📅 - Is the big data era over? Many companies are beginning to wonder. Investments in big data continue to rise, but some companies are cutting back on projects. When businesses began wading through the vast amounts of data they had collected, many had very high hopes to find hidden trends, but for many, that goal has remained difficult to obtain.
A recent survey of tech executives, conducted by Gartner, showed a three percent increase in companies investments in big data, although the number of those companies that plan to invest in big data within the next two years fell from 31 to 25 percent.
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A recent study conducted by MergerTech showed a loss of $145 billion by United States businesses to security breaches.
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📅 - AVG Acquired by Avast - Friday, a majority stake of AVG Technologies was purchased by Avast Software. Today, the two companies began acting as a single entity.
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“The SMB market is expected to grow moderately in the coming years, and the space is crowded,” Glenn Taylor Chief of Staff and GM of SMB, Avast recently said in an interview with The VAR Guy. “We believe the increased scale gained from these two companies gives an unmatched global footprint, and will enable us to exceed the market growth expectations. Avast is commited to being successful in the SMB
📅 - VMware Government Cloud Business Sold to QTS - VMware recently announced an agreement with QTS Realty Trust for their government cloud business. This deal comes on the heels of VMware announcing a shift in cloud strategy. The company is majority-owned by Dell.
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📅 - Hostway Has New CEO and President - Hostway Services, the cloud and hosting provider, has appointed Emil Sayegh CEO and president. Robert Boles had been running the company, and will be staying on in an external advisory role to smooth the transition. Boles had been Hostway CEO since 2014.
Emil Sayegh previously had been leading Codero as the CEO, president and chairman of the board.
“I am excited and honored to be joining Hostway, and partnering both with investment firm, Littlejohn, and the Hostway team to take the company to the next level in serving its global footprint of 100,000 customers. As one of the world's largest cloud hosting and Infrastructure-as-a-Service providers and one of the most respected brands in hosti
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Since the .cloud official launched in February, more than 70,000 domains have registered. .Cloud has been used by businesses of all types and sizes, in 140 countries.
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