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The average marketer’s skill set has changed dramatically in the last decade, as the use of analytics tools becomes an essential aspect of their daily tasks. That finding comes from Aplitude Inc.’s newly published 2016 State of Analytics Report, which found that …
Microsoft intros new cloud storage plugin for Docker on Azure
Microsoft has made it easier to migrate containers between hosts on its Azure Cloud platform with the release of its new Docker Volume Plugin for Azure File Storage, which allows Docker containers to have data volumes separate from their host. Azure File …
Microsoft’s SQL Server-on-Linux won’t arrive until next year
Microsoft has provided more details about its SQL-Server-on-Linux strategy, a previously unimaginable new coupling that will see Microsoft’s popular database software, SQL Server, appear on Linux operating systems for the first time. As my SiliconANGLE colleague James Farrell pointed out at the …
New York considers tax breaks for developers of open-source software
New York state’s assembly is set to consider a new bill that would provide tax breaks for open-source software developers. Senator Daniel Squadron (D)’s proposed NY senate bill S161, which is also sponsored by Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D), will, if enabled, allow …
Google eyes triple acquisition of Shopify, Namely & Xactly to boost cloud portfolio
Google might be trailing Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in the public cloud, but the search giant-cum-infrastructure provider isn’t giving up the chase just yet – on the contrary, it’s all set to invest millions of dollars in order to build …
CoreOS bids to clean up container security with Clair 1.0
Container software maker CoreOS Inc. has often criticized its blue-chip rival Docker Inc. for security flaws, saying the CoreOS own design is a lot safer. Now, the company has gone a step further in its quest to secure containers with the general …
Stack Overflow survey: JavaScript is No. 1, but Spark is where the big bucks are
Stack Overflow, the popular developer forum and online hangout, has just released the results of its 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, which is considered by many to be one of the best takes on the state of the software industry. More than …
Google gives up on robots, looks to sell Boston Dynamics
If you were worried that Google was plotting to take over the world with its impressively horrifying robotic creations designed with the military in mind, well there’s good news – that’s not going to happen, because Google is reportedly looking to sell …
Google open-sources its load balancing train, Maglev
Google says it’s going to open-source its Maglev load-balancing tool to developers, in a move that will also provide a boost to its own infrastructure. Google engineers Daniel Eisenbud and Paul Newson explained in a blog post that Google has a long …
Google takes marketing to the extreme with Analytics 360 suite
Google is throwing down the gauntlet to Adobe Inc.’s Marketing Cloud service with the release of several new tools aimed at enterprise marketers. Launched on Tuesday,Google’s Analytics 360 suite encompasses several integrated data and marketing analytics tools that are designed to help …