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Rio 2016 Olympics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat
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Rio 2016 Olympics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat

Social media's brightest stars have aligned for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Here's how to follow all the teams, games and athletes, and find behind-the-scenes action and exclusive footage on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.
By Matt KapkoAug, 5 2016
News

Will Supreme Court settle network neutrality issue?

Critics of FCC's controversial open internet order file appeal for lower court to rehear the case, but see the Supreme Court as perhaps the best hope of reining in new online regulation.
By Kenneth CorbinAug, 4 2016
Dell Services innovation lab for SAP-HANA creates superior solutions for customers
News Analysis

Dell Services innovation lab for SAP-HANA creates superior solutions for customers

Dell Services allows customers to analyze the ins and outs of migrating to SAP HANA and the SAP S/4HANA business suite and then jumpstart applications for business transformation.
By Thor OlavsrudAug, 3 2016
Instagram takes aim at Snapchat with disappearing 'Stories'
News Analysis

Instagram takes aim at Snapchat with disappearing 'Stories'

In an effort to retain users who may have drifted toward Snapchat, Instagram copied one of its rival's defining features: short-lived multimedia. But will the new 'Instagram Stories' be a strategic success or just another flop from Instagram's parent, Facebook?
By Matt KapkoAug, 2 2016
News Analysis

7 surprises in Samsung's Galaxy Note7 smartphone

The new Galaxy Note7 smartphone is available via presale this week. Here's a detailed breakdown of the most notable new features in Samsung's latest phablet phone.
By Al SaccoAug, 2 2016
News

Takeaways from Apple, Facebook and Google's latest earnings

Apple, Facebook and Google each reported earnings this week, and though the results varied, they also reaffirmed the scale and industry-wide impact of these massive tech companies.
By Matt KapkoJul, 29 2016
It’s Open

With ChakraCore on Linux, Microsoft doesn't discriminate

Microsoft is putting one of its core technologies on a competing platform.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJul, 29 2016
News

Databricks unveils commercial support for Apache Spark 2.0

Apache Spark 2.0 is now generally available on the Databricks data platform. The company touts five to 10x performance increases over Spark 1.6 and new support for continuous applications with structured streaming.rn
By Thor OlavsrudJul, 28 2016
It’s Open

Canonical joins the Document Foundation Advisory board

The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be one of the first applications to be available as a snap packagern
By Swapnil BhartiyaJul, 28 2016
It’s Open

CORD becomes a Linux Foundation project

The foundation is already home to many open source networking projects, including OpenDaylight and Open Network Operating System (ONOS), so CORD is a natural fit.rnrn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJul, 28 2016
Office 365 gets new Word, PowerPoint and Outlook features
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Office 365 gets new Word, PowerPoint and Outlook features

Microsoft Office 365 users will soon get anew tools that aim to improve their writing skills, help prioritize important email and better research topics of interest.
By Matt KapkoJul, 26 2016
Should CIOs be chief robot wranglers?
News Analysis

Should CIOs be chief robot wranglers?

Business Robotic Process Automation (RPA) initiatives can yield huge returns. But bypassing IT can create even bigger risks. Why CIOs need to take a greater role in RPA.
By Stephanie OverbyJul, 26 2016
Twitter scores live-stream deals with MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL
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Twitter scores live-stream deals with MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL

Twitter's steamy summer of sport got even hotter today as the company inked deals to live-stream MLB and NHL games. Each of the 'Big Four' major U.S. sports leagues is now on board to stream games or related content via Twitter.
By Matt KapkoJul, 25 2016
Cloud services now account for a third of IT outsourcing market
News Analysis

Cloud services now account for a third of IT outsourcing market

The ‘as-a-service’ market now accounts for a third of IT services activity. Can traditional outsourcing survive?
By Stephanie OverbyJul, 22 2016
Land O’Lakes spreads to the cloud with Microsoft (and Google)
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Land O’Lakes spreads to the cloud with Microsoft (and Google)

Land O’Lakes CIO says no single cloud provider can meet all of the company’s requirements. Google and Microsoft are both in the mix, but the agricultural cooperative still isn’t ready for a full migration.
By Matt KapkoJul, 19 2016
It’s Open

Can Collabora and Nextcloud crack Office 365 dominance?

