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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 …
Windows 10 Anniversary Update starts rolling out
Microsoft yesterday began rolling out its much anticipated Windows 10 Anniversary update. The company plans to roll out the update in phases, starting with newer PCs first, although those who don’t want to wait can grab it from Microsoft’s servers now. “You …
Mesosphere launches “Container 2.0” initiative
Mesosphere Inc., pioneer of the data center operating system approach to container orchestration, yesterday unveiled plans to kickstart what it calls the “Container 2.0” movement. The company has just struck alliances with a trio of enterprise Big Data vendors in order to …
Salesforce moves quick to snap up productivity app Quip
Salesforce.com, Inc. has been expanding beyond its core CRM business for some time, and yesterday took another step in that direction with the acquisition of cloud-based word processing app Quip. The deal was priced at $582 million, according to a filing made …
HPE cloud boss Bill Hilf departs the company
Just hours after rumors emerged of private equity firms circling Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE), the tech giant has announced the departure of three key executives, including the heads of its cloud and storage businesses. Bill Hilf, whose official title was senior vice president and …