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Microsoft has said it plans to release two versions of Windows 10 in 2017, but there will be no further upgrades this year. The news was delivered as Microsoft began rolling out this summer’s Windows 10 Anniversary Update, which brings tons of …
Windows 10 Anniversary Update freezes user’s PCs
Microsoft’s highly anticipated Windows 10 Anniversary Update has gone awry, with dozens of reports claiming that the update has left numerous PCs unusable. Angry updaters have taken to Reddit in their droves to vent their frustration, and the general consensus is that …
AWS, Microsoft Azure clear leaders in Gartner’s IaaS Magic Quadrant
Microsoft Azure is hot on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) heels, ranking just behind the cloud leader and inside the upper-right corner of Gartner Inc.’s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Magic Quadrant. Both Microsoft Azure and AWS are considered as the only “leaders” …
Microsoft’s update privacy policy has a new section on “Enterprise Products”
Microsoft has updated its privacy policy with the inclusion of a new section on “Enterprise Products.” According to the company, the term “Enterprise Products” relates to all of the company’s products and services that are designed for organizations and developers, and include …
Rackspace on the verge of private equity buyout
Rackspace is reportedly close to being bought out by a private equity firm, almost two years after it first said it was planning to pursue strategic alternatives, the Wall Street Journal reported. In the time since it first announced it was looking …
Google allows cloud customers to lock down their own data
Google has made its Customer-Supplied Encryption Keys (CESK) option for Google Compute Engine generally available. Customer content will still be encrypted by Google as the default option, but customers can choose to use CESK for better control over their data’s security. At …
CognitiveScale nets $21.8m to scale out machine learning platform
The machine learning trend is showing no signs of slowing down, as Austin, Texas-based CognitiveScale became the latest startup in the space to land a significant funding round. The company revealed this week that it has just bagged $21.8 million in a …
LinkedIn adds Q&A style videos from its biggest “Influencers”
Business-centric social media site LinkedIn Corp. is finally entering the video space, following in the footsteps of rivals sites like Facebook, Twitter and others. But unlike the rest, LinkedIn is treading carefully at first, and will only allow a select bunch of …
Google’s Project Wing to start testing delivery drones in U.S.
Google’s “Project Wing” delivery drone initiative has said it will team up with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct tests and help to establish new safety regulations. The tests are part of a larger public and privately-funded initiate to further the …
Report: CIOs are the driving force behind enterprise cloud adoption
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) have such powerful influence that they’re the key driver in most enterprise migrations to the cloud, a new study from Unisys Corp. has found. Unisys quizzed more than 200 U.S.-based IT and business executives for its study, and …