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Platform9 takes a new approach to OpenStack | #OSSV15

By Heather Johnson Aug 28, 2015

Platform9, a Cloud service that transforms infrastructure into an agile, self-service private Cloud, is one of a new generation of startups that approach OpenStack in a new way. “Our goal is to make private…

Shark Week just got scarier with Discovery’s new Virtual Reality video platform

By Eric David Aug 28, 2015

Discovery Communications – the media empire behind the Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, and more – has just launched Discovery VR, a new 360 video platform for web and mobile that lets viewers experience a dive with sharks,…

Wikibon

Wikibon: Latency/capacity tradeoff a growing storage issue

By Bert Latamore Aug 28, 2015

Storage was simple when spinning disks ruled the world, but today distinctions are drawn along such lines as disk versus flash, logical versus physical and local versus cloud. Underlying each category are the issues…

Wikibon

“vCloud Air is pretty much dead” as executives flee VMware

By Maria Deutscher Aug 28, 2015

A new rumor making rounds in the industry suggests that VMware Inc. has drastically scaled back development on its public cloud just over two years after its launch and may soon pull the cord…

Facebook is working on new features to fight video piracy

By Eric David Aug 28, 2015

Content theft is a constant concern for digital content creators, and while they will probably never be able to stop it completely, every major sharing platform on the internet is continuously searching for ways to…

Top smart cities in Canada, India and beyond

By Mellisa Tolentino Aug 28, 2015

This week’s Smart City roundup features Australia’s need to focus on smart infrastructure, Canada’s lead in the race for smart infrastructure deployments, fresh smart city solutions to be featured in Ecobuild 2016, and India’s…

Intel bets big on drones with $60 million Yuneec investment

By Mike Wheatley Aug 28, 2015

Intel Corp. has made its biggest investment into drone technology yet, injecting more than $60 million into China’s Yuneec International as it looks for ways to compensate for the declining PC market. The two…

Enterprise server market beats the odds to grow 6.1 percent

By Mike Wheatley Aug 28, 2015

The enterprise server market has defied all the odds to grow by 6.1 percent in the second quarter of this year compared to the year before, according to International Data Corp. (IDC)’s latest Worldwide…

New smartphones, smartwatches we expect to see at IFA 2015 next week

By Collen Kriel Aug 28, 2015

With so much attention focused on Apple’s upcoming iPhone – now confirmed for launch on September 9 – you’d be forgiven for being duped into thinking that’s all we have to look forward to…

Images of Microsoft’s new flagship Lumias leaked

By James Farrell Aug 28, 2015

Leaks of Microsoft’s new flagship Lumias have been trickling into the web for some time, and it’s expected that the devices, along with the Surface Pro 4 and Band 2 will be launched at…