Microsoft to offer three new ways to store big data on Azure
Microsoft will soon offer three additional ways for enterprises to store data on Azure, making the cloud computing platform more supportive of big data analysis.
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Microsoft brings Visual Studio to Linux, Macs
Breaking out of its Windows ecosystem, Microsoft has introduced a version of the Visual Studio development tool that can run on Linux and Apple Mac machines.
Microsoft Build: Windows 10 starts here
Build 2015 is where the Microsoft truly begins the work of selling Windows 10, starting with developers.
SAS enlarges its palette for big data analysis
SAS Institute did big data decades before big data was the buzz, and now the company is expanding on the ways large-scale computerized analysis can help organizations.
Amazon says its Cloud is a $US5 billion business
Amazon has finally shared some numbers about its cloud business, and not surprisingly they show that it's thriving and profitable.
Red Hat broadens programming language support
Potentially making work easier for system administrators, Red Hat has updated its development packages to support running multiple versions of the same programming language on its flagship enterprise operating system, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).
Qualys devises a virtual patch to protect against vulnerabilities
If you can't wait for that critical patch to secure your system from some just-discovered bug, IT security firm Qualys may have an answer, through new security software that can secure the trouble spot until the patch arrives.
Raytheon forms defense-grade security unit with $1.9 billion Websense buy
Ever since its acquisition of Q1 Labs back in 2011, IBM has been selling its QRadar security event management software in the traditional way, whereby customers pay a price and download the version they want.
VMware prepares its virtualization stack for Docker
VMware may have pioneered enterprise virtualization, but until Monday it had been relatively quiet when it comes to Docker containers, the popular lightweight form of application virtualization.
Microsoft Azure offers scalability as a service for high-volume apps
Microsoft plans to introduce a new cloud platform service that may eliminate the need to worry about scaling up an application as it grows in popularity.
Docker update speeds and organizes container deployments
With updates for both the core Docker engine and its registry software, Docker has endeavored to make its popular software container technology faster to deploy and easier to manage.
Google takes on real-time big data analysis with new cloud services
Google is betting that real-time processing is the future of big data analysis, and has updated two of its cloud services to help enterprises understand what is happening in the moment with their customers and operations.
Microsoft makes debugging PHP less painful with new Azure tool
Microsoft is equipping its Azure cloud service with a tool to debug PHP-based Web applications that are running on the platform.
Percona expands into NoSQL turf with TokuDB purchase
Expanding from its roots as a MySQL software vendor, Percona has also added the MongoDB to the roster of open source databases it supports, thanks to its acquisition of open source database software specialist Tokutek.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday: The patches just keep coming
For Microsoft, the vulnerabilities just keep popping up, and appear to be surfacing more quickly than ever before.