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Microsoft to drop free support for Windows 7 in January 2020

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2019

The end is nigh for Windows 7 as Microsoft Corp. announced today that it would stop offering free support for the operating system one year from today. Free is the key word. Microsoft is…

Blockchain

HSBC ran $250B in transactions through its blockchain platform in 2018

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2019

Global banking conglomerate HSBC Holdings PLC isn’t just talking about blockchain solutions but doing things, revealing that it ran $250 billion in transactions through its in-house blockchain platform last year. The figure comes from HSBC’s…

Infra

Intel could choose a new CEO before the end of the month

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2019

Intel Corp. may be close to naming a new chief executive officer to replace its former chief Brian Krzanich, who left the chipmaking giant more than six months ago. Bloomberg today quoted anonymous sources as…

Emerging Tech

Proposed US rules would allow drones to be flown at night

By Duncan Riley Jan 14, 2019

The Trump administration has proposed new rules for flying drones that would allow the devices to be flown at night and over people without the need for special permission. Driven by growing commercial interests…

Cloud

Microsoft wins $1.76B contract to supply cloud services to Pentagon

By Mike Wheatley Jan 14, 2019

Microsoft Corp. has landed a huge $1.76 billion cloud computing contract from the U.S. Department of Defense under which it will provide an array of services to several agencies over the next five years.…

Blockchain

Fintech gets pressure-tested, but ‘crypto winter’ may not be as cold as it feels

By Mark Albertson Jan 14, 2019

For many participants in the world of financial technology, 2018 was a year to forget. The market for initial coin offerings ground to a halt, buffeted by regulatory issues and a steep collapse in…

Policy

Google backs new WordPress initiative to build a cloud platform for local publishers

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2019

Google LLC has thrown its weight behind a new initiative from Automattic Inc., the maker of WordPress, that aims to create a low-cost publishing platform for small to medium-sized news organizations. The project officially launched…

Thought Leadership

Mesosphere is ‘edumarketing’ Kubernetes online and off

By R. Danes Jan 14, 2019

Cloud-native technologies are infiltrating stately old enterprises. Leading the ingress is Kubernetes, the open-source platform for orchestrating containers (a virtualized method for running distributed applications). The Cloud Native Computing Foundation — Kubernetes’ homebase —…

Apps

These tools are dialing up agile DevOps speed

By R. Danes Jan 14, 2019

Radical changes to computing infrastructure are ripping the rug out from under software application development. The old model of lugging an app from one department to another and finally to production is changing. A…

AI

Salesforce strengthens Commerce Cloud with new AI services

By Maria Deutscher Jan 14, 2019

Salesforce.com Inc. is infusing more artificial intelligence into its Commerce Cloud. The company today introduced a pair of new AI services for the e-commerce automation platform that aim to help retailers target online shoppers…

the latest

Microsoft to drop free support for Windows 7 in January 2020

HSBC ran $250B in transactions through its blockchain platform in 2018

Proposed US rules would allow drones to be flown at night

Fintech gets pressure-tested, but ‘crypto winter’ may not be as cold as it feels

Google backs new WordPress initiative to build a cloud platform for local publishers

These tools are dialing up agile DevOps speed

Salesforce strengthens Commerce Cloud with new AI services

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