CentOS counterpart AlmaLinux gets support from CloudLinux
CloudLinux has built a support model around the AlmaLinux distribution. This allows companies that were dependent on CentOS to continue using Linux on a comparable basis.
AlmaLinux fulfils a similar role as CentOS did until recently. It is a binary compatible fork of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RH...
VMware extends support for vSphere 6.5
VMware has announced that it is extending support for version 6.5 of vSphere by one year. In doing so, offers its customers more stability in the turmoil caused by the corona pandemic.
The support extension was announced in a blog post. In it, VMware talks about the year that has passed since th...
Microsoft Teams to get multi-account sign-in support or not
Microsoft Teams is scheduled to get multi-account sign-in as of December 2020, according to the latest Microsoft 365 roadmap. But not for everyone.
Microsoft is finally planning to add multi-account sign in support to its popular Microsoft Teams collaboration platform. This is a new feature that...
Kubernetes version 1.19 finally released
After a postponed release date due to, among other things, the current pandemic, version 1.19 of container orchestration platform Kubernetes was released. Version 1.19 includes an extension of the support policy for patches, functionality around REST APIs and storage.
The latest version of Kuber...
Microsoft will kill their failed browsers; IE11 and Edge legacy
Microsoft is going to end the support for their failed browsers from the past. In 2021 the Microsoft 365 apps and services will no longer support their legacy browsers. Finally the tech giant will kill their failed browsers and make the life of web developers a lot better.
Starting on November 3...
Microsoft stops support PHP for Windows
Microsoft announced it no longer supports the upcoming version of the scripting language PHP or Hypertext Preprocessor, version 8.0, for Windows. Some earlier releases of PHP will still be supported for some time for bug fixes and security updates.
The techgiant has been supporting and maintaini...
GitHub consolidates support in single platform environment
GitHub has merged its two websites to support application and software developers with documentation into the single platform environment docs.github.com. The platform provides end-users and integrators with a single environment for support and resources.
In practical terms, the newly presented ...
Bootstrap ends support to Internet Explorer v10 and v11
Bootstrap, a UI framework for developing websites and business and mobile applications, does no longer support the Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)10 and 11 browsers. This makes it the first web development facilitator to take this step.
Bootstrap's decision is an important one. The open-source ...
Microsoft extends Windows 7 support once due to own error
On the 14th of January, the last update for Windows 7 was released, which was supposed to end support. Microsoft accidentally introduced a bug with these last update and now has to fix it.
The official support ended on the 14th of January. On that day the very last official security update was r...
Today is the end of Windows 7 on an estimated 369 million computers
End-of-life, end of the line, done, finished, finito. Today Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7. The lifecycle of this operating system has come to an end. With around 369 million PCs running on Windows 7, this end is far too early, but it its for a reason that Microsoft has announced it well in a...
Zendesk brings sales and support teams together with Duet platform
Zendesk has announced a new platform that combines tools for sales and support teams. The platform, Duet, is designed for SMBs who want to offer customers a personalized experience that includes pre- to post-sales interactions.
Duet combines functions of Zendesk Sell and Zendesk Support, knows ZDNe...
What is Mulesoft and why is it worth $6.5 billion?
Earlier this year, Salesforce acquired Mulesoft for $6.5
billion. This company might be very familiar to some readers and not at all to
others. During Dreamforce in San Francisco, we talked to them. What are they
doing, why is it so good, and why is it worth so much money?
Mulesoft is a company ...