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Microsoft made a number of container-related announcements at DockerCon yesterday, saying its expanding support for the technology by integrating it more deeply with a number of its DevOps and enterprise tools. Docker’s ecosystem and containers in general are something that Microsoft has …
Docker opens the doors to its new enterprise-focused app store
Perhaps being influenced by the cliché that you’re just not cool if you don’t have your own app store, Docker Inc. yesterday launched the Docker Store in private beta, a new marketplace to showcase only the most trusted and validated Docker software. …
Tokyo drivers brace themselves for deep learning-based, targeted ad bombardment
Object storage provider Cloudian Inc. is teaming up with Japanese digital advertising agency Dentsu Inc. to deliver the world’s first targeted ads to drivers as they drive past billboards in Tokyo. The experimental system has been set up on a major highway …
Platform9 embraces container movement with support for Kubernetes
Private cloud services vendor Platform9 Systems Inc. is getting into the container game, introducing support for Kubernetes on its managed OpenStack offering. Founded by a bunch of ex-VMware Inc. engineers back in 2013, Platform9 is a fairly unique and interesting vendor in …
Public cloud strengthens its grip as enterprise adoption accelerates
The software-defined data center is seeing widespread adoption with more workloads, ranging from routine functions to mission-critical tasks, shifting to public clouds, according to a new survey from HyTrust Inc. HyTrust, which is partly funded by the CIA’s venture capital unit and …
Ready for takeoff: FAA set to announce commercial drone rules this week
Drones for commercial use are set to get the go ahead at long last this week, as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prepares to introduce new regulations governing their use. Don’t get too excited just yet though, as the new regulations …
Azure Premium Storage gets new backup capabilities
Microsoft’s blockbuster acquisition of LinkedIn Corp. overshadowed a lot of its other moves last week, but that didn’t stop it from pushing out a ton of cloud updates. The biggest move last week was that Azure Backup‘s data protection capabilities are now …
Microsoft launches dedicated tool to remove ‘bloatware’ from Windows 10
Anyone who’s bought a new personal computer or laptop recently will likely be familiar with the “bloatware” that OEMs increasingly love pre-installing on their machines along with Windows 10. Unfortunately for us, this bloatware is not only annoying but can also have …
Perspica launches new analytics tool for DevOps
One of the fastest growing use cases for machine learning is providing insights into how software releases in a continuous delivery cycle affect overall IT operations. Keeping with that theme, software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendor Perspica Inc. has just released a new analytics platform …
Containers are on fire as enterprises ramp up adoption
Container technology is rapidly transforming the way enterprises develop and deliver applications, and adoption is set to ramp up spectacularly in the next year, even as obstacles towards adoption persist. A new report from the Cloud Foundry Foundation, Hope Versus Reality: Containers …