Kyt Dotson

Kyt Dotson is a Senior Editor at SiliconAngle and works to cover beats surrounding DevOps, security, gaming, and cutting edge technology. Before joining SiliconAngle, Kyt worked as a software engineer starting at Motorola in Q&A to eventually settle at Pets911.com where he helped build a vast database for pet adoption and a lost and found system. Kyt is a published author who writes science fiction and fantasy works that incorporate ideas from modern-day technological innovation and explore the outcome of living with those technologies.

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Zoom for Home aims to simplify remote collaboration with a $599 appliance

Videoconferencing phenom Zoom Video Communications Inc. today rolled out a new all-in-one personal collaboration device aimed at the home office, the Zoom for Home – DTEN ME. The device, produced by Zoom partner DTEN Inc., takes Zoom teleconference software and combines it with a large tablet touch screen and device that will sell for $599. ...

Sentry launches DevOps agentless app performance monitoring tool

Sentry, a developer of application monitoring tools, today announced the launch of agentless monitoring for Python and Javascript with only five lines of code. Sentry’s tools focus on developers and code to provide tools to allow DevOps teams to identify and fix performance issues more quickly through application programming interfaces and code telemetry from clients. ...

Google’s ‘Heroes Health’ app provides mental health support for first responders during COVID-19

The coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe has put a huge strain on the U.S. healthcare system and especially the people in the proverbial trenches. First responders and other front-line workers see long hours, dwindling protective equipment supplies and equally beleaguered support. To respond to that greatly increased stress, Google Cloud and researchers at the University ...

Logitech brings voice-controlled meeting rooms to business through Zoom and Amazon Alexa

Swiss computer peripheral maker Logitech International S.A. today announced that businesses will soon be able to control their own meeting rooms through the power of their own voices using contactless collaboration with Zoom Video Communications Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.’s Alexa for Business. According to Logitech, the recent COVID-19 pandemic has led many businesses to begin ...

Port of Rotterdam pilots blockchain-based shipping container handling project

The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands today unveiled a new blockchain-based project that will make container handling safer and more efficient by automating the release of containers to drivers at the port. As part of the pilot, the port will make use of distributed ledger blockchain technology to track and trace the unloading and ...

Tech Mahindra adopts IBM Blockchain to power digital rights management for entertainment

Tech Mahindra Ltd., a provider of business consulting for digital transformation and reengineering solutions, today announced a new digital platform that will use distributed ledger blockchain technology to enhance digital rights management for the entertainment industry. The solution, named “Blockchain Based Contracts and Rights Management System,” or bCRMS, is aimed at helping production houses and ...

Northflank raises $2.6M seed funding for full-stack cloud DevOps platform

Northflank Ltd., a cloud-based DevOps startup, today announced it has raised $2.6 million in a seed round led by Kindred Ventures, Stride.VC and Amaranthine Partners, alongside the launch of its full-stack cloud platform. The platform enables developers to easily build, run and operate web applications, microservices and databases via a real-time back end and application programming ...

Cartesi launches Decartes SDK bringing blockchain dapp development to Linux

The Cartesi Foundation today announced the launch of the Decartes software development kit and developer portal to enable developers to build distributed ledger blockchain apps using the Linux operating system. The SDK, which is currently an alpha test version, will allow developers to use mainstream software and libraries to develop distributed apps, or dapps, more ...

Blockchain-based influencer marketing platform Raiinmaker rolls out beta

The Raiinmaker platform from Colin LLC today announced the launch of its beta platform that will bring influencer marketing and distributed ledger blockchain together. The platform will empower fans and social media influencers to receive rewards for endorsements and provide brands the tools to measure the return on their investment in campaigns by gathering data ...

Codefresh raises $27M to power DevOps software delivery with Kubernetes

Kubernetes DevOps tool developer platform Codefresh Inc. today announced it has raised $27 million in new funding led by Red Dot Capital Partners. The new funding will more than double the total amount raised by the company, to $42 million. This funding round includes investment from Red Dot Capital Partners, Shasta Ventures, Vertex Ventures, M12: Microsoft’s ...