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CoreOS shatters container complexity with Tectonic Preview
CoreOS Inc. has launched a preview of its Tectonic platform, an all-encompassing container technology stack combining the CoreOS portfolio with Kubernetes, Google’s open-source project for managing containerized applications. The Tectonic platform is designed to give organizations easy access to Kubernetes, together with the reassurance of enterprise-level support. Meanwhile, CoreOS has also created a number of ...
Microsoft launches Visual Studio 2015 ahead of Windows 10
With just one week until Windows 10 officially launches, Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2015 and .NET 4.6, the latest generation of its integrated development environment (IDE) and software framework. Visual Studio is an incredibly popular tool, used by millions of developers around the world to build the applications that we take for granted. With ...
Qualcomm mulls breakup as ‘smartphone fatigue’ bites
Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc., which reported an alarming 46 percent drop in second-quarter profit in April, is said to be contemplating a sweeping restructuring of its business that could lead to layoffs and maybe even a breakup of its businesses. The report comes by way of Reuters and The Wall Street Journal, citing a report ...
VMware, Microsoft stay on top in Gartner’s latest virtualization quadrant
Gartner Inc.’s latest Magic Quadrant for x86 server virtualization shows that VMware Inc. and Microsoft continue to lead the field by some distance, with the race among the “niche players” to become “number three” by far more interesting. As things stand, VMware retains its commanding lead, while Microsoft is the only other company to squeeze ...
Google steps in to help Adobe fend off Flash attacks
Adobe Systems Inc. probably can’t help thinking these days that “no news” is “good news”. The security of its Adobe Flash Player has become a complete fiasco – it’s an abject failure, and untold scores of data are at risk from the numerous vulnerabilities in its software. So bad have things gotten that tech giants ...
Apple & Samsung are planning to kill off the removable SIM card
Apple and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., are reportedly holding talks on how to standardize and implement embedded SIM cards in future smartphones. According to The Financial Times, the two smartphone giants are close to announcing an agreement to produce a standardised embedded Sim for consumer devices that would include the smartphone makers. Numerous major global ...
DataSift launches VEDO Intent to squeeze insights out of social media
London-based human intelligence firm DataSift is evolving its social media analysis platform with the integration of machine learning-based algorithms. By doing so, DataSift says it can provide its customers with better insights into what people are saying about them on Facebook and Twitter. Its new solution, called VEDO Intent, is designed to give marketers “more ...
Microsoft to ship Windows 10 on USBs next month
Just as Microsoft blogger Paul Thurrott predicted one month ago, Microsoft is set to distribute copies of its Windows 10 operating system on USB thumb drives. The USBs are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com, Inc., and users can choose from both the Home and Pro editions of the OS. Those interested should note the ...
Mesosphere unveils first SDK for building distributed apps on DCOS
Mesosphere Inc., a startup that’s building a suite of open-source infrastructure tools based on the Apache Mesos project that enables data centers to be virtualized, has announced the availability of new programs and tools aimed at developers and possible partners. These include a new software development kit (SDK) and a Mesophere software developers program to ...
Microsoft adds limited support for Linux on Azure cloud
Microsoft has done the previously unthinkable and said it will now provide “limited support for major Linux distributions, third-party and open-source technologies” on its Azure cloud. The move is a big departure from Microsoft’s previous Windows-centric past, and comes as part of its ongoing efforts to provide a smoother experience for its cloud computing customers ...