Red Hat introduces no-cost RHEL for small production workloads
The move is in response to the storm of anger over Red Hat's announced changes to CentOS Linux.
Red Hat this week announced that it is introducing no-cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) for small production workloads. They are also adding no-cost RHEL for customer development teams. The an... Read more
Hitachi Vantara enters the Kubernetes arena
A new service brings Hitachi's "technology leadership" to the container sector.
Hitachi Vantara this week announced the availability of Hitachi Kubernetes Service (HKS). The company says this is an enterprise-grade solution for the complex challenge of managing multiple Kubernetes environments. ... Read more
Microsoft Defender will now offer automatic malware remediation
The change to a key setting is designed to limit the damage that an infection can cause in an enterprise setting.
Microsoft is enhancing security for users of Microsoft Defender for Endpoint by changing a key setting in the software. Specifically, they are switching the default setting from opti... Read more
Citrix is acquiring Wrike from Vista for $2.25B
The acquisition reflects Citrix's push towards a recurring revenue business model.
Citrix has announced that it will indeed acquire the SaaS project management platform Wrike from Vista Equity Partners, who themselves acquired Wrike only 2 years ago. Citrix will provide the $2.25 billion purchas... Read more
Workday CEO wants workers to return to the office ASAP
Working from home impedes the creation of a "great culture and an inspired workforce," according to Aneel Bhusri.
This week Aneel Bhusri, the CEO of Workday, created some controversy when he told an audience from Goldman Sachs that he cannot wait to see people return to the office instead of wor... Read more
Microsoft announces Windows Admin Center Preview 2012
Update includes many new features for Microsoft's graphical tool for managing server clusters.
Today Microsoft announced an update to the tool in Preview, Windows Admin Center Preview 2012.
Windows Admin Center is a flexible, locally-deployed, browser-based management platform designed to hel... Read more
AWS announces a new UI project based on open source
The AWS UI heralds a more general move towards open source and away from Windows.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) have announced the first release of what they are calling AWS UI, what they call a first step in creating a new open source design system.
Industry observers have noted that AWS has rec... Read more
SAP accelerated shift to “Cloud first” model in 4th quarter
The company's financial results from late last year show their Cloud strategy is succeeding.
SAP has announced its preliminary financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2020. The results show that while the company's revenues slowed overall, their push to center t... Read more
NSA warns against using external DNS over HTTPS services
DNS encryption offers some advantages but also brings risks if left to third party providers, according to the agency.
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has published a guide on the benefits and risks of encrypted DNS protocols, such as DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH), which have become widely used ove... Read more
Citrix is in talks to buy Vista Equity’s Wrike
The deal, rumored to be worth over $2 billion, would represent a COVID-driven increase in Wrike's valuation since 2018.
This week Bloomberg reports that Citrix Systems is in advanced talks to buy the work-management platform company Wrike for more than $2 billion. Bloomberg's reporting is accord... Read more