Microsoft and IBM open-source MS-DOS 4.00 from 1986
It has taken 38 years, but the source code of MS-DOS version 4.00 has been made available by Microsoft and IBM. The rationale for this release was because former Microsoft CTO Ray Ozzie came across beta binaries on DOS floppy disks in his collection.
The release stemmed from a correspondence wit... Read more
Dutch CERRIX targets European expansion with new investment
Belgian investor Fortino Capital supports CERRIX in its ambition to help companies with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software.
CERRIX's platform offers capabilities for Business Process Management, Risk and Compliance Management, and auditing. With risk management tooling, CERRIX can c... Read more
Bezos and Jassy accused of deleting chats during investigation
Amazon's top executives allegedly deleted Signal messages between 2019 and 2022 while a competition investigation was ongoing. The US regulator FTC has filed a complaint in a US court.
Between April 2019 and May 2022, founder Jeff Bezos, current CEO Andy Jassy, top lawyer David Zapolsky, former ... Read more
Darktrace sold for 5 billion to private equity Thoma Bravo
Security company Darktrace has agreed to a takeover by investment company Thoma Bravo. The deal should be completed in the second half of the year.
Thoma Bravo is highly engaged with the security sector. Others in its current portfolio include Sophos, Proofpoint, Ping Identity and Venafi. Invest... Read more
Atlassian founder Scott Farquhar to step down as CEO
The company that Farquhar founded with Mike Cannon-Brookes 23 years ago will soon have to do without his day-to-day involvement.
Farquhar will step down as co-CEO on Aug. 31 of this year. Cannon-Brookes was the other co-CEO for all those years and will continue as sole CEO after Farquhar's depar... Read more
Revenue from Microsoft and Google cloud services grows significantly
Microsoft and Google parent company Alphabet presented their quarterly figures recently. The results are positive in both cases, with cloud revenue being a particular strong point. Earnings from Azure and Google Cloud increased by 31 percent and 28 percent, respectively.
The most striking feat c... Read more
Lenovo and AMD join forces and introduce a series of ‘AI-proof’ servers
Lenovo is launching the ThinkSystem SR685a V3 8GPU server, which the company developed with chip manufacturer AMD. According to Lenovo, the server is particularly well suited for high-computation performance, such as GenAI and Large Language Models (LLM). Additionally, Lenovo offers other AMD-equip... Read more
From now on, use Microsoft 365 apps directly on Chromebook
Chromebook users can now use Microsoft 365 apps on their devices without having to open the browser without any problems. Google has enabled direct access through the Chromebook Files App.
This feature, announced for ChromeOS last year, is now widely available. The goal is to make it easier for ... Read more
Cisco firewalls exploited by state-sponsored hackers
According to the security watchdogs of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, unknown state hackers have been behind attacks on Cisco firewalls since November 2023. Through these breaches, the attackers have deployed malware for espionage purposes.
Cisco has now confirmed these infiltrations.... Read more
ServiceNow sees revenue growth of 24%
In the first financial quarter, ServiceNow posted revenue of $2.6 billion, or about €2.4 billion.
Exactly one year ago, ServiceNow posted revenue of nearly $2.1 billion. With that, the company saw its revenue increase 24 per cent year-on-year. The most revenue now comes from subscriptions; las... Read more