Nutanix improved Objects and Files services
Nutanix has updated two of its storage products. New features have been added to both Objects and Files for better integration with the AWS products.
Objects
Objects now allows companies to shift data between their own servers and AWS. The new feature allows customers to cheaply store data th... Read more
Microsoft announces Azure Purview and GA of Synapse Analytics
The dual announcements mark a giant leap forward for analytics on the Azure platform.
This week Microsoft announced the general availability (GA) of the latest version of its cloud analytics service, Azure Synapse Analytics. It also announced the its new data governance service called Azure Purv... Read more
Cohesity now offers its data protection software as a service
New SaaS offerings deliver Data Management as a Service and provide increased flexibility.
Cohesity has announced the general availability of its DataProtect delivered as a Service. This SaaS-based offering is part of Cohesity’s comprehensive Data Management as a Service (DMaaS) solution that ... Read more
Oracle’s new MySQL analytics tool doesn’t need data warehouse
Oracle has announced a new service for analyzing data in an SQL database. The MySQL Database Service with the MySQL Analytics Engine should enable much higher speeds by connecting directly to a MySQL database.
According to Oracle, the direct integration with MySQL ensures that the MySQL Analytic... Read more
Amazon introduces translation tool for SQL commands
Amazon has announced Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL. The tool is not to be confused with Yahoo's defunct translation application, is capable of translating commands for a T-SQL database to PostgreSQL commands on the go.
The translation tool directly attacks Microsoft. It is difficult to persuad... Read more
Facebook buys Kustomer to expand into customer service tools
Facebook made one of its most significant moves to provide a better service experience to the businesses run on its platform. The social media behemoth acquired Kustomer, a startup that was created to disrupt the customer services industry with innovations.
Most of the innovations use tactics li... Read more
Redis is now the most popular database within AWS
Redis, an open-source NoSQL database, is currently proving to be the most popular database within Amazon Web Services' offering. In other cloud providers, the database is a lot lower in the ranks.
The claim is made by Sumo Logic, a company focused on the development of analysis software and with... Read more
New Rubrik Andes version is much faster at performing backups
Rubrik has released a new version of Andes. With version 5.3 the company has implemented several optimizations to speed up the backup process. The backup platform has also received improved support for some cloud solutions.
Performance
In a press release, Rubrik claims that Andes 5.3 is 10 ti... Read more
Nvidia announces Q3 results, looks to microservices for future growth
Largest growth area in Q3 was the Gaming sector.
Nvidia announced surprisingly strong third quarter results this week, with CEO Jensen Huang painting a rosy picture for the future.
The company beat Wall Street expectations and posted a record revenue of $4.73 billion, a whopping 57 percent in... Read more
Snowflake allows adding own code to platform
Datawarehouse company Snowflake has released Snowpark. This software makes it possible for developers to add their own code to the Snowflake software.
With the new tool, customers can expand Snowflake with their own specific warehouse tasks. This allows them to perform their own specific informa... Read more