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January 15, 2020

AtScale is a data virtualization provider for analytics. What this means is that AtScale provides an abstraction layer that enables its users to access the underlying data stores it supports in a streamlined way. Last time we covered AtScale, in […]

January 15, 2020

One of the most exciting recent developments in the cloud software business is the proliferation of partner ecosystems, with large public and late-stage private cloud companies creating their own marketplaces to offer ready-to-install, pre-integrated partner solutions. Salesforce, of course, started […]

January 14, 2020

MariaDB Corporation, the commercial entity behind the MariaDB open source relational database that began life as a “fork” of MySQL, is today announcing a new version of its platform. The release, dubbed Platform X4, brings new a storage paradigm to […]

January 14, 2020

Equinix announced today that is acquiring bare metal cloud provider Packet. The New York City startup that had raised over $36 million on a $100 million valuation, according to Pitchbook data. Equinix has a set of data centers and co-locations […]

January 13, 2020

Salesforce announced some new developer tools today, designed to make it easier for programmers to build applications on top of Commerce Cloud in what is known in industry parlance as a “headless” system. What that means is that developers can […]

January 13, 2020

Over the past few years, we’ve been focusing our research on how cloud-native architecture has transformed databases. By separating compute from storage, database providers have been able to simplify operation through serverless deployment; improve service levels by leveraging fast interconnects […]

January 9, 2020

More than 85 percent of companies already operate in multicloud environments and by 2021, 98 percent plan to use multiple hybrid clouds, according to the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV). After cloud adoption, the application modernization trend follows, with […]

January 8, 2020

While Microsoft cloud services such as SharePoint, Microsoft Teams and Office 365 are used widely by large organizations, the products don’t come standard with an enterprise-grade control layer. That’s where AvePoint, a Microsoft independent software vendor (ISV), comes in. Today, […]

January 8, 2020

We have evaluated quite a few cloud security platforms designed to bring the same high level of cybersecurity protections found on physical assets to the more nebulous and constantly-evolving cloud environment. Although they have used various technologies and techniques, the […]

January 7, 2020

I’m speaking at CES 2020 this year. This is the first non-cloud-focused event I’ve attended in years, and I’m looking forward to learning about new things. What strikes me though is that this is actually a cloud event in disguise. […]