Embracing Shadow IT could accelerate enterprise growth
Accepting Shadow IT can actually help companies expand in the time of COVID.
Global cybersecurity leader Forcepoint and ICT giant Fujitsu have joined forces to help businesses meet the challenges of Shadow IT in the modern enterprise.
"Shadow IT" refers to the use of unapproved tools and pl... Read more
IBM plans to spin off its legacy infrastructure unit
IBM announced that it plans to spin off its $19 billion managed infrastructure services unit into a separate company by the end of next year. Arvind Krishna, the CEO, said that the spin-off would free up IBM so the parent company can focus on higher margins and higher growth in the hybrid cloud mar... Read more
U.S. lawmakers go after Big Tech for market abuses
Recommendations stop short of a call to break them up. The question remains if Big Tech will be broken into pieces in the upcoming years.
A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to crush... Read more
Oracle enhances NetSuite and integrates it with Autonomous Data Warehouse
Oracle announced a wide variety of enhancements that it’s making to NetSuite, its software for small and mid-sized businesses. It includes customer self-service, machine learning to identify gaps in transactions and recommend configurations for sites and new integration with Oracle’s flagship n... Read more
John McAfee arrested in Spain for tax evasion and other charges
John McAfee, known for creating McAfee, the antivirus company, was arrested in Spain today and is facing extradition to the United States. He is going to be charged for fraud and tax evasion.
The SEC says McAfee was paid more than $23.1 million in cryptocurrency assets to promote ICO token sales... Read more
Microsoft introduces more features to Dynamics 365 Customer Insights
October is here, and Microsoft's Dynamics 365 and Power Platform 2020 Wave 2 updates and features are rolling in. Microsoft is taking this opportunity of the Wave 2 rolling out to announce some incremental features expected to appear on the Dynamics 365 Customer Insights platform.
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SAP to acquire Emarsys to enhance its customer experience operation
Emarsys’ platform, which helps companies give their customers personalized interactions across e-mail, SMS, the web, mobile and social media, will be acquired by SAP. The software giant said they want to buy Emarsys, a cloud-marketing platform and customer engagement technology company.
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Windows on ARM is getting better, 64bit emulation is coming
Microsoft is taking it slowly, but Windows 10 on ARM is getting better and better. Microsoft has now announced that it will also emulate x64 applications on ARM systems. Until now, only 32bit applications could be emulated. In addition, Microsoft comes with native 64bit ARM applications from Micros... Read more
Cisco to acquire PortShift for Cloud DevOp security
The acquisition reflects Cisco's focus on security for cloud-native development environments.
Cisco has announced its intent to acquire PortShift, an Israeli startup that has built a Kubernetes-native security platform.
Portshift uses Kubernetes and Service-Mesh to deliver a single source of ... Read more
Google to fight antitrust battles in both US and China
The Chinese suit is probably payback for Huawei being denied access to Android OS licenses.
China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, according to Reuters.
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