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Amazon Web Services is stepping up integration between its own cloud services, adding two new features to its Aurora MySQL-compatible database. The first update sees Aurora gain the ability to invoke Lambda functions, which means users can connect the Aurora database to …
Inadequate storage tools hold back container adoption, survey finds
Storage issues are holding back adoption of container technology in the enterprise, according to a new survey by data storage firm Portworx Inc. The biggest challenge: a lack of sufficient tools to properly address container storage. Portworx, which quizzed 648 information technology …
The JS Foundation launches to unite the JavaScript community
The Linux Foundation has announced the birth of the JS Foundation, which aims to provide technical governance and mentoring to a range of JavaScript-focused open-source development projects. JavaScript is one of the most popular high-level programming languages, and underwrites millions of web …
Red Hat study shows virtualization will keep growing
With the rise of exciting new technologies like containers, virtualization might sometimes seem like it’s old hat. But not according to Red Hat Inc., whose latest research shows that enterprise adoption is still on the rise. In a new survey of over …
Microsoft offers up a checklist to ease cloud procurement decisions
Microsoft Corp. is positioning itself as the “responsible” public cloud provider by releasing a checklist for customers looking to make cloud procurement decisions. The Cloud Services Due Diligence Checklist is meant to help organizations muddle their way through the process of contracting and managing …
Docker drops anchor in China with Alibaba Cloud partnership
Docker Inc. is bringing the container phenomenon to China via a partnership with one of its biggest cloud computing providers, Alibaba Cloud. Founded back in 2009, Alibaba Cloud is the cloud computing arm of well-known Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd., …
Salesforce walks away from Twitter acquisition, for now
Twitter Inc. was dealt another blow just before the weekend when the last of its potential suitors, Salesforce.com Inc., distanced itself from an acquisition in the near term. The news follows reports last month that Twitter had been approached by a number …
Cyber security spending to hit $100B by 2020, IDC says
Information technology services will see greater investment in cyber security than any other segment this year, reaching $73.6 billion, according to a new survey from International Data Corp. released this week. The finding comes from IDC’s newly released “Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending …
Pure Storage expands converged infrastructure partnership with Cisco
All-flash storage solutions provider Pure Storage Inc. is expanding its partnership on converged infrastructure with Cisco Systems Inc. The company said that Cisco has validated its FlashStack converged infrastructure systems for the data center. The collaboration between the two companies is particularly …
HP to shed 3,000 to 4,000 jobs over next three years
HP Inc. has said it’s planning to cut between 3,000 and 4,000 jobs over the next three to four years in the wake of its split from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. HP is the more consumer-oriented of the two new HPs, encompassing the …