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VMware Inc. has said it’s dumping its vRealize Business Enterprise and IT Benchmarking software, which is the financial component of its vRealize management suite, just five years after it first acquired it. Private investment firm Skyview Capital has acquired the business for an undisclosed sum. …
Microsoft to launch Azure Service Fabric on Linux this month
Microsoft has announced it will release a Linux flavor of its Service Fabric cloud service into public preview later this month. The service was first launched in preview on Azure last March, and the company says a Linux flavor will be released …
OpenStack Mitaka software arrives as developers tease Newton release
As vendors scramble to update their OpenStack distributions based on the latest Mitaka release, developers are already teasing what’s in store for the next version of the cloud computing fabric, dubbed OpenStack Newton. A number of vendors have already gotten their latest …
Google appeals to developers with new Cloud Tools for PowerShell
Google is stepping up its efforts to woo Microsoft .NET developers with the introduction of new tools aimed at helping them utilize its Cloud Platform environment. Late yesterday the company unveiled a new set of Cloud Tools for PowerShell that allow developers …
Microsoft steals HP from Salesforce.com in 6-year CRM deal
Microsoft scored a major coup yesterday when it snatched Hewlett-Packard Inc. out of the arms of Salesforce.com Inc., signing it up on a multi-year contract to use its Dynamics CRM and Office 365 products. According to a press release announcing the deal, …
Azure cloud to trial 4K and HDR video streams
Microsoft is to begin trialling 4K Ultra-High Definition (UHD) and HDR video streams following via its Azure Media Services, a part of the Azure cloud. “Today I am pleased to announce that we are conducting trials of HEVC encoding and delivery in …
Report: Dell to lay off 2,000-3,000 employees after EMC deal
Dell Technologies Inc. is expected to lay-off between 2,000 and 3,000 workers following the completion of its blockbuster $67 billion EMC Corp. acquisition. But that number could climb even higher if the newly merged company’s sales don’t match expectations, Bloomberg is reporting. …
Microsoft beefs up Azure Backup with enterprise-grade policy management
Microsoft is claiming that its backup and disaster recovery service for its Azure cloud platform is now and enterprise-grade contender for workloads and data already stored in its cloud. The Redmond-based company has announced a major update to Azure Backup that builds …
Microsoft updates Windows 10 IoT Core with new developer-centric features
After getting its Windows 10 Anniversary Update out of the door, Microsoft is now focused on the next major update for its Windows 10 IoT Core platform for the Internet of Things. This week, the company announced a number of new capabilities …
Salesforce intros Lightning Bolt for building online communities
Salesforce.com Inc. has just added a new service called Lightning Bolt that’s designed to make it easier for companies to create customized online communities with industry-specific design and functionality. “The new Lightning Bolt framework enables the experts in our partner ecosystem to …