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Apache Software Foundation announces two more top-level open source projects
The Apache Software Foundation’s stable of open-source projects continues to grow, with the addition of two more top-level projects in the past 24 hours. They include a Google Inc.-backed unified programming model for batch and streaming big data processing and a new monitoring tool for big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark. Apache ...
Virtuozzo puts a lid on container security with new data encryption feature
Server virtualization firm Virtuozzo, which was spun out of German tech company Parallels IP Holdings GmbH last year, is beefing up data security on its software platform with the addition of a new disk encryption feature for containers. The company, which offers a infrastructure platform that lets users deploy containers, virtual machines, and software-defined storage from ...
IT pros call for a new security architecture to defend against cyberattacks
A hazardous cocktail of evolving cybersecurity threats, sprawling information technology infrastructures and increased mobility means that most organizations will need to create an entirely new security architecture in order to safeguard their digital assets. So says a new report by Citrix Systems Inc. and the information security researcher Ponemon Institute. A Need for a New IT ...
Microsoft adds search features to Dynamics 365 cloud business software
Microsoft has updated its cloud-based business and customer management service platform Dynamics 365 with enhanced search features that the company says makes it easier for users to find the answers they’re looking for. Dynamics 365 combines customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning software into a cloud service. By default, it sorts its search results according ...
CEO Marissa Mayer, five others to quit Yahoo’s board post-merger with Verizon
Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer will resign from the company’s board of directors once its planned $4.8 billion merger with Verizon Communications Inc. is completed. Meanwhile, what’s left of Yahoo will be renamed Altaba Inc., according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission earlier today. Mayer, together with Yahoo’s co-founder David Filo ...
Report: Smartphone maker ZTE to ax 3,000 staff ahead of US exports ban
Chinese telecommunications equipment and systems company ZTE Corp. is reportedly preparing to lay off about 3,000 of its employees, including a fifth of its smartphone division workforce, according to a report Friday. Citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans, Reuters said ZTE will cut 5 percent of its 60,000-person global workforce in order to “streamline ...
Cloud storage firm Bitcasa bites the dust as it shuts down all services
Cloud storage operator Bitcasa Inc. has bailed out of the game for good, according to a blog post by ex-Chief Executive Officer Brian Taptich. But Taptich’s final message that the company is “no more” is nonetheless somewhat cryptic, as he says “this is not bad news.” He claims that the company has become “a part of something ...
Necessary evil no more, customer service emerges as a key profit driver
Sales has long been the biggest priority for many organizations, while customer service took a backseat, treated as a necessary evil and given limited resources. But a new report from Salesforce.com Inc.’s research division suggests that mindset is changing, as companies realize that increased investments in customer service, aided by new technologies, can help to boost their ...
Microsoft’s SQL Server named best database software in 2016
Microsoft Corp.’s SQL Server has landed Solid IT GmbH’s database management software of the year award for 2016, beating out Oracle Corp.’s MySQL and the open-source PostgreSQL, which finished second and third, respectively. DB-Engines, which is owned by Solid IT, said Microsoft won the award despite finishing only third in the overall popularity stakes. Oracle’s ...
Skills shortage holds back agile software development, survey finds
Fragmented testing processes and a lack of automation skills are hampering enterprises’ efforts to speed up the deployment of new software, according to a new survey on software testing released this week. The report, published by test management specialist Zephyr Inc. on Thursday, notes that continuous software delivery is a growing requirement among enterprises. It ...