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Google has hired a new executive in the shape of Rick Osterloh to lead its hardware efforts. Osterloh, who was formerly president of Motorola Inc., will head up a new hardware division at Google that encompasses its Nexus smartphones, consumer hardware (which …
Microsoft adds Nano Servers to latest Windows Server 2016 preview
Microsoft has let another preview of Windows Server 2016 out the bag, saying this latest release is the first that’s “feature-complete”. Basically, it means that this version carried all of the features we can expect to find in the final build, though …
Google’s Sundar Pichai eyes a shift from “mobile first” to “AI first”
New technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence and the cloud will play a key role in shaping Google’s future, its CEO Sundar Pichai believes. Pichai’s comments came in a blog post yesterday that shared the company’s vision of the future with …
Microsoft offers free support & consultations to Azure customers
They say that nothing is really free in life, so what to make of Microsoft’s brand new offer of one year’s free support for its Azure cloud? The Redmond firm announced yesterday that certain customers will be given 12 months of free …
Microsoft just bought 10 million strands of DNA
Microsoft’s madcap scientists are set to buy 10 million long oligonucleotides as they ramp up the company’s efforts at making DNA storage a viable proposition. Microsoft Research is buying the long oligonucleotides, which are laboratory-made DNA molecules, from a startup out of …
vCloud Air boss Bill Fathers quits VMware
VMware Inc.’s top cloud executive Bill Fathers is stepping down as boss of vCloud Air after a three-year stint, Fortune reported on Wednesday. vCloud Air has struggled to gain traction in the cloud market under Father’s leadership, due to a lack of …
Dell doubles down on the Internet of Things
Dell Inc. is looking to expand its Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio with the expertise of more than two dozen partners, including Microsoft and SAP SE. The company launched its IoT business unit just last year, introducing its new gateway device that’s …
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich lays out his vision of the future
Last week was a pretty bad one for Intel, which saw its share price decline in the wake of news that it’s to layoff 12,000 employees, or about 11 percent of its total workforce, but that hasn’t hurt company CEO Brian Krzanich’s …
Dell’s government cloud services get a boost with FedRAMP certification
Dell Inc. has had its government cloud officially certified to show it meets federal cloud security standards, which should make it a lot easier for the company to start winning business from federal agencies. Dell joins a fairly short list of certification …
Spark rival Apache Apex hits top-level status
Apache Apex was yesterday moved up to become the Apache Software Foundation (ASF)’s latest top-level project. Apache Apex is an open-source stream and batch processing platform that’s compatible with HDFS and YARN, runs in-memory, and offers enhanced event processing and fault tolerance …