Nextcloud and Collabora partnership brings free of cost office suite and cloud syncing solution together.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJul, 19 2016
LinkedIn adds Gmail, CRM integration to Sales Navigator
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LinkedIn adds Gmail, CRM integration to Sales Navigator

LinkedIn looks to boost its appeal to sales professional with the first update of its two-years-old Sales Navigator product.rnrn
By Matt KapkoJul, 19 2016
Facebook details its 2016 open source accomplishments
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Facebook details its 2016 open source accomplishments

Facebook ramped up its open-source initiative in 2016, and the company has already seen a 35 percent increase in followers.
By Matt KapkoJul, 15 2016
Big banks, big applications, big outsourcing
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Big banks, big applications, big outsourcing

Large application outsourcing is booming at big banks, driven in large part by the need for digital transformation.
By Stephanie OverbyJul, 15 2016
Microsoft expands its Surface Enterprise Initiative
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Microsoft expands its Surface Enterprise Initiative

Microsoft wants businesses to adopt the Surface lineup, and it’s adding new incentives to its enterprise program to make the hybrid devices even more appealing.rn
By Sarah K. WhiteJul, 13 2016
It’s Open

Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 improves post-deployment support, private cloud operations

Mirantis emerges as one of the leading contributors to OpenStack.
By Swapnil BhartiyaJul, 12 2016
Offshore and cloud service providers upset IT outsourcing’s top tier
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Offshore and cloud service providers upset IT outsourcing’s top tier

While IBM and Accenture still command a majority of the IT services markets, the combination of offshore-centric and as-a-service competition has proven to be an ‘all-out assault’ on traditional providers.
By Stephanie OverbyJul, 12 2016
News

Cisco aims to simplify security

By combining its network visibility and breadth of integrated products, Cisco aims to make it simple for distributed and mobile businesses to deploy effective security while reducing the complexity required to manage it.
By Thor OlavsrudJul, 11 2016
New Relic adds support for Golang, SPA monitoring
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New Relic adds support for Golang, SPA monitoring

The software-as-a-service application performance monitoring provider is adding support for a popular programming language used in microservices, and also offering greater visibility into single-page applications.
By Thor OlavsrudJul, 11 2016
It’s Open

Kubernetes becomes more scalable, gets support for hybrid clouds

Version 1.3 makes it easier for new developers and enterprises to use Kubernetes to manage distributed systems at scale.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJul, 8 2016
Why Snapchat's Memories broadens snap appeal
News Analysis

Why Snapchat's Memories broadens snap appeal

A new feature from Snapchat, called Memories, should broaden its appeal by making it easier for you to preserve and curate the content you share, but the company's go-to disappearing 'snaps' live on.
By Matt KapkoJul, 8 2016
How IT outsourcing customers should prepare for HPE-CSC merger
News Analysis

How IT outsourcing customers should prepare for HPE-CSC merger

The merger between HPE’s enterprise services business and CSC may or may not help solve those providers’ problems, but there are steps customers can take to make sure the huge ‘spin-merger’ works out in their favor.
By Stephanie OverbyJul, 8 2016
Twitter fails to impress with Wimbledon live stream
News Analysis

Twitter fails to impress with Wimbledon live stream

Twitter's first live-sports video stream at Wimbledon left much to be desired, and the company's early 'test' may not bode well for its upcoming plans to live stream 10 NFL football games this season.
By Matt KapkoJul, 7 2016
It’s Open

Test drive SUSE Enterprise Linux on Azure cloud for free

SUSE is currently the only commercially supported Linux for HPC available via Microsoft Test Drive.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJul, 6 2016
Hillary Clinton's tech agenda draws cheers from IT industry
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Hillary Clinton's tech agenda draws cheers from IT industry

Presumptive Democratic nominee calls for investments in STEM education, cybersecurity and job training, pledging to make an open Internet a cornerstone of her administration's diplomacy.
By Kenneth CorbinJul, 1 2016
It’s Open

Jim Whitehurst: The power of participation

During his keynote at the Red Hat Summit, CEO Jim Whitehurst took the audience on a walk through history, talking about how different industrial revolutions changed our social fabric and affected policies and politics.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJun, 29 2016
News

Rio’s airport preps for Olympics with new Wi-Fi network and mobile app

With the 2016 Olympic Games promising to bring millions of visitors to Rio de Janeiro’s Galeão International Airport, its CIO initiated a huge wireless network upgrade and a new mobile app.
By Jen A. MillerJun, 29 2016
MapR's Spyglass keeps an eye on big data deployments
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MapR's Spyglass keeps an eye on big data deployments

