Tag: Technology

Introducing Zaius, Google and Rackspace’s open server running IBM POWER9

The content below is taken from the original (Introducing Zaius, Google and Rackspace’s open server running IBM POWER9), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Posted by John Zipfel, Technical Program Manager Here at Google Cloud, our goal is to enable our users and customers to be successful […]

Lifesize launches new video gear for huddle rooms

The content below is taken from the original (Lifesize launches new video gear for huddle rooms), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. In the world of videoconferencing, there’s a gap between the large conference room systems and lecture hall gear, and the individual’s webcam on their computer, […]

Startup dusts off rent-a-box on-premises corpse, adds ARM muscle, cloud brains

The content below is taken from the original (Startup dusts off rent-a-box on-premises corpse, adds ARM muscle, cloud brains), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Startup Igneous Systems has re-discovered and re-imagined the idea of customers renting an externally managed system on their premises, giving it an […]

Microsoft’s true Hybrid Cloud: consistent, not just connected

The content below is taken from the original (Microsoft’s true Hybrid Cloud: consistent, not just connected), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Today marked the announcement of Windows Server 2016 general availability, another milestone in Microsoft’s commitment to hybrid cloud. You can start using Windows Server 2016 […]

Alibaba backs PlaceIQ, a provider of location tools and data

The content below is taken from the original (Alibaba backs PlaceIQ, a provider of location tools and data), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. PlaceIQ has a new, big-name investor — Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. The companies aren’t disclosing the size of the deal; they’ll only say […]

Amazon ElastiCache for Redis Update – Sharded Clusters, Engine Improvements, and More

The content below is taken from the original (Amazon ElastiCache for Redis Update – Sharded Clusters, Engine Improvements, and More), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Many AWS customers use Amazon ElastiCache to implement a fast, in-memory data store for their applications. We launched Amazon ElastiCache for […]

Terahertz radiation could speed up computer memory by 1000 times

The content below is taken from the original (Terahertz radiation could speed up computer memory by 1000 times), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. One area limiting speed in personal computing speed is memory — specifically, how quickly individual memory cells can be switched, which is currently […]

Azure Backup hosts Ask Me Anything session

The content below is taken from the original (Azure Backup hosts Ask Me Anything session), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. The Azure Backup team will host a special Ask Me Anything session on /r/Azure, Thursday, October 20, 2016 from 09:00 am to 1:00 pm PDT. What’s […]

Office 365: How Does the New Office Tap Feature Work in Word and Outlook 2016?

The content below is taken from the original (Office 365: How Does the New Office Tap Feature Work in Word and Outlook 2016?), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at the new Tap feature in Word and Outlook 2016. Find […]

Azure PowerShell 3.0.0–Highlights and breaking changes

The content below is taken from the original (Azure PowerShell 3.0.0–Highlights and breaking changes), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Azure PowerShell is a set of PowerShell cmdlets which assist you in managing your assets in Azure using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and Azure Service Management (RDFE).  […]

Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA. Repeat, Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA

The content below is taken from the original (Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA. Repeat, Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Intel’s followed up on its acquisition of Altera by baking a microprocessor into an field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The Stratix […]

Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA. Repeat, Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA

The content below is taken from the original (Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA. Repeat, Intel is shipping an ARM-based FPGA), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Intel’s followed up on its acquisition of Altera by baking a microprocessor into an field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The Stratix […]

A 3D upgrade that could make you care about Microsoft Paint again

The content below is taken from the original (A 3D upgrade that could make you care about Microsoft Paint again), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. It’s hard to remember a time when Microsoft Paint wasn’t shorthand for something ham-handedly drawn on a free computer art program. […]

Inside the Box thinking: People want software for the public cloud

The content below is taken from the original (Inside the Box thinking: People want software for the public cloud), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Analysis On-premises file sync and share and collaboration is yesterday’s story. The future is the public cloud with dedicated software service suppliers, […]

Microsoft Cloud in India

The content below is taken from the original (Microsoft Cloud in India), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. As we celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Microsoft Cloud in India, I wanted to share some examples of the great outcomes our customers have been able to achieve […]

New – CloudWatch Plugin for collectd

The content below is taken from the original (New – CloudWatch Plugin for collectd), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. You have had the power to store your own business, application, and system metrics in Amazon CloudWatch for quite some time (see New – Custom Metrics for […]

Set expiration date for VMs in Azure DevTest Labs

The content below is taken from the original (Set expiration date for VMs in Azure DevTest Labs), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. In scenarios such as training, demos and trials, you may want to create virtual machines  and delete them automatically after a fixed duration so […]

How to keep IT security together in a company that’s gone bankrupt

The content below is taken from the original (How to keep IT security together in a company that’s gone bankrupt), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Even in a best-case scenario, in a bankruptcy “there’s going to be oversight by a trustee of the court if not […]

Enable Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365 Users

The content below is taken from the original (Enable Multi-Factor Authentication for Office 365 Users), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll show you how to enable two-factor authentication on a Microsoft account with the help of Microsoft’s Authenticator mobile app. In […]

Devs! Here’s how to secure your IoT network, in, uh, 75 easy pages

The content below is taken from the original (Devs! Here’s how to secure your IoT network, in, uh, 75 easy pages), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. An in-depth security guidance report aimed at Internet of Things developers has been released by the Cloud Security Alliance. Titled […]

IPv6 Support Update – CloudFront, WAF, and S3 Transfer Acceleration

The content below is taken from the original (IPv6 Support Update – CloudFront, WAF, and S3 Transfer Acceleration), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. As a follow-up to our recent announcement of IPv6 support for Amazon S3, I am happy to be able to tell you that […]

IPv6 Support Update – CloudFront, WAF, and S3 Transfer Acceleration

The content below is taken from the original (IPv6 Support Update – CloudFront, WAF, and S3 Transfer Acceleration), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. As a follow-up to our recent announcement of IPv6 support for Amazon S3, I am happy to be able to tell you that […]

Why being a data scientist ‘feels like being a magician’

The content below is taken from the original (Why being a data scientist ‘feels like being a magician’), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. The data scientist role was thrust into the limelight early this year when it was named 2016’s “hottest job,” and there’s been considerable […]

How does a hybrid infrastructure fit my accreditations?

The content below is taken from the original (How does a hybrid infrastructure fit my accreditations?), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Security-related certifications such as ISO 27001 and, more particularly, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), have stringent requirements regarding the controls on infrastructure, […]

NAS vendor Synology taking on Microsoft, Dell, Slack and AWS

The content below is taken from the original (NAS vendor Synology taking on Microsoft, Dell, Slack and AWS), to continue reading please visit the site. Remember to respect the Author & Copyright. Taiwanese network-attached storage (NAS) vendor Synology is about to pick fights with several far larger competitors. The company offered its first English-language preview […]