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Virtual Reality Advances on Display at Silicon Valley Expo

SAN JOSE—Virtual stores, virtual worlds, immersive environments, 360-degree cameras, developer tools and more were on display here at one of the biggest events focused...

VMware Earnings Indicate There’s More Room for Growth

VMware's first-quarter 2016 financial report April 19 was all about the company numbers and didn't have to mention layoffs as it did last quarter,...

Container Standardization Efforts Advance With Image Specification

The Linux Foundation's Open Container Initiative (OCI) is taking a major step today, starting a project to define and ultimately standardize an open container...

Docker Goes Native for Windows and Mac

Until today, the only practical way to run a Docker container on an Apple Mac OS X or Microsoft Windows desktop was by also...

Microsoft Eases Docker Container Migrations With Cloud Storage Plug-in

Microsoft has released new software that provides Docker developers and administrators with more container portability on Azure.The open-source Docker Volume Plugin for Azure File...

Amazon Tap, Echo Dot Extend Alexa Virtual Assistant Product Line

Amazon Tap, Echo Dot Extend Alexa Virtual Assistant Product Line For those who don't need all the features of the Echo, Amazon's designers have cut...

VMware Updates vRealize Cloud Manager, vSAN Storage Suite

VMware is well known for its vSphere hypervisor, Horizon virtual desktops, AirWatch mobile management and plenty of other items. However, vRealize, the company's automated...

Alpine Linux Goes All In for Docker

Alpine Linux Goes All In for Docker The Alpine Linux distribution provides a small footprint, security-focused host operating system on which to run Docker containers. Alpine...

CoreOS Launches Docker Rival Rkt 1.0

CoreOS released today rkt (pronounced Rock-it) 1.0, providing container users with an alternative runtime to Docker. CoreOS first announced rkt in December 2014 after...

AMD Debuts Virtualized Graphics Cards and Quiet Chips

Today's topics include AMD’s introduction of their new quiet chips, the extension of Microsoft Office 365 FastTrack Service to more SMBs, UC Berkeley students...