MapR Technologies' new Spyglass Initiative is an open and extensible approach designed to centralized monitoring of big data deployments.
By Thor OlavsrudJun, 28 2016
YouTube rules at VidCon, but still empty-handed on live mobile video
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YouTube rules at VidCon, but still empty-handed on live mobile video

YouTube's CEO led the opening keynote at VidCon for the third year in a row, and though the online video giant had its 'best year ever,' its still lags behind competitors on key features such as live streaming on mobile devices.
By Matt KapkoJun, 28 2016
News

Hortonworks ups its security and data governance game with HDP 2.5

Hadoop distribution vendor, Hortonworks, announced HDP 2.5 at Hadoop Summit, along with an expansion to its Partnerworks program and a reseller agreement with self-service BI on Hadoop specialist AtScale.
By Thor OlavsrudJun, 28 2016
It’s Open

OpenSUSE comes to Linode

The announcement comes on the heels of the openSUSE Conference, where the growth was a key topic of discussion.
By Swapnil BhartiyaJun, 27 2016
News

Obama, Zuckerberg push better broadband, innovative startups

Obama administration unveils new initiatives to promote global startups as Obama calls for broadband expansion and freedom of expression on the web.
By Kenneth CorbinJun, 27 2016
It’s Open

Facebook COO launches Together Women Can campaign

Spreading awareness of the power of peer mentoring.
By Swapnil BhartiyaJun, 24 2016
It’s Open

Red Hat announces Ceph Storage 2

The software defined storage solution introduces Ansible based storage management and monitoring system.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJun, 23 2016
It’s Open

Nearly 1 in 3 Azure virtual machines now run Linux

Microsoft is betting big on open source for cloud.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJun, 23 2016
Eye on Apple

macOS Sierra: First looks from around the web

The macOS Sierra developer preview is now in the hands of many bloggers and journalists. Find out what they are saying about macOS Sierra. Is it the best version of macOS yet?
By Jim LynchJun, 22 2016
It’s Open

Docker packs container orchestration within its Docker engine

Customers now don’t need orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
By Swapnil BhartiyaJun, 22 2016
Instagram daily use nearly equals Twitter's monthly rate
News Analysis

Instagram daily use nearly equals Twitter's monthly rate

Instagram's daily active user base is close to Twitter's number of monthly users, and the gap between the companies continues to widen as Facebook, Instagram's parent, consolidates power through its family of popular apps.
By Matt KapkoJun, 22 2016
Eye on Apple

Apple leads fight to ban rifle emoji

Apple and other technology companies have blocked the roll out of a rifle emoji for the Olympics. The decision has drawn some criticism from media outlets and users.
By Jim LynchJun, 22 2016
Tech-ticism

Google bumps up bounty on Android bugs

During the past year, Google paid more than half a million dollars to researchers who identified flaws in its mobile OS. In fact, the Android Security Rewards program has been so successful that Google increased related bug bounties.
By Al SaccoJun, 21 2016
Will government ‘IT special forces’ put CIO role in jeopardy?
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Will government ‘IT special forces’ put CIO role in jeopardy?

As new units of IT experts take shape across departments and agencies to advance high-priority projects, lawmakers and a government watchdog warn that CIO authorities must be preserved.
By Kenneth CorbinJun, 21 2016
It’s Open

Fedora 24 released, brings something for everyone

It comes with a great mix of enterprise, cloud and desktop technologies.rn
By Swapnil BhartiyaJun, 21 2016
News Analysis

Apple purposefully avoids enterprise at WWDC

Enterprise definitely was not the star of Apple's show at WWDC last week. The company barely mentioned business users or developers during the opening keynote, but it did introduce several improvements that should have far reaching implications for enterprise coders and IT.
By Matt KapkoJun, 20 2016
News Analysis

IBM leverages machine learning for hyper-local weather

New precision forecasts will help businesses in industries ranging from aviation and agriculture to energy generation and retail better respond to their environment.
By Thor OlavsrudJun, 20 2016
Ethnic, gender imbalances plague computer science education
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Ethnic, gender imbalances plague computer science education

Amid a new report from BSA, quantifying the economic impact of the software industry, Obama administration officials stress importance of broadening access to programming instruction in K-12 schools.
By Kenneth CorbinJun, 20 2016
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