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In coronavirus fallout, Xerox abandons its bid to acquire HP
Xerox Corp. said late today it has decided to give up its pursuit of printing business rival HP Inc. because of the ongoing economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The company said it will formally withdraw its tender offer to acquire HP, as well as its proposal to replace HP’s board of directors with nominees ...
New PlanetScaleDB release delivers multicloud support
Database-as-a-service provider PlanetScale Inc. today launched a new version of its product based on the Kubernetes container orchestration software. The database, called PlanetScaleDB, is unique in that it can run across multiple public cloud platforms, helping to insure against any loss of service if one cloud provider goes down. “With the new release of PlanetScaleDB, we’re ...
D-Wave offers free quantum computing resources to coronavirus researchers
Quantum computing company D-Wave Systems Inc. is the latest technology firm to volunteer its expertise to researchers working on a response to the coronavirus outbreak. The company announced today the immediate availability of free access to its quantum systems via its Leap quantum cloud service. D-Wave is well placed to help out with coronavirus research, ...
Micro Focus announces major update to its Vertica data analytics platform
Micro Focus International plc-owned Vertica today announced a major update to its Vertica 10 Analytics Platform. The platform now offers new features aimed at facilitating machine learning, plus more storage options for Vertica in Eon Mode, a version of the product that leverages elastic compute and scalable storage capabilities in the cloud. The announcement came ahead ...
DataStax debuts Kubernetes operator to scale up Cassandra databases
Database company DataStax Inc. today announced the release of code for an Apache Cassandra Kubernetes operator it has developed, with a goal to help enterprises scale out their cloud-native databases. The company said the Cassandra Kubernetes operator is being made available for the whole of the Cassandra community to use. Apache Cassandra is an open-source distributed ...
Huawei open-sources AI framework MindSpore to rival Google’s TensorFlow
China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. today said it has open-sourced a framework for artificial intelligence-based application development called MindSpore. First revealed last year, MindSpore is an alternative to well known AI frameworks such as Google LLC’s TensorFlow and Facebook Inc.’s PyTorch. It can scale across devices, cloud and edge environments, Huawei said in a statement. The ...
Beating out Apple, Facebook partners with Plessey to build augmented reality glasses
Social media giant Facebook Inc. is making a big push into augmented reality after striking a deal with British device manufacturer Plessey Semiconductors Ltd. and stealing a march on Apple Inc. Under the terms of the deal announced today, Plessey will license its AR tech to Facebook and dedicate its entire production to the social ...
Updated: Microsoft reports 775% spike in a slice of cloud services traffic
Updated: Microsoft Corp. said its cloud services have seen a massive spike in usage since countries began enforcing social distancing and other measures in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The company said Saturday it has seen a 775% increase in the use of services such as Microsoft Teams, Power BI and Windows Virtual Desktop in ...
Kubernetes ships out version 1.18, with a focus on stability
Developers of the popular container orchestration platform Kubernetes have just shipped out version 1.18, the first release of the year. The release, issued Wednesday, is being called “fit and finish,” which suggests this is more of a complete product than previous versions. “Significant work has gone into improving beta and stable features to ensure users ...
US mulls new rules to crack down on Huawei’s chip supply lines
The U.S. government is reportedly planning to impose new restrictions on China’s Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. aimed at cutting it off from its main suppliers of advanced semiconductors. Top officials from the Trump administration reportedly met Wednesday to discuss a new rule that would require an export license for semiconductors that are produced using U.S.-designed ...