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Microsoft intros new cloud storage plugin for Docker on Azure
Microsoft has made it easier to migrate containers between hosts on its Azure Cloud platform with the release of its new Docker Volume Plugin for Azure File Storage, which allows Docker containers to have data volumes separate from their host. Azure File Storage is a cloud-based file sharing service based on the SMB 3.0 protocol ...
Microsoft’s SQL Server-on-Linux won’t arrive until next year
Microsoft has provided more details about its SQL-Server-on-Linux strategy, a previously unimaginable new coupling that will see Microsoft’s popular database software, SQL Server, appear on Linux operating systems for the first time. As my SiliconANGLE colleague James Farrell pointed out at the time Microsoft’s decision became public knowledge, the move is firmly aligned with CEO Satya ...
New York considers tax breaks for developers of open-source software
New York state’s assembly is set to consider a new bill that would provide tax breaks for open-source software developers. Senator Daniel Squadron (D)’s proposed NY senate bill S161, which is also sponsored by Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D), will, if enabled, allow open-source software developers to claim back 20 percent of the expenses they incur ...
Google eyes triple acquisition of Shopify, Namely & Xactly to boost cloud portfolio
Google might be trailing Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure in the public cloud, but the search giant-cum-infrastructure provider isn’t giving up the chase just yet – on the contrary, it’s all set to invest millions of dollars in order to build out its own offerings. Google’s cloud ambitions are well known. Late last year, ...
CoreOS bids to clean up container security with Clair 1.0
Container software maker CoreOS Inc. has often criticized its blue-chip rival Docker Inc. for security flaws, saying the CoreOS own design is a lot safer. Now, the company has gone a step further in its quest to secure containers with the general release of Clair 1.0, a dedicated container scanning tool that can detect security ...
Stack Overflow survey: JavaScript is No. 1, but Spark is where the big bucks are
Stack Overflow, the popular developer forum and online hangout, has just released the results of its 2016 Stack Overflow Developer Survey, which is considered by many to be one of the best takes on the state of the software industry. More than 56,000 coders from 173 different countries responded to this year’s survey, which is ...
Google gives up on robots, looks to sell Boston Dynamics
If you were worried that Google was plotting to take over the world with its impressively horrifying robotic creations designed with the military in mind, well there’s good news – that’s not going to happen, because Google is reportedly looking to sell off its Boston Dynamics robotics research division. Executives at Google’s parent company Alphabet ...
Google open-sources its load balancing train, Maglev
Google says it’s going to open-source its Maglev load-balancing tool to developers, in a move that will also provide a boost to its own infrastructure. Google engineers Daniel Eisenbud and Paul Newson explained in a blog post that Google has a long history of building its own networking gear, including its own load balancers, which ...
Google takes marketing to the extreme with Analytics 360 suite
Google is throwing down the gauntlet to Adobe Inc.’s Marketing Cloud service with the release of several new tools aimed at enterprise marketers. Launched on Tuesday,Google’s Analytics 360 suite encompasses several integrated data and marketing analytics tools that are designed to help marketers reach consumers with the right message at the right time. Google’s Analytics ...
Amazon files ‘pay-by-selfie’ patent application for online purchases
Instead of entering a password or credit card number every time you want to purchase something online, soon you might just be able to take a selfie and have done with it. Retail giant Amazon.com, Inc., has just filed a patent application for a new “pay-by-selfie” technology that would allow consumers to do exactly that. ...