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Oracle Corp. says one of its top executives, Thomas Kurian, has resigned from the company, three weeks after saying he was taking “extended time off” from the database and business software giant. “Mr. Kurian’s duties and responsibilities have been reassigned to other …
Kubernetes 1.12 release introduces new security capabilities
One of the hottest open-source enterprise software projects got a major update today. Kubernetes version 1.12, announced by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, comes with a host of new features, including a new TLS Bootstrapping security capability that developers have been working …
Amazon partners with satellite communications firm Iridium to deliver IoT services from space
Satellite communications company Iridium Communications Inc. wants to enable connectivity for “internet of things” services from space in a new partnership with public cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services Inc. The company said it’s hoping to connect Amazon’s IoT services with its …
Amazon rolls out High Memory Instances for in-memory databases
Amazon Web Services Inc. today offered some revved-up cloud computing instances aimed at customers running resource-intensive “in-memory” databases such as SAP SE’s HANA. The new High Memory EC2 instances offer a choice of 6, 9 and 12 terabytes of memory, with 18TB and …
IBM adds AI-powered features to its Cognos Analytics business intelligence platform
IBM Corp. today updated its Cognos Analytics suite with new artificial intelligence capabilities, including natural language dialogue, automatic pattern detection and storytelling features. Cognos Analytics is a cloud-based business intelligence platform that allows business users without technical knowledge to extract corporate data, …
Google’s DeepMind partners with Unity to train AI agents in virtual worlds
Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence group DeepMind Technologies Ltd. said today it will research AI agents with 3-D game development company Unity Technologies Inc., which made the engine for the popular Pokemon Go game. The two companies plan to create a virtual test ground …
Flexera acquires cloud management and cost optimization firm RightScale
Flexera Software LLC says it wants to help enterprises keep a lid on their cloud spending, acquiring RightScale Inc. for an undisclosed price today to beef up its ability to do that. Flexera is a software asset management provider that sells tools …
New working group aims to bring Kubernetes to IoT edge networks
The Kubernetes project has emerged as the default container orchestration tool in many DevOps scenarios, but teething problems still exist when it comes to “internet of things” deployments in the cloud and at the network edge. With that in mind, the Eclipse …
Mesosphere says Kubernetes adoption is driving hybrid cloud shift
One in four companies now relies on multiple cloud providers, up 50 percent from two years ago. That’s according to Mesosphere Inc.‘s latest survey published Tuesday on the state of the cloud-native and Kubernetes ecosystems. The company, which sells a data center operating system based on …
LinkedIn launches Talent Insights to aid recruitment planning
LinkedIn Corp. is trying to cash in on the data it has gathered from its 575 million worldwide members, 20 million companies and 15 million job listings with a new service for companies to learn more about themselves, their competitors and the …