Monthly Archives: June 2015
Cloud-Based Development Gains in Popularity
Nearly five million developers worldwide are currently using the cloud as a development platform, and a another 4.1 million expect to be using it...
Data Deficits Make Work Harder for CFOs
Just under half (46 percent) of chief financial officers rely on "gut-feel" and instinct to make business decisions in lieu of fast access to...
AMD Denies Speculation of Breakup, Spinoff
Advanced Micro Devices officials have a plan for how to get the chip maker back into sustainable profitability, a strategy that they laid out...
Apple Watch 2 Will Be Less Dependent on iPhones
When the second-generation Apple Watch 2 smartwatch is released sometime in 2016, it will include a built-in FaceTime video camera, more independence from accompanying...
Microsoft Moves to Distance Edge From IE’s Past
When Windows 10 officially launches on July 29, it will ship with a new default Web browser called Edge. For Web developers who struggled...
Oracle Hires Donatelli From HP to Run Hardware Business
Oracle is hiring ex-Hewlett-Packard executive David Donatelli to oversee the software giant's hardware portfolio, including its high-end converged infrastructure products.The company announced the hiring...
VMware May Be Going Mobile, But It’s Not Going Consumer
VMware, longtime king of business IT virtualization, has been using some unfamiliar messaging the past several months.The terms "consumer" and "mobile" have been slipping...
Enterprises Still Failing to Cut Data Center Power, Cooling Costs
When it comes to energy conservation, sustainability and saving the planet, a lot of people are getting on the bandwagon, even Pope Francis. But...
Nokia to Design Mobile Phones Again, Despite Earlier Denials
Nokia will again create and license mobile phone designs—but not manufacture the devices—starting sometime in 2016, some two years after selling its once-market-leading mobile...
Google, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla Team Up to Make Browser Apps Faster
Engineers from Google and the other major browser makers, including Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla, are working on a new standard dubbed WebAssembly (wasm) for...