HPE, in a surprise move, has paid $275 million to acquire former Silicon Valley giant SGI. This equates to $7.75 per share, a premium of 30% over what SGI shares were trading at by close on August 10. What are the reasons for this acquisition?
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Observability, Repeatability, and Visibility
Everyone wants visibility into their hybrid cloud of all resources and subsystems. We have expounded upon this need over the years as well as on how to gain some level of visibility. The tools exist, as do the methodologies. What we need now is better observability. Visibility is inherent in many tools today, but observability …
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Failure of Imagination
After the Apollo 1 disaster, astronaut Frank Borman told Congress that the tragedy had not been caused by any one company or organization, but by the entirety of all those involved with the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions. The problem had been a failure of imagination. They knew that at some point there would be a fire in a space …
Dell + EMC = Less Security?
Dell has announced it will spin off its SecureWorks product portfolio. SecureWorks is very late to the cloud and virtualization security market, and it may never get there. EMC RSA ignored the cloud and virtualization security market and now is struggling to find a footing in the larger IoT market. VCE has no security reference …
Big Data
Have you noticed lately that the term “big data” is being used with increasing frequency? It seems that working with big data is one of the more desired and in-demand skill sets in the technology space. What you think “big data” is, and what do you think it represents? One definition to consider is this …
Jaspersoft BI Platform Adds Big Data Capabilities
Jaspersoft, an industry-leading BI platform, has announced its first release since being acquired by TIBCO back in April. With version 5.6, Jaspersoft has enhanced its platform with a new big data connectivity architecture and new analytic calculations, extended its interactive reporting features, and improved the overall platform performance. This release also introduces a new product for advanced …
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