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The Cloud Native Computing Foundation bids to kickstart container interoperability
The Linux Foundation is teaming up with 18 technology giants and IT organizations to create the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, an initiative that’s hoping to make it easier for businesses to build and deploy containerized cloud applications oriented around microservices. The main goal of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) is to determine the current ...
SAP’s on cloud cruise control as Q2 revenues rise
SAP SE bucked the trend among poor performing legacy software vendors, reporting rising revenues as customers rushed to snap up its new cloud offerings, though the company’s overall profits took a hit due to a tendency among buyers to choose lower-end services. On Wednesday, Germany-based SAP reported second quarter operating profits of €701 million ($766 ...
Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz plot a route to buy Nokia’s HERE mapping service
We’ve known for a while that German auto makers Audi AG, BMW AG, and Daimler AG’s Mercedes-Benz have been looking to acquire Nokia Corp.’s HERE Maps service, and The Wall Street Journal now says the deal has almost been done. On Tuesday, the publication said the German firms have agreed a deal worth “slightly more ...
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 ...