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Docker acquires Tutum to deliver cross-cloud container management
In an effort to bridge the gap between app development and production deployment, Docker Inc. has acquired Tutum Inc., a two-year-old startup that develops cloud services for deploying and managing distributed apps inside Docker containers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition gives Docker an infrastructure management capability to add it its existing ...
Tableau Vizable delivers Big Data visualizations to the masses
Tableau Software Inc. is looking to broaden its horizons and bring Big Data to the masses with a new product for iOS devices that lets anyone dig into their data and visualize what they’re doing right or wrong. The opportunity is certainly there – while Big Data has become massive in the enterprise, the wider ...
EMC/VMware spin out Virtustream as new Cloud Services Business
EMC Corp.’s and VMware Inc.’s cloud computing efforts are to be reorganized into a new business unit that combines units from both with those of Virtustream, the cloud software and services provider that EMC acquired in a $1.2 billion deal earlier this year. The new venture will operate under the Virtustream banner, with Virtustream CEO ...
Oracle offers up new OpenStack release as Docker instances
Oracle has updated its Oracle OpenStack platform, almost a year to the day after it first released its own flavor of the open-source cloud-building fabric. The new release, called Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux Release 2, has been updated with containers in mind. Specifically, the new release has been made available packaged entirely as Docker ...
Microsoft intros Skype Links, allowing anyone to join in the chat
Microsoft wants Skype to be the de facto communications platform for people all over the world, so much so that users don’t even need to install the Skype app on their devices. Skype for Web is a browser-based version of Skype that lets people participate in chat and live call sessions from within their browser, ...
Michael Dell spells out his plans for VMware: No big changes, for now
Exactly one week after Dell Inc.’s $67 billion mega-acquisition of storage giant EMC Corp., CEO Michael Dell has penned a blog post outlining his plans for VMware Inc., the virtualization giant that accounts for the bulk of the EMC Federation’s value. With the acquisition Dell the company becomes what Dell the man has always wanted ...
Microsoft sweetens the deal for Windows 10 with ‘Easy Trade Up’ program
Microsoft is hoping to bait new Windows 10 buyers through a new program called “Easy Trade Up” that’s designed to let them cash in on their old machines. For a limited period only, Microsoft is willing to pay up to $200 for old Windows machines, and $300 for Apple MacBooks, for those who’re looking for ...
Steve Ballmer takes an $800 million stake in Twitter
Ex-Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has revealed he’s taken a four percent stake in Twitter, in a move that makes him a bigger shareholder than new CEO Jack Dorsey. “Glad I bought 4% past few months,” Ballmer tweeted from a newly verified account. His tweet paid tribute to Twitter’s new ‘Moments’ feature, as well as last ...
IBM opens up its source code to China in ‘good faith’ gambit
IBM has made a politically sensitive decision to let China’s government review its software’s source code, in a move that probably won’t sit too well with the present Obama administration. The unusual step was first reported by The Wall Street Journal, which said IBM allowed officials from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to ...
OpenStack Liberty release intros ‘Big Tent’ governance model
The OpenStack community has just made a new release of its cloud computing framework available, adding dozens of new features that address large-scale deployments, native container capabilities and a new governance model. Available now, OpenStack Liberty is the 12th release of the platform, succeeding the OpenStack Kilo release from last April. Liberty’s new features have ...