Salesforce is adapting to the COVID era by rolling out new tools
It doesn't seem like Covid-19 is done with us. The changes made by many of the enterprises, in response to the pandemic, seem to be more permanent than initial sentiments indicated. The new reality is here, and Salesforce is rebooting its Sales Cloud department.
The company is introducing a seri... Read more
Salesforce launches Salesforce Talent Alliance (STA) initiative
Salesforce has started an alliance that aims to increase the number of skilled Salesforce workers, named the Salesforce Talent Alliance. The aim here is to meet the demand which IDC estimates will generate about 4.2 million new jobs in the next three years.
The alliance is not too limited and we... Read more
PagerDuty acquires Rundeck for $100 million
PagerDuty just announced that they are going to acquire Rundeck for 100 million dollars. Rundeck is the maker of a widely used software that helps users troubleshoot technical issues in IT systems.
PagerDuty announced the upcoming deal when they held their virtual conference. It is a great way f... Read more
Oracle is spending a lot on its high-performance computing cloud services
Oracle is rolling out new offerings which should be very competitive to other cloud vendors. The new offering focusses on high performance cloud computing which is targeted towards customers who need high power for apps that deal with things like AI, video rendering or 3D visualization.
The comp... Read more
GitHub releases an official command-line interface for the platform
GitHub just released their version 1.0 of their CLI, allowing interaction and repository control from the command line. The hosted repository has it’s foundation on Git, which is a command-line tool in itself. In addition to this, a project called hub gives users a CLI for GitHub.
Getting conf... Read more
The U.S. government has granted Intel licenses to supply Huawei
Intel now has licenses from U.S. authorities to continue providing some of its products to Huawei Technologies. This announcement was made by an Intel spokesman on Tuesday. U.S-China ties are at their worst for the first time in decades.
Washington has been pushing governments the world over to ... Read more
.NET 5.0 is around the corner with new features
In just two months, .NET 5.0 will be ready for release, giving Microsoft the much-needed time to get their first platform release candidate out to the public. They can then start looking at the future of their .NET Standard.
The new release is slated to be the .NET Framework's cross-platform suc... Read more
Google is banning Stalkerware apps in the Play Store with exceptions
Google is now banning ‘stalkerware' apps from the Play Store starting October 1st. However, the apps can still be offered if specified for use in tasks like tracking children or for enterprise use in some specific conditions.
Stalkerware apps give third parties the ability to track a user’s ... Read more
Alibaba unveils its Cloud 2.0 iteration and its first cloud computer
Alibaba unveiled the next version of its cloud computing platform. Jeff Zhang, the CTO of Alibaba Group, introduced the 2.0 version and said that they aim to make cloud technology available to all who need it.
Zhang's exciting comments about the Alibaba Cloud 2.0 also promised that operations w... Read more
Nearly all companies report email-related breaches
Outgoing emails constitute the most widespread cause of enterprise data breaches. With the pandemic forcing people to work from home, the amount of emails sent has increased, making the threat even more pronounced.
This comes from a new report by the security firm Egress, which says that about 9... Read more