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On the eve of its annual I/O developer conference, Google Inc. Monday announced the general release of its long-awaited Android Things operating system for “internet of things” devices. With the first stable release of the platform, IoT developers can now leverage Google’s machine …
Nokia buys SpaceTime Insight to strengthen its industrial IoT business
Finnish technology firm Nokia Oyj is doubling down on the “internet of things” as it continues to wash its hands of its consumer-focused businesses. The company today announced it has completed the acquisition of 10-year-old IoT company SpaceTime Insight Inc. for an undisclosed …
The 1 percent solution: Gartner says blockchain is way overhyped
Blockchain technology has been the subject of incessant hype over the past few years, but it barely even begun to make its mark on the enterprise, according to a new survey from Gartner Inc. The research firm found that blockchain has been …
Red Hat and HPE aim to accelerate software container deployments
Red Hat Inc. reckons it has a solution for enterprises that struggle with big deployments of software containers: It’s teaming up with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. to optimize its OpenShift Container Platform on HPE’s systems, in particular the composable infrastructure platform HPE Synergy. …
ServiceNow buys startup Parlo for its natural language processing technology
Enterprise workflow automation software provider ServiceNow Inc. won’t stop throwing its money around. The company today announced plans to acquire a startup called Parlo that’s focused on natural language processing, which is a subset of artificial intelligence. ServiceNow said the all-cash deal will close …
Google open-sources Asylo, a confidential computing framework for isolating cloud-based apps
Google Inc. is touting a better way for enterprises to secure their cloud applications and corresponding data in what it calls a confidential computing environment. The company is pitching an open-source framework its just released called Asylo, which is designed to provide …
CloudPassage debuts new security and compliance features for cloud infrastructure
Cloud infrastructure security company CloudPassage Inc. is updating its flagship Halo platform, which provides security controls across data centers, private and public clouds and virtual machines. The company said it’s making available a new service called Project Cielo in beta. The idea …
Dell and VMware join with Microsoft to deliver IoT infrastructure at the edge
Dell Technologies Inc. and VMware Inc. said on Wednesday they’re teaming up with Microsoft Corp. to offer a jointly designed “internet of things” product aimed at boosting IoT adoption in specific markets. The “joint solution” the companies are referring to is really …
Iguazio brings new serverless computing options to Microsoft’s Azure cloud
Continuous data platform provider Iguazio Systems Ltd. is getting into the serverless computing game. The startup, which sells a real-time data analytics platform for applications, is launching an enterprise-grade version of the open-source Nuclio serverless framework designed for high-volume data processing, real-time …
Google makes it easier to keep tabs on the health of Kubernetes-based apps
Google Inc. wants to make life a little bit easier for developers that work with Kubernetes-based software containers. The company today is announcing a new tool called Stackdriver Kubernetes Monitoring, which helps to provide a more comprehensive view of the state of …