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Oracle Financials Break Virtually Even, Cloud Sales Improve

Oracle reported another mixed financial quarter, breaking even on quarter-to-quarter revenue and showing a healthy return on stock investment, but missing Wall Street analysts'...

Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Gets SAP’s Stamp of Approval

SAP, the German business software giant, has certified Microsoft SQL Server 2014 to run its NetWeaver-based applications. NetWeaver is the software foundation that underpins...

Cisco to Offer Hadoop Distributions With UCS Infrastructure

Cisco Systems officials are continuing on their push to make the tech vendor a one-stop shop for organizations that are looking for ways to...

IBM Acquires AlchemyAPI to Enhance Watson

IBM has acquired AlchemyAPI, a provider of scalable cognitive computing API services and deep learning technology.The acquisition, which IBM says will accelerate its development...

Intel, Databricks Partner on Apache Spark

Databricks, the company founded by the creators of Apache Spark, announced plans to partner with Intel to optimize Spark's real-time analytic capabilities for the...

IBM Bolsters Hadoop Offerings

IBM has upgraded its BigInsights big data portfolio with new support for machine learning, the R programming language and more.With the release of IBM...

IBM, SoftBank Team to Take Watson to Japan

IBM announced an agreement with SoftBank Telecom Corp to bring IBM’s Watson cognitive computing technology to Japan, the world’s third-largest economy and second-largest technology...

IBM Delivers Analytics for Energy Companies

IBM announced a new cloud-based analytics platform for energy and utility companies designed to improve decision-making throughout the entire energy ecosystem.Known as IBM Insights...

SAP Retools Main Business Suite to Run on In-Memory HANA

When SAP launched its super-fast HANA in-memory database five years ago, it renewed a slumping company by opening a new set of business possibilities....

Big Data or Big Disappointment? Experts Debate Hype Versus Reality

SAN FRANCISCO—The promise of big data is that IT and C-suite executives will gain profit-driving business insights from the latest analytics tools that sift...