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Linux Foundation hosts RareCamp open-source platform to democratize gene therapy
The OpenTreatments Foundation said today that its open-source RareCamp software will be hosted by the Linux Foundation, as part of its effort to make that platform available to anyone to kickstart the creation of new gene therapies for rare genetic diseases. The idea with the RareCamp software is to decentralize drug development by putting the ...
Oracle announces Cloud Lift migration service for moving workloads to its cloud
Oracle Corp. signaled that its cloud infrastructure is ready for prime time today with launch of a new migration service for its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure platform. The new service will provide access to technical tools and cloud engineering resources that are meant to help companies to streamline the often very complicated process of moving key workloads ...
Lenovo announces new advisory services and updates to its HCI stack
Lenovo Group Ltd. today announced a slate of new advisory services for customers that need help with their digital transformations. The new services were introduced alongside a number of updates to the company’s hyperconverged infrastructure platforms. Among the consulting services are Principal Consultant-led workshops, which Lenovo described as collaborative “white boarding sessions” that will help ...
Arm unveils Armv9 architecture for its next generation of processor chips
The British chip designer Arm Holdings Ltd. introduced a roadmap for its next-generation central processing unit architecture today. Its new breed of chips will be optimized for specialized workloads such as artificial intelligence and digital signal processing and come with greater security built right into the silicon. Arm, which is in the process of being acquired ...
Cloud data backup and recovery firm HYCU lands big Series A funding round
The previously self-funded multicloud data backup and recovery-as-a-service provider HYCU Inc. has gotten its first dose of venture capital, and it’s a hefty amount for a Series A funding round, coming in at $87.5 million. Today’s round was led by Bain Capital Ventures with participation from Acrew Capital and is said to reinforce HCYU’s “leading ...
Cisco brings passwordless authentication to its Secure Access Service Edge network security tools
Cisco Systems Inc. said today that it’s expanding its Secure Access Service Edge portfolio to help network operations and security operations teams connect users to the applications they work with in a more secure way. The new additions to Cisco SASE come alongside a big update to Cisco’s cloud-native security platform SecureX, providing teams with ...
At Cisco Live, networking giant doubles down on its new architecture for the 5G era
Cisco Systems Inc. is forging ahead with its new networking architecture that it says will be essential for enterprises to deal with the massive surge in internet traffic that’s set to be ushered in by the 5G era. The company’s Routed Optical Networking infrastructure is designed to simplify the sprawling networks that have emerged with ...
Open-source AsyncAPI Initiative to be hosted by the Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation said today that it has agreed to host a promising open-source project known as the AsyncAPI Initiative that has already been put to use by several big enterprise technology firms. The AsyncAPI Initiative includes both a specification and a set of open-source tools that are designed to work with asynchronous application programming ...
Google and Albertsons to use AI and cloud to enable more convenient grocery shopping services
Google LLC said today it’s partnering with the grocery and pharmacy firm Albertsons Companies Inc. to try to make food shopping easier and more convenient. Yet another showcase for Google Cloud’s capabilities, the partnership will make use of a wide gamut of its technologies. For example, under the multiyear partnership, the companies will use Google ...
Replicated open-sources its Outdated container image alert tool
On-premises software delivery company Replicated Inc. is beefing up security for cloud-native applications with the launch today of a free and open-source image version alert tool called Outdated that helps enterprises ensure they’re running the most up-to-date versions of their container images. Replicated sells tools that help enterprises run cloud-native apps based on Kubernetes on ...