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Rumors are swirling that Microsoft’s $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn Corp. may make Twitter a more likely takeover target, with some analysts claiming such a deal will be “inevitable” if it’s unable to turn itself around any time soon. It seems that …
Google just made tons of new enemies with its support for the TPP
Google’s decision to come out in support of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is unlikely to win the company many new friends, and will provide further ammunition to those who say the company has long since gone back on its …
Dell earnings: Sales slip, driving revenues down as EMC merger nears
Dell Inc. doesn’t report its finances these days, but its parent company Denal Holding Inc. does, and its latest figures show that the IT giant had an unremarkable fiscal first quarter of 2017. Denali reported its revenues dropped by three percent year …
DevOps increasingly embracing AI systems, but security fears persist
Developers are increasingly adopting intelligent, automated systems in the data center as they seek to offload manual processes in order to keep up with the accelerating pace of IT operations. That conclusion was taken from a new survey of IT executives about …
France launches terror alert app for Euro 2016 finals
The government of France has released a new terror alert app ahead of the Euro 2016 soccer championship finals, designed to warn users of imminent attacks, threats and other dangers. Called SAIP ((Système d’alerte et d’information des populations), the app was released …
Salesforce bets on citizen developers to build the next wave of business apps
If there’s any truth to the idea that every company is a software company, then perhaps every company employee needs to learn how to create software. Or at least that’s what Salesforce.com, Inc., seems to believe. The company made a major announcement …
HPE leads in cloud infrastructure space, Cisco not far behind
Cisco Systems Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (HPE) continue to duke it out for supremacy in the cloud infrastructure market, with the latter company gaining a slight edge over the former, according to new research from Synergy Research Group. Synergy’s latest …
Midokura grabs $20.4m, eyes leadership in the SDN space
Network virtualization specialist Midokura has just raised $20.4 million in Series B funding in order to fuel further growth in a highly competitive market. The round was led by Japanese investment firm Simplex Inc., with participation from previous investor Innovation Network Corp., …
HPE taps the open-source community to help build The Machine
Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) is hoping to speed up the development of a brand-new computer architecture called “The Machine” by inviting open-source developers to participate. HPE made the announcement at this week’s Discover 2016 conference in Las Vegas, at the same time launching …
21 million self-driving vehicles to hit the road by 2035, IHS says
There will be almost 21 million self-driving vehicles on the world’s roads by 2035, according to a new forecast from IHS Automotive, Inc. The United States is expected to lead the way in driverless vehicle adoption, in spite of regulatory challenges and …