora database as a full commercial service, positioning it as a high-performance alternative to the widely used open source MySQL database.
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IBM launches its data warehouse service into the Cloud
Jumping into an increasingly competitive market, IBM has launched a cloud-based data warehouse service, which the company says offers a way for enterprises to analyze their operations while bypassing most of the headaches that come with running such a system in-house.
Amazon posts a profit as AWS sales nearly double
Cloud services continue to grow by leaps and bounds for Amazon.com.
Blackberry delves deeper into security with AtHoc purchase
BlackBerry continues to shift its focus from selling mobile phones to securing them -- as well as other portable devices, and increasingly connected items that are part of the Internet of things.
IBM moves open source business software to the cloud
IBM has set up a new code repository that aims to foster collaborative development of enterprise open source software -- and it may also drum up interest in its own Bluemix platform services.
Five arrested in JPMorgan US hacking case
U.S law enforcement officials have arrested five individuals who reportedly were involved in the high-profile 2014 computer hacking of JPMorgan.
Google releases a cloud manager ready for the enterprise
Now enterprise administrators can catch a bit of the magic that Google seemingly uses to smoothly run large Web scale applications. The company has released a production-ready version its Kubernetes software that manages virtual containers.
New industry group to bring web-scale tech to the enterprise
Some of the biggest names in IT and online services have banded together to standardize the way applications are run in the cloud.
Microsoft Visual Studio understands a world beyond Windows
Once devoted chiefly to developing desktop and server Windows applications, the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) is increasingly resembling a Swiss Army Knife, able to support myriad computing platforms, languages and runtime environments.
CoolaData offers behavorial analytics as a cloud service
Want to harness the power of business intelligence but don't have a six-figure budget to build a data warehouse? Why not try a cloud service instead?
WPC 2015: Microsoft rallies partners around Cloud, mobile, Windows 10
Following what has become a tradition for Microsoft's Worldwide Partners Conference, chief operating officer Kevin Turner did some old-fashioned fiery preaching in his closing keynote, this year condemning cloud-service competitors like Google for not respecting customers' privacy as they chase profits.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday says goodbye to Windows Server 2003
With this month's Patch Tuesday round of security fixes, Microsoft has ended its support for the Windows Server 2003 operating system.
CA Technologies embraces devops with updated tools
Like the farmer and the cowman, the administrator and developer can work together, even if they labor in separate departments.
IBM introduces Watson to Africa and the Middle East
With the help from the city of Abu Dhabi, IBM will offer its Watson-based data analysis services to the Middle East and North Africa.
WPC 2015: Microsoft's Cortana Analytics aims to democratise Big Data
Microsoft has fused a number of its new data processing technologies into a single package designed to help organizations get more value from their growing piles of data.