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IBM Corp. said Monday it’s working with Red Hat Inc. to speed up adoption of the open-source cloud computing platform OpenStack and make it easier for enterprises to migrate their Linux computing workloads into private clouds. To that end, IBM said it’s making …
IBM partners with Dalian Wanda to bring Watson and cloud services to China
IBM Corp. is teaming up with Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group Co. Ltd. to take another crack the Middle Kingdom’s cloud computing market. The two companies plan to form a joint entity called the Wanda Cloud Co. that will begin offering services …
Report: Microsoft starts blocking updates for Windows 7 & 8.1 on newer PCs
Microsoft Corp. could be about to upset a few Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users, as it appears it will now enforce a new support policy outlined last year that means newer personal computers are no longer eligible for security updates. A …
Intel announces Optane, the first solid-state drive based on its 3D Xpoint memory
Intel Corp. on Sunday announced an entirely new kind of storage device based on its new 3D Xpoint memory technology that’s designed to bridge the gap between low-cost NAND memory typically found in all-flash storage systems and the higher-performance memory known as DRAM. …
Microsoft adds faster virtual machines to its Azure cloud
Microsoft Corp. has added a new series of virtual machines to its Azure cloud platform that are aimed at tackling cloud-based workloads with high storage requirements. The new VMs, or computers emulated in software that can be run on a variety of …
Adobe pulls off another strong quarter thanks to Creative Cloud growth
Marketing and creative cloud software provider Adobe Systems Inc. reported increased profits in its first quarter thanks to higher recurring revenues from its Creative Cloud suite. The maker of Photoshop and Illustrator, which has pivoted in recent years toward becoming a software-as-a-service …
Report: Majority of businesses deploy sensitive data without proper security in place
Thales e-Security Inc. has just published its 2017 Data Threat Report, revealing that an overwhelming number of enterprises are using sensitive data in advanced computing solutions without adequate safeguards in place. Thales’ survey, which was conducted alongside 451 Research Inc., found that …
Parts of Microsoft Azure cloud hit by eight-hour outage, but you probably didn’t notice
Microsoft Corp. has confessed that some of its Azure cloud storage service customers might have “experienced difficulties provisioning new resources or accessing their existing resources” during two outages, one of which lasted for around eight hours on Wednesday night through Thursday morning. …
DevOps teams need more automation & flexibility, survey finds
The expanded use of the cloud and microservices resulting from the rise in hybrid information technology infrastructure is leading to greater demand for automation in areas such as compliance, according to a new study. DevOps specialist Chef Software Inc. said its poll …
Microsoft announces Apache Spark connector for Azure database
Microsoft Corp. wants its Azure cloud to be the go-to platform for big data services. To that end, on Wednesday it made available a new Apache Spark connector for its DocumentDB database. The announcement was one of several the company made at …