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Docker Inc. has launched a new Docker Cloud surface that’s built upon the technology it acquired when it purchased Tutum Inc. for an undisclosed sum in October 2015. When Docker purchased Tutum, the latter company had less than ten employees and its …
Joe Tucci retirement looms as Michael Dell reveals future executive team
What with Dell Inc.’s acquisition of EMC Corp. seemingly on track after securing regulatory approval in both the U.S. and in Europe, Michael Dell is now confident enough to announce his plans for the new company’s leadership once the deal goes through. Dell …
Rackspace edges further away from the public cloud
Rackspace Inc. looks like its retreating even further from the public cloud with reports suggesting that up to 90 of its employees are being shifted to faster growing businesses in the company, such as hybrid and private cloud. It’s not clear if …
707 million records stolen in data breaches last year
Last year saw a whopping 707 million private records stolen during 1,673 separate data breaches, according to a new report from Dutch research outfit Gemalto NV. Gemalto said in its 2015 Breach Level report that this equates to just under 2 million …
Gartner’s Avivah Litan stamps her feet: “Stop bullying Apple!”
Gartner Inc. analyst Avivah Litan has weighed in to ongoing kerfuffle over Apple’s refusal to hack that iPhone for the FBI, saying that authorities should “stop bullying Apple”. Writing in the Gartner blog, Litan argues that the iPhone in question is unlikely …
IBM buys Resilient Systems, hires security guru Bruce Schneier
IBM has finalized a deal to acquire a startup called Resilient Systems Inc. in a move that not only bolsters its own security offerings, but also means it obtains the services of one of the world’s foremost computer security expects, Bruce Schneier. …
Microsoft unveils a slew of new security services to secure the enterprise
Microsoft unleashed a number of new security services last week, as part of a renewed security initiative laid out by the company’s CEO Satya Nadella last November. The major new offering is the new Microsoft Cloud App Security service, available from April, …
Google calls for a new HDD format: Taller, with more platters and I/O
Google has called on storage vendors to consider building newer hard drives with a taller design that are primarily intended for use in data centers, abandoning the traditional 3.5” dimension format. Google’s VP of Infrastructure Eric Brewer, also a professor at UC …
MapR hires 2 new execs, hints at IPO “when conditions are right”
Hadoop purveyor MapR Technologies Inc. has shaken up the upper echelons of its executive management team, hiring a new VP of Worldwide Business Development and a new Chief Marketing Officer. The superbly-named Geneva Lake is new VP of WBD. Not only does …
Chicago votes to make Computer Science a mandatory subject at all public schools
Most schools realize that students need to be able to use a computer in this day and age, which is why many have already established computer labs where they teach the basics of programming and using software. Still, in most U.S. schools …