Among trends in the technology industry, there is clearly a growing interest for large tech players in the evolving low-code/no-code space. In January, Google announced that it would buy AppSheet, a no-code mobile application building platform, for $17 million. Microsoft Corp. has already developed its own no-code Power Platform for developers, and one of its ...

When it comes to ransomware attacks, newly released information from FortiGuard Labs shows that the malware’s quality is higher than ever before. The latest semiannual “FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape” report, released in August, showed that attacks on internet of things and operational-technology devices were “evolving to become more targeted and more sophisticated.” This was not ...

Mirantis Inc. plans to describe the latest chapter in its journey along the Docker, Kubernetes and developer community path on September 16, when it will unveil Docker Enterprise Container Cloud as part of the Launchpad 2020 virtual event. “Every word in the product name is important,” said Dave Van Everen, senior vice president of marketing ...

Network Services Orchestrator from Cisco Systems Inc. is moving into the mid-market space. The software, which automates services across traditional and virtualized networks, provides end-to-end orchestration and bridges multiple equipment manufacturers. In partnership with CCI Systems Inc., a provider of telecommunication solutions and services, Cisco is expanding the market for its software orchestration tool. “Network ...

After the Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990, the pioneering device collected images and other data concerning astronomical events for its first 18 years, a total of 120 terabytes of information. That’s how much data Actifio Inc. manages for one customer — Sentry Data Systems Inc. — as part of a very timely cause. ...

Google LLC has a history of generating new products from the tools it uses to run a vast global information-technology network. Several of its more recent new cloud product and service releases appear to have been created with the idea that its customers will take full advantage of the company’s sizable infrastructure. Google Cloud VMware ...

When the cloud native company Snowflake Inc. reportedly filed for an initial public offering in June, the news turned a spotlight on the enterprise data warehouse market. It also signaled a shift in the competitive landscape where legacy data warehouse players, such as Teradata Inc. and Oracle Corp., would be challenged by modern relational database ...

Application modernization can mean different things for many cloud users. Google LLC has chosen to define it based on its full offering of cloud tools and services for developers, as part of a series of announcements being made this week. In particular, the cloud provider today announced the launch of its Google Cloud Application Modernization ...

There are television shows and Broadway productions that haven’t lasted as long as this year’s Google Cloud Next. Now seven weeks into its nine-week run, Google Cloud’s signature event was extended from its previous three-day in-person gathering to a series of weekly virtual broadcasts out of necessity because of the global pandemic. Beginning in July, ...

The field of natural language processing is gradually evolving, and one startup is channeling its ability to scan unstructured information about companies and business relationships and extract meaningful insight. This can be especially helpful to sales teams, as Ogmagod Inc. is discovering in the rollout of its data-processing solution. “What we do is help salespeople ...