Jeff Burt

Big data rivals Hortonworks and Pivotal are partnering to help drive Apache Hadoop deeper into the enterprise. The two companies will work together to push the development of Apache Ambari, open-source software that Hortonworks has been working on that is designed to help businesses provision, monitor and manage Hadoop clusters. Engineers from Hortonworks and Pivotal—a […]

Mobile computing, the cloud, bring-your-own-device and the Internet of things are trends that are changing the way computing is being done, and forcing businesses big and small to rethink what security needs to look like in order to protect the growing numbers of user devices and data. At a recent panel discussion in Boston, Dell […]

Fujitsu is expanding its lineup of converged data center solutions with new offerings optimized for such applications as big data, server virtualization, virtual desktops, private clouds and high-performance computing. The tech vendor’s new portfolio of Integrated Systems solutions also target SAP and Microsoft environments and IT security, according to company officials. The converged solutions, which […]

Juniper Networks executives this week said the networking vendor is selling its Junos Pulse mobile security business to a private equity firm for $250 million, the latest move by the company in its larger restructuring plan that CEO Shaygan Kheradpir unveiled in February. Speculation about Junos Pulse’s future with Juniper began in April, with reports […]

Rackspace’s much publicized OnMetal bare-metal cloud service is now generally available, with a per-minute pricing plan that could range from $550 to $1,800 a month. The cloud service provider introduced the bare-metal servers last month, with officials saying such systems will enable customers to scale their workloads without the performance consistency issues that can occur […]

Hewlett-Packard is putting more of its muscle and money behind Hortonworks by expanding its partnership with the Hadoop distribution vendor and investing $50 million in the company. HP and Hortonworks, which was spun out of Yahoo three years ago, announced July 24 that HP will integrate Hortonworks’ Data Platform with its HAVEn big data platform, […]

LittleBits Electronics, the 3-year-old company that was created to enable anyone to build electronic devices, now is making it easy for anyone to make electronic devices that connect to the Internet. LittleBits officials on July 23 launched cloudBit, a new module that enables people to turn any object—from a thermostat and doorbell to a fish […]

EMC Chairman and CEO Joe Tucci does not sound like someone planning on breaking up his company. In a conference call July 23 with analysts and journalists to discuss the company’s second-quarter financial results, Tucci said he had read the news reports about activist investor Elliott Management’s intention to urge the storage giant to sell […]

Broadcom officials last month said the chip maker was getting out of the cellular broadband business, either by winding it down or selling it off. They have now decided to shutter the business, a move that could mean reducing the company’s workforce by 20 percent. Already the company has cut 250 sales and administrative jobs, […]

Cisco Systems, which has a history steeped in networking hardware, is now looking to software developers to push the company forward. With a strong shift in the data center toward software—due in large part to such trends as cloud computing, mobility, the Internet of things (IoT) and software-defined networking (SDN)—traditional hardware vendors like Cisco, Dell […]

Octoblu is wading into the increasingly crowded space of vendors and consortiums looking to find the best ways to enable the expected tens of billions of devices that will make up the Internet of things to easily communicate with each other. The startup emerged from stealth mode July 22, with executives announcing the company’s upcoming […]

Verizon Communications saw a significant rise in wireless subscribers, record numbers of new tablet users and the first increase in seven years in revenues for its fixed-line business to help drive the company’s strong second-quarter financial results. Looking ahead, the company also will have its much-anticipated LTE broadcast network in place in the third quarter, […]