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Google debuts Security Health Analytics for its cloud platform
Google LLC today launched a new cloud security service that aims to help ensure its customer stay in compliance with any regulations they need to adhere to. Security Health Analytics is a security service that integrates with Google’s Cloud Security Command Center. In a blog post, Google Cloud product manager Kyle Olive said it enables ...
Open-source Delta Lake project moves to the Linux Foundation
Databricks Inc.’s Delta Lake today became the latest open-source software project to fall under the banner of the Linux Foundation. Delta Lake has rapidly gained momentum since it was open-sourced by Databricks in April, and is already being used by thousands of organizations, including important backers such as Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Booz Allen Hamilton Corp. ...
Red Hat piles up more developers tools in OpenShift 4.2 release
Red Hat Inc. today added some new developer client tools and local development capabilities to its OpenShift container application platform aimed at making software developers more productive. The new tools include ready-to-use OpenShift developer services for Service Mesh, Serverless and Pipelines, as well as a new CodeReady Containers service that brings the power of OpenShift to ...
Intel buys Pivot Technology’s Smart Edge platform
Intel Corp. said today it has agreed to acquire the Smart Edge platform from information technology infrastructure provider Pivot Technology Solutions Inc. The deal is meant to help Intel fulfill its vision of becoming a leader in the emerging edge computing business. “This transaction enhances our ability to address the 5G network transformation with a leading position ...
Amazon’s consumer business ditches Oracle’s databases
Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp.’s executive chairman and chief technology officer, will need to come up with another excuse to take a dig at Amazon Web Services Inc. after his archrival announced it has finally moved off the company’s databases. AWS announced today that Amazon.com Inc.’s consumer business has decommissioned the last of its Oracle databases, ...
Zoom announces customized appliances for videoconference meetings
Videoconferencing software company Zoom Video Communications Inc. is talking up the hardware today at its Zoomtopia 2019 event, announcing partnerships with outside suppliers to develop purpose-built appliances for Zoom Rooms. Zoom is first and foremost a software company. Its core product is Zoom Meetings, which provides a way for business people and others to hold ...
UiPath announces new tools and acquisitions to automate more business processes
Robotic processing automation firm UiPath Inc. announced a couple of key acquisitions at its Forward III conference in Las Vegas today alongside a swath of improvements to its RPA platform. Backed by a billion dollars in venture capital funding, UiPath is one of the darlings of the booming RPA market, an emerging subset of artificial ...
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SAP and its co-CEOs face daunting integration challenges ahead
German enterprise software provider SAP SE’s new co-Chief Executive Officers Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein face a daunting task ahead of them as they look to integrate a growing portfolio of products and services into the company’s technology stack. Morgan and Klein were announced as SAP’s new co-CEOs late last week. Their appointment came after the ...
In a surprise, SAP CEO Bill McDermott steps down after 9 years in the job
Enterprise software giant SAP SE has a new chief executive — two, actually. The company said today that Chief Executive Officer Bill McDermott (pictured) is stepping down from the company after more than nine years at the helm. McDermott has been replaced by SAP board members Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein, who have been appointed ...
Startups Q-CTRL and Bleximo team up for application-specific quantum computing
Australian quantum computing startup Q-CTRL Pty. Ltd. is finally putting its software to use, partnering with U.S.-based Bleximo Corp. to power that company’s superconducting quantum accelerators. The partnership will see Q-CTRL become Bleximo’s “preferred provider” of quantum firmware as Bleximo looks to bring its quantum computing systems to market. Q-CTRL is an interesting startup that’s ...