Compliance and security number one topic at C-level | #RHSummit
When you say open source, security it the first thing that comes to the minds of many CIOs. As we have been reminded many times, the issue is not if you’ve been hacked, but…
Microsoft to roll out Windows 10 Anniversary Update on August 2
Microsoft has said it’s long-awaited Windows 10 Anniversary Update will go out on August 2. It’s one of the biggest updates to Windows 10 so far, with new features aimed about both enterprises and…
BMC evolving with Hadoop to launch new data solutions | #HS16SJ
BMC Software, Inc. is an established company that is revitalizing itself. “The new BMC is all about digital,” according to Robin Purohit, president of the Digital Service Management Business Unit at BMC Software. Big…
The big leap: How one company moves data across platforms | #HS16SJ
Moving massive amounts of data can be overwhelming and cumbersome. There may even be multiple copies of datasets across several platforms. To address this issue, WANdisco, plc and IBM teamed up to make IBM…
Red Hat in container lead; making money, analysts say | #RHSummit
Perhaps the most surprising event of Day Two at Red Hat Summit 2016 was a live wedding, which was hosted during one of the conference keynotes. Stu Miniman (@stu) and Brian Gracely (@bgracely), cohosts of…
Open vs. Open Source: How one proprietary company utilizes Hadoop open-source software | #HS16SJ
By R. Danes
As open-source continues to expand, it’s interesting to see how proprietary companies capitalize on it to offer products and services to customers. These vendors are the bottled water of IT. Yeah, customers could trek…
The power of open-source development | #RHSummit
As Paul Cormier, EVP of Engineering and president of Products and Technologies at Red Hat, Inc., led the keynote address on Day Two of Red Hat Summit 2016 in San Francisco, he began by looking…
Uber rolls out app changes to encourage safe driving habits
By Eric David
Uber is rolling out a few changes to its app that are aimed at monitoring driving habits and coaching drivers on how to be safer on the road. The information on the new features accompanied a new study…
The rapid rise of digital culture … and the fallout | #HS16SJ
Digital culture has had its share of criticisms, and it’s so ubiquitous now that people forget it’s a relatively new phenomenon. It’s a phenomenon that Virginia Heffernan, author of Magic and Loss: The Internet…
Bombay Stock Exchange: Open source is a mindset | #RHSummit
Open source is still gaining momentum in the industry worldwide. Despite naysayers, open-source software and hardware are making believers out of a broad array of users. In the case of Bombay Stock Exchange, LTD…