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Facebook’s pilot program signals intent to invest in gaming, attract creators
Facebook Inc. is actively courting the game developer community with the launch in January of its Gaming Creator Pilot Program and its more recent announcement of fb.gg, a destination portal for the social media giant’s top gamers. “We’re making it easier for creators to make a living on Facebook,” said John Imah (pictured), global head ...
Data, livestreaming help Microsoft’s Mixer transform the gaming experience
There are some attendees at last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo gathering in Los Angeles who have been coming to the event for nearly two decades. They have witnessed major changes in the gaming industry, from the days when titles were sold only on disc to a new age where online livestreaming and data analysis dominate the ...
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Inside Google Cloud: Hosting is only part of its future plans
They are commonly known today as hyperscalers, massive technology companies such as Google LLC, Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp. that have carved out significant market positions in public cloud and related services. And while cloud dominance is a primary goal, the leading hyperscalers have designs for a much larger prize: developing the world’s technology infrastructure for use ...
Skytap wants to modernize apps, make infrastructure someone else’s problem
At least half of mission-critical enterprise applications are still being managed on-premises, based on a study commissioned by Skytap Inc. and conducted by 451 Research. However, the modernization wave is coming, as the report, released earlier this month, also found that nearly 70 percent of respondents plan to migrate or modernize half of their on-prem ...
Customer experience prompts Docker’s release of new cloud management tool
The announcements this week at DockerCon, which include cross-cloud provider management and expanded Windows capabilities, didn’t just originate in a hermetically sealed room deep inside Docker Inc.’s San Francisco headquarters. The container technology company has a small customer advisory group it relies on to deliver advice, according to Scott Johnston (pictured), chief product officer at ...
DockerCon kicks off with expanded Windows capabilities and cross-cloud provider management
Is any enterprise really in favor of vendor lock-in? Didn’t think so, and Docker Inc. doesn’t think so either. The company went out of its way at the opening day of DockerCon on Wednesday to address lock-in by improving Kubernetes container-orchestration system functionality across multiple cloud platforms. Docker Enterprise Edition now centralizes management across Amazon ...
Cisco, SAP and Google team up to deliver container and data hub options for the hybrid cloud
If there is one thing that enterprise customers are learning in the cloud computing journey, it’s that they want options. Technology providers such as Cisco Systems Inc., Google Cloud and SAP AG have heard this message, and the response has been to form the kind of partnership that recognizes that one size doesn’t necessarily fit all ...
Data management across entire chain defines NetApp’s partnership with SAP
As a Global Technology and Software partner of SAP SE, NetApp Inc. has fostered a collaboration that encompasses a wide range of storage and data management solutions across the entire information technology chain. It is a partnership built on the foundation of a complete end-to-end information technology solution, one that includes accelerated SAP upgrade and ...
Cisco Meraki envisions a simpler, smarter user experience for all things digital
Founded 12 years ago, Cisco Meraki today claims over 230,000 customers and 3 million network devices. The company is focused on a goal to simplify a technology world that seems to grow more complicated by the second. “Our mission at Meraki is to simplify powerful technology so that passionate people can focus on their true mission,” ...
SAP intends to drop its cloak of invisibility and raise brand awareness
If SAP SE is going to become the dominant player in the customer relationship management market, as its chief executive officer declared the company would at its annual Sapphire conference, it will first have to move into the rarefied air of mass global brand recognition. That will not be easy, particularly since the current CRM ...