SAS will support Python in SAS Studio and various analytics tools
SAS announced support for the Python programming language in its analytics products. In addition to SAS's own programming language, SAS Studio and Analytics Pro will support Python. Customers can now use both programming languages.
More and more data analysts are being trained with Python and R ... Read more
Rackspace for sale, looking for privatization
Rackspace Technology wants to change course again. In order to do so, it needs to be privatized. Rackspace isn't strong enough to delist itself, and is therefore looking for a buyer.
Rackspace went public less than two years ago, which has now become a hurdle to making necessary changes. The co... Read more
SAP Sapphire showcases sustainability, supply chain innovation and low-code development
SAP kicked off its Sapphire event in Orlando. During the opening keynote, the company focused on sustainability. In addition, there's a focus on improving supply chains and low-code and no-code application development through AppGyver, a solution acquired by SAP last year.
Christian Klein, SAP's... Read more
Dell Technologies brings 500 enhancements to storage portfolio
Dell Technologies is introducing more than 500 enhancements to its storage portfolio. The organization is also working on project Alpine, with which it wants to bring various storage platforms to the cloud. It will soon be possible to spin up a Dell PowerScale, PowerFlex, PowerStore, PowerProtect o... Read more
Dell Technologies extends APEX services with Cyber Recovery from the cloud
Dell Technologies announced an expansion of its APEX offering during Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas. The organization is increasing its focus on cyber recovery solutions. It becomes possible to recover data from the multicloud (Azure and AWS).
The Dell APEX portfolio takes work off IT adm... Read more
Twitter accepts offer from Elon Musk, but now what?
The Twitter board has changed its mind. They have accepted the offer of 44 billion dollars. Earlier, it seemed that they would fight the acquisition tooth and nail, but the offer is too good to ignore. Elon Musk will soon have full ownership of Twitter. The big question is, what happens now?
Sho... Read more
Elon Musk wants to buy Twitter for 41 billion dollars
Elon Musk is indeed planning to buy Twitter, this was just announced by a publication of the regulator. Last week Musk already bought 9 percent of the Twitter shares, now he has made an offer of 41 billion dollars for the rest of the stock, about 38 billion euros. This comes down to 54.20 dollars p... Read more
‘Infrastructure is the most important investment for innovation’
If SMEs have learned anything from the corona crisis, it's how to innovate. Business models came under pressure and many companies were forced to close doors. As a result, many new business models were invented and implemented. What can we learn from this, and how will it develop in the near future... Read more
Akamai buys IaaS provider Linode for 790 million euros
Akamai Technologies is acquiring infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) provider Linode for 790 million euros (900 million dollars). The CDN provider aims to offer the world's largest distributed application platform with this acquisition.
By combining the technology of both companies, developers wi... Read more
Acquisition of Arm by Nvidia has been cancelled
The sale of Arm to Nvidia will not go ahead. Nvidia decided to do so in consultation with tech investor Softbank, the owner of Arm. The reason for the cancellation is the difficulties in getting approval from regulators. The plan is now to take Arm public because Softbank does not want to remain th... Read more