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Information technology management company ServiceNow Inc. already has a strong reputation for delivering enterprise-class capabilities, and now it’s trying to win over more customers by delivering greater aesthetic value as well. To that end, company has just acquired a design studio called …
CIOs must set their sights on business objectives to stay relevant
Chief information officers need to look beyond controlling costs and engineering processes and consider how their role relates to business objectives such as increasing revenues and the development of talent, a new Gartner Inc. survey has concluded. Gartner’s 2017 CIO Agenda Survey, …
Kubernetes 1.8 release beefs up container security
The developers of the Kubernetes container orchestration software have just put out another new release. The main focus of the new version, Kubernetes 1.8, is on improving the platform’s security, and it comes with a number of new features designed to bolster …
SAP wants to build a blockchain-based ecosystem for the internet of things
Enterprise software giant SAP SE became the latest company to jump on the blockchain bandwagon Wednesday, this time focusing on bringing the technology to the “internet of things.” The company outlined its new blockchain initiative, saying it will partner with a number …
Amazon still leads cloud infrastructure market by a mile, but Alibaba edges past Google
Analyst firm Gartner Inc.’s first-ever report on the state of the infrastructure as a service cloud computing market won’t make Google LLC happy, but it surely will please Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Released today, the report ranks Google Cloud Platform below fast-rising …
Alation and Paxata partner to help companies navigate data lakes
Big data companies Alation Inc. and Paxata Inc. say they’re teaming up to help enterprises navigate their way through so-called “data lakes” more easily. Data lakes are storage repositories that hold vast amounts of raw data in its native format until it’s …
Cisco sharpens its ax for more job cuts at San Jose HQ
Networking giant Cisco Systems Inc. is set to ax 310 more staffers from its corporate headquarters in San Jose, California. The company revealed its intentions in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filing that it provided to state government officials, The Mercury News reported …
Google launches Cloud IoT Core device management service in beta
Google LLC announced on Wednesday that it’s bringing its new Cloud IoT Core service into public beta testing following a limited launch last May. Google Cloud IoT Core is described as a fully managed service available on the Google Cloud Platform. It’s …
Google beats Amazon to the post with immediate availability of per-second billing
Barely a week after Amazon Web Services Inc. said it would introduce a per-second billing option for its cloud customers, Google has announced it’s giving its customers the same choice. Google today said the new per-second payment option is available for its …
Google snaps up cloud identity and access management startup Bitium
Google LLC Tuesday said it’s acquiring Santa Monica-based cloud services startup Bitium Inc. as it looks for ways to increase its share of the public cloud market. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed, but Bitium’s co-founders said they’ll be joining …