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It came as a mild surprise to learn that some U.S. courts actually rely on software to predict the likelihood of convicted criminals re-offending when considering the sentences they hand out. But even more surprising is that the software they use appears to …
U.S. government publishes “voluntary best practices” for drone use
Companies and individuals should refrain from using drones to spy on their employees or their neighbors, but for news organizations it’s well within their remit to do just that. At least, according to new guidelines published by the U.S. government on how …
DriveScale launches scale-out infrastructure platform, announces $15M series A
China’s electronics manufacturing giant Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., more commonly known as “Foxconn”, is one of several investors in a new enterprise infrastructure platform developer called DriveScale Inc. DriveScale burst out of stealth last week, announcing a $15 million series …
Microsoft steps up its ‘green’ data center campaign
Microsoft’s data center operations have been officially “carbon-neutral” since 2012, but that’s not nearly good enough for Redmond’s environmentally-friendly bods. They’re not satisfied, because legal loopholes mean that data center operators don’t actually have to use renewable energy directly in order to …
Aqua Security intros a layered approach to container security & compliance
The container security landscape has seen some significant developments over the last year, with Docker Inc. releasing its Docker Security Scanning tool and CoreOS Inc. launching its own Clair security tool. Now, a new player is entering the container security game, aiming …
Jenkins migrates its infrastructure onto Microsoft Azure
The open-source Jenkins Project has revealed it’s collaborating with Microsoft to utilize Azure cloud resources to meet its growing infrastructure needs. Jenkins, a continuous integration and delivery solution that’s extremely popular with developers, will move its entire back-end infrastructure to Microsoft Azure. …
Salesforce expands relationship with AWS as it claims “best ever” opening quarter
Salesforce.com, Inc., has expanded its relationship with Amazon Web Services, and will continue doing so, according to CEO Marc Benioff. The CEOs comments came in an earnings call that followed the release of Salesforce’s Q1, 2016 results on Wednesday. The company’s shift …
Gartner shows PC vendors how to boost their profits
Everybody has known for ages that the PC market, while perhaps not quite doomed, is certainly going through a long period of decline which it’s unlikely to bounce back from. Tech industry analysts including Gartner Inc., and International Data Corp. (IDC) have …
VMware ditches Windows for all-new HTML 5 vSphere client
VMware Inc., says admins will soon only be able to operate vSphere from its HTML 5 client, because it’s about to stop developing its Windows client. In a blog post announcing the decision, VMware points out that it’s already adopted HTML 5 …
Cisco breezes past Wall Street’s expectations with solid Q3
There was a lot of apprehension in investor’s circles ahead of Cisco Systems Inc.’s third-quarter earnings report, but those worries were exaggerated. Once again, Cisco blew past Wall Street’s expectations, with its share price surging by six percent in after-hours trading following its …