Updated Python support in Visual Studio Code introduces browser editing
Microsoft updated Python support in Visual Studio Code by introducing web browser-editing capabilities. The company has archived its open-source Python language server to use the closed-source Pylance.
The Python Extension has over 41 million installs, according to data, compared to just over 3 ... Read more
Logitech’s all-in-one Logi Dock wants to help you declutter your desk
Logitech announced an all-in-one dock that aims to simplify the workspace and declutter your desk. Since many of us are working from home in makeshift offices, staying organized is challenging but crucial. If you are a particularly messy person, the Logi Dock all-in-one docking station should provi... Read more
Microsoft becomes Platinum member of Open Infrastructure Foundation
OpenStack, the open-source, IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-service) cloud company related to projects like Airship (open-source tools for cloud provisioning) and Zuul (the Ansible-based Continous Integration (CI) system), has for years been stuck between what Gartner calls the Trough of Disillusionment ... Read more
DigitialOcean acquires Nimbella for its serverless capabilities
Cloud infrastructure company DigitalOcean has acquired Nimbella, a startup that has only been in operation for three years, for an undisclosed sum. Nimbella set out to make multi-cloud serverless software development easier.
DigitalOcean is best known for offering an IaaS (infrastructure-as-a-se... Read more
Lenovo offers everything-as-a-service through its TruScale brand
Lenovo announced it plans to offer its entire portfolio as a service. The TruScale brand is Lenovo's vehicle, to push to provide everything as a service from the devices in your pocket to the cloud, all under one contract.
The new offering combines all the existing as-a-service options offered b... Read more
Lenovo partners with VMware to deliver virtualized edge computing solution
The Lenovo Infrastructure Solutions group will be the first customer for VMware’s forthcoming virtualized edge computing solution, running on its ThinkSystem SE350 Edge Servers, according to a statement by the company on Tuesday.
The new software solution will be availed directly to customer e... Read more
VMware no longer plans to support the ‘Cheese Grater’ Mac Pro
VMware had an odd announcement to make; it does not plan to support ESXi running on Apple’s 2019 Mac Pro.
VMware said it could not comment on future hardware enablement for its ESXi platform but felt that an update was needed for customers who have been asking about support for the Apple 2019 ... Read more
Open source has the potential to boost the EU economy
The European Commission (EC) has released a new report that reveals the impact open-source software (OSS) and open-source hardware (OSH) can have on the European Union economy. The report is titled "The Impact of Open Source Software and Hardware on technological dependencies, competitiveness and i... Read more
Linus Torvalds says GitHub merges are ‘useless garbage’ as new NTFS support comes to Linux 5.15
Linus Torvalds plans to pull Paragon Software’s NTFS driver into the 5.15 kernel source. However, he complained about the use of GitHub merge in the submission, saying that it creates “absolutely useless garbage merges.”
Early last month, Torvalds made it known to Paragon Software that it ... Read more
NetApp brings NVMe over TCP to ONTAP via the iSCSI upgrade path
NetApp is upgrading its accelerated storage access for its iSCSI-using FAS and AFF array customers by adding fast NVMe-over-TCP access to ONTAP for iSCSI users in general.
NVMe-over-TCP allows remote direct memory access for data using an Ethernet TCP link. The idea to use NVMe like this (extend... Read more