‘HPE wants to acquire Nutanix’
Insider sources told Bloomberg that HPE expressed an interest in acquiring Nutanix. The companies reportedly held exploratory talks in recent months.
Back in October, the Wall Street Journal reported on rumours of Nutanix seeking out a possible acquisition. Insider sources recently told Bloomber... Read more
Co-CEO Taylor leaves Salesforce, Benioff stands alone
Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor is stepping down at the end of January 2023. Marc Benioff will become the sole CEO.
The precise reason for Taylor's departure was not disclosed. Salesforce did emphasize that the executive is leaving on his own initiative. Taylor, who has been responsible for Sales... Read more
TCS and AWS collaborate on quantum computing services
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and AWS are partnering to provide quantum computing services. To this end, TCS established a so-called Quantum Computing Lab within the tech giant's public cloud.
TCS has been collaborating with AWS in the field of cloud computing for some time. The partners are n... Read more
Lyfo partners with T-Mobile Netherlands to offer dual sim solutions
As a result of the partnership, T-Mobile's business customers will gain access to Lyfo.NET, a software solution that allows sim cards to connect to an alternative network when the primary network fails.
If it were up to Lyfo, the Netherlands is the first step. The company aims to provide its du... Read more
ASM International feels pressure from US bans on exports to China
ASM International CEO Benjamin Loh expects lower sales due to US restrictions on exports of chip manufacturing equipment to China.
ASM International (ASMI) is a Netherlands-based chip equipment manufacturer. CEO Benjamin Loh recently cautioned that the Netherlands and Japanese governments are u... Read more
AWS wants to replace VPNs with Verified Access
AWS introduced Verified Access. The service allows users to set conditions that devices must meet to access applications. AWS positions Verified Access as a more effective alternative to virtual private networks (VPNs).
During the announcement, the tech giant pointed out the disadvantages of VPN... Read more
IBM and Maersk pull the plug on blockchain shipping platform
Maersk and IBM plan to take TradeLens offline in the first quarter of 2023. The blockchain platform records the contents, journey and trade of shipping containers. Now, four years after its launch in 2018, the end is in sight.
TradeLens was developed by IBM and GTD Solution, a division of Maer... Read more
Datadog launches Universal Service Monitoring for containers
Datadog introduced Universal Service Monitoring. The solution provides companies with an overview of containerized services to detect and solve technical problems.
Container monitoring typically requires individual containers to be outfitted with instrumentation code. The code collects technical... Read more
DevOps solution GitLab is now available as single-tenant SaaS
GitLab unveiled GitLab Dedicated. The DevOps solution is now available as single-tenant software-as-a-service (SaaS). GitLab has long provided multi-tenant SaaS, but single-tenant environments weren't an option until now.
Most SaaS solutions run in third-party clouds. Single hardware systems ar... Read more
AWS introduces Sapphire Rapids-based Amazon EC2 R7iz instances
AWS introduced a new series of high-performance instances. The Amazon EC2 R7iz series is based on Intel Sapphire Rapids processors. AWS designed the systems for processor-heavy applications.
The instances are available with up to 128 virtual CPUs per instance and 1024 GiB of memory per instance... Read more