HBR article plotting demand uncertainty against technology uncertainty. The result is a list of top 10 industries ranked by level of uncertainty. #2 & #3 are Computers, and Computer software respectively. Considering infrastructure and the software that runs infrastructure have become a tent pole for the majority of other businesses, […]
Originally posted on TechCrunch:
Microsoft has confirmed that Mojang and Minecraft will join its ranks, but it’ll continue to make the game available across iOS, Android and PlayStation as well as on Xbox and PC, the company announced today. Microsoft says that they started their conversation around bringing the title…
Originally posted on Cloud Computing Today:
Rumors continue to abound that Rackspace is on the verge of acquisition, but we’ve heard little in the way of definitive news about a prospective vendor just yet. On September 7, Bloomberg reported that CenturyLink is interested in acquiring the San Antonio-based IaaS vendor…
Originally posted on Gigaom:
Intel is ready for the software-defined data centers and is launching a line of capable new chips that will handle the larger memory needs and even sensing technology on the chips to better deliver application resource monitoring. The software-defined data center crowd is looking for a…
Originally posted on Gigaom:
“You’ll need to run your own server” – words to send most normal people fleeing for the exit. While running your own server isn’t quite brain surgery, it’s hardly a no-brainer, requiring technical expertise and considerations ranging from security patches to the maintenance of constant power…
Originally posted on Gigaom:
The Russian telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor has sent out its first notices to bloggers that it wants on its registry, launched on Friday. According to Izvestia, the first to receive notices include far-left writer Eduard Limonov, satirist Mikhail Zadornov, comedian Mikhail Galustyan, travel photographer Sergey Dolya, blogger…
Originally posted on Gigaom:
The Microsoft(s msft) cuts are here and they are deeper than expected. Per the Microsoft press release, the move will entail: ” … the elimination of up to 18,000 positions over the next year. Of the total, about 12,500 professional and factory positions will be eliminated through…
Originally posted on Fortune:
In January, VMware [fortune-stock symbol=”VMW”] announced that it would acquire mobile device management provider AirWatch for more than $1.5 billion. The move, decidedly aggressive, signaled a bet that the data center virtualization company’s next wave of massive growth would come on the back of mobility. For Sanjay Poonen, the newish general manager…
Originally posted on Gigaom:
Enterprise-technology decision makers are finally adopting the cloud, but now that it’s serious business, they are looking for cloud vendors who have the infrastructure to serve the many regions of the world as well as the resources to stay alive for several years to come. This…
Originally posted on TechCrunch:
With mod_spdy, Google brought its SPDY protocol, which by now forms the basis of the next version of HTTP, to the popular and open-source Apache web server more than two years ago. That move undoubtedly helped popularize SPDY (pronounced “SPeeDY”), which is now supported by most…
