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Mozilla kills off Firefox OS to double down on emerging tech
The Mozilla Foundation said it’s shutting down the remains of its connected things division, which is responsible for the failed Firefox OS and other projects. “We have shifted our internal approach to the IoT opportunity to step back from a focus on launching and scaling commercial products to one focused on research and advanced development,” ...
Survey finds 90 percent of organizations struggle to optimize data centers
An overwhelming majority of data center operators believe their information technology infrastructure is unsuitable for their organization’s digital business strategy, according to a new vendor-sponsored survey on IT optimization. The survey, conducted by IDG Research and sponsored by Datalink Corp., an IT services provider that helps companies to modernize their data center infrastructure, reveals that ...
VMware extends software-defined networking push with new NSX tools
VMware Inc. is continuing to hedge its bets on the rise of software-defined networking with the release of two new versions of its NSX virtual networking software. The company on Thursday announced the release of NSX for vSphere 6.3, together with a brand new product, NSX-T 1.1, aimed at cloud native environments. The latter release is ...
Tableau shares spike 14 percent after it blows past earnings target
Tableau Software Inc. saw its share price shoot up 14 percent in after-hours trading following a fourth-quarter earnings report that beat Wall Street’s expectations. The data visualization software maker posted earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of 26 cents per share, down 7 cents from last year, on revenues of $250.7 million, up 24 ...
AT&T donates its software-defined networking code to the open-source community
The Linux Foundation announced on Wednesday that it’s creating a new open networking automation project for virtual network functions using code donated by telecommunications provider AT&T Inc. Virtual network functions refers to virtualized tasks done in software that were formerly carried out by proprietary, dedicated hardware. With VNF, network functions are moved away from dedicated hardware ...
Report: Insider trading finds a lucrative home on the dark web
Insider trading has found a prosperous breeding ground in the so-called dark web, as a number of marketplaces have emerged to sell corporate secrets to dodgy traders. U.S. risk management firm RedOwl Analytics and Israeli threat intelligence company IntSights said in a new report published Wednesday that the dark web marketplaces enable insider trading by selling ...
HPE acquires Niara to boost its network security portfolio
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. is fortifying its software-defined information technology infrastructure with the acquisition of security analytics firm Niara Inc. for an undisclosed fee. HPE described Niara as a leader in the emerging market segment known as “user and entity behavior analytics” — in plain English, analyzing user behavior to find anomalies that may indicate ...
Microsoft previews browser-based query editing tool in Azure SQL
Microsoft Corp. has made it easier for Azure SQL users to access and query their databases and data warehouses with the addition of a new Query Editor tool, alongside several other cloud updates. The update means users no longer need to switch to a new tool, as Query Editor enables them to write queries, execute ...
AMD posts solid fourth-quarter earnings, aims for a 2017 turnaround
Computer chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. beat Wall Street’s expectations Tuesday with a smaller-than-expected fourth-quarter loss. The company also issued a strong earnings forecast for the current quarter. In particular, it expects high demand for its upcoming high-performance Ryzen desktop personal computer processors for gamers and other demanding users. AMD is the second-largest manufacturer of personal ...
Google finally open-sources Chrome browser for Apple’s iOS
After several years of work, Google Inc. has finally added the code for the Apple iOS version of its Chrome web browser to the open-source Chromium project. Google Chrome on iOS isn’t nearly as popular as Apple’s own Safari browser, which accounted for over 96 percent of all web traffic on the platform last year, ...