Author Archives: Frederic Lardinois

AWS and Facebook launch an open-source model server for PyTorch

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AWS and Facebook today announced two new open-source projects around PyTorch, the popular open-source machine learning framework. The first of these is TorchServe, a model serving framework for PyTorch that will make it easier for developers to put their models into production. The other is TorchElastic, a library that makes it easier for developers to […] Continue reading AWS and Facebook launch an open-source model server for PyTorch→

Pileus helps businesses cut their cloud spend

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Israel-based Pileus, which is officially launching today, aims to help businesses keep their cloud spend under control. The company also today announced that it has raised a $1 million seed round from a private angel investor. Using machine learning, the company’s platform continuously learns about how a user typically uses a given cloud and then […] Continue reading Pileus helps businesses cut their cloud spend→

Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns steps down to pursue a new executive role elsewhere

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The Cloud Foundry Foundation (CFF), the home of the Cloud Foundry open-source developer platform, today announced that its executive director Abby Kearns is stepping down from her role to pursue an executive role elsewhere. If you’ve followed the development of the CFF for a while, it won’t come as a surprise that its current CTO, […] Continue reading Cloud Foundry Foundation executive director Abby Kearns steps down to pursue a new executive role elsewhere→

Okta launches Lifecycle Management Workflows to make building identity-centric processes easy

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Okta, the popular identity and access management service, today used its annual (and now virtual) user conference to launch Lifecycle Management Workflows, a new tool that helps IT teams build and manage IFTTT-like automated processes with the help of an easy to use graphical interface. The new service is an extension of Okta’s existing automation […] Continue reading Okta launches Lifecycle Management Workflows to make building identity-centric processes easy→

Microsoft launches Edge Zones for Azure

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Microsoft today announced the launch of Azure Edge Zones, which will allow Azure users to bring their applications to the company’s edge locations. The focus here is on enabling real-time low-latency 5G applications. The company is also launching a version of Edge Zones with carriers (starting with AT&T) in preview, which connects these zones directly […] Continue reading Microsoft launches Edge Zones for Azure→

Atlassian’s Confluence gets a new template gallery

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Confluence, Atlassian’s content-centric collaboration tool for teams, is making it easier for new users to get started with the launch of an updated template gallery and 75 new templates. They incorporate what the company has learned from its customers and partners since it first launched the service back in 2004. About a year ago, Atlassian […] Continue reading Atlassian’s Confluence gets a new template gallery→

Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks

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Microsoft today announced that it has acquired Affirmed Networks, a company that specializes in fully virtualized, cloud-native networking solutions for telecom operators. With its focus on 5G and edge computing, Affirmed looks like the ideal acquisition target for a large cloud provider looking to get deeper into the telco business. According to Crunchbase, Affirmed had […] Continue reading Microsoft acquires 5G specialist Affirmed Networks→

AWS launches Bottlerocket, a Linux-based OS for container hosting

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AWS has launched its own open-source operating system for running containers on both virtual machines and bare metal hosts. Bottlerocket, as the new OS is called, is basically a stripped-down Linux distribution that’s akin to projects like CoreOS’s now-defunct Container Linux and Google’s container-optimized OS. The OS is currently in its developer preview phase, but […] Continue reading AWS launches Bottlerocket, a Linux-based OS for container hosting→

Hitachi Vantara acquires what’s left of Containership

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Hitachi Vantara, the wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi that focuses on building hardware and software to help companies manage their data, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Containership, one of the earlier players in the container ecosystem, which shut down its operations last October. Containership, which launched as part of our 2015 […] Continue reading Hitachi Vantara acquires what’s left of Containership→

Nvidia acquires data storage and management platform SwiftStack

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Nvidia today announced that it has acquired SwiftStack, a software-centric data storage and management platform that supports public cloud, on-premises and edge deployments. The company’s recent launches focused on improving its support for AI, high-performance computing and accelerated computing workloads, which is surely what Nvidia is most interested in here. “Building AI supercomputers is exciting […] Continue reading Nvidia acquires data storage and management platform SwiftStack→