October 30, 2017
No, iPhones don’t have a special folder for your sexy pics
It’s understandable when things change as fast as they do these days that it takes a bit for our ideas of how things work to catch up to…
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October 25, 2017
Spotinst delivers spot cloud infrastructure services at discount prices
Cloud infrastructure vendors offer a range of prices for their services including aggressively priced virtual machines available on the spot market on an as-available basis. The catch is…
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Google and Cisco announce hybrid cloud partnership
Google and Cisco today announced a new partnership around helping their customers build more efficient hybrid cloud solutions. Unsurprisingly, given Google’s recent focus, this partnership centers around the…
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Microsoft’s rebranded Azure Container Service shifts its focus to Kubernetes
As far as container orchestration goes, Kubernetes is quickly becoming the de facto standard, even as Docker Swarm and Mesos/Mesosphere DC/OS continue to find their own niches. For…
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HashiCorp raises $40M for its cloud infrastructure automation services
HashiCorp is probably best known for Terraform, its open-source tool for automatically provisioning infrastructure by describing it as code. But the company also offers a whole range of…
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Cisco scoops up BroadSoft for $1.9 billion to boost communications tools portfolio
One thing is clear, Cisco is not afraid to use its considerable cash on hand to fill in holes in its product portfolio. Today it wrote out a…
Read articleOctober 19, 2017
What washing dishes, driving a truck and working in a cemetery taught me about the power of ‘blue-collar’ software
I work in VC. But it wasn’t long ago that I stocked shelves, drove a truck, washed dishes, waited tables and even hauled dirt at a cemetery. This…
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Apple and GE announce deep partnership
While Apple has had its share of enterprise partners in recent years including IBM, Cisco and SAP, today’s announcement that it will be working directly with GE feels…
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Docker gives into inevitable and offers native Kubernetes support
When it comes to container orchestration, it seems clear that Kubernetes, the open source tool developed by Google, has won the battle for operations’ hearts and minds. It…
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IBM launches two new services to help businesses move to the cloud
IBM today announced two new services that are meant to make it easier for businesses to move their data and applications to the cloud. The company says the…
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