NetApp reshuffles top ranks
Storage vendor NetApp announced a series of major changes to its senior leadership team this week, most significantly the election of chief executive officer Tom Georgens as chairman of the board. He is stepping…
Microsoft, Quindell and others seek to own the smart car experience
This week’s SmartCar roundup features a software giant’s concept for the connected car platform, an app that diagnoses your car problems, and the largest telematics contract to date. Microsoft’s prototype connected car platform .…
Microsoft pitches ‘write once, run anywhere’ cross platform universal development with Visual Studio 2013 update
By Saroj Kar
To support “write once, run anywhere” application development on new Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1 Update 1, Microsoft announced the release of the Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2013 Update 2. This update…
Tips for living in a post-XP world
Here we are. The day after the big XP apocalypse and we’re all still here. The Heartbleed SSL vulnerability has grabbed all the headlines the last couple of days for good reason. However just…
Bitcoin Weekly 2014 April 9: The Heartbleed bug edition
By Kyt Dotson
For the web this week has been a huge gust of security news after an exploit discovered in a popular SSL encryption library–responsible for encrypting much of the web’s traffic–became well known. Due to…
Universal Windows, free Windows and whether they matter
Sure, Microsoft’s announcement of a universal Windows development platform got lots of applause at its developer conference last week. Likewise its free licensing of Windows for devices with screens smaller than 9-inches. But, does…
IBM celebrates System/360 50th anniversary with Hadoop + cloud + mobile offerings for System z
Fifty years after the original System/360 revolutionized business computing, big iron remains a fixture at most enterprises, with much of the world’s mission-critical data still stored on mainframes for security reasons. But having a…
Mobile tech is how the Earthquakes soccer team will stand out from NFL, NBA| #SportsDataSV 2014
By Ryan Cox
During our #SportsDataSV 2014 special event, #theCUBE welcomed Dave Kaval, president of the San Jose Earthquakes soccer team. Sitting down with hosts John Furrier and Jeff Kelly, Kaval demonstrates a forward-thinking understanding of both…
VCE instrumental in transforming the software-defined data center concept into reality
VCE has come a long way in a short time, surpassing $1 billion in annual sales less than six years after its launch on the back of rapidly growing demand for simplicity and full-stack…
Twitter rolls out new look for desktop
Reports surfaced in February that Twitter was quietly testing a new design for desktops, with a handful of people given early access to test the new interface. The redesigned Twitter seemed to put a…