Collaborate Disseminate
Part 3 of a 3 part series
In the final part of his three part series on the changing role of IT in the era of cloud computing, Paul Robichaux explains what it takes to bui… Continue reading Becoming an IT cloud pro: What you need to know
Hard charging through disruption, Grove reshaped — again and again — technology industry
Few things in Andy Grove’s life were easy, starting at a young age: As a boy in Budapest, he saw his father captured up by Germans during World War II, while he and his mother went into hiding under an assumed name. He became neary deaf at a young age. After that, he lived under Communist rule in Hungary, until finally coming to America in the ’50s, where he learned to lip read English in order to pass university courses.
That kind of perseverance would serve him well through the ups and downs of being Intel employee #1 and later president, CEO, and chairman.
Continue reading Andy Grove, longtime Intel chief and “father of Silicon Valley,” dies at 79
Still trying to wrap your ahead around what to get excited about in Windows Server 2016? We’ve got you covered
Looking to get caught up on what to look for in Windows Server 2016? Then you’re in luck. IT Pro contributor John Savill has an extensive rundown of the top ten features in Windows Server 2016, from Active Directory upgrades to Nano Server. Watch below, and share your favorite Server 2016 feature in the comments.
Continue reading John Savill shares Windows Server 2016’s Top Ten Features
Last minute filing could delay encryption standoff
In an iPhone encryption case that has pitted Apple against the FBI, the White House, and every major presidential candidate, there is at least one more last-minute twist: In a motion filed tonight, Department of Justice lawyers said that an “outside party” has approached the agency with what it claims is a method of unlocking the phone of one of the San Bernardino shooters — without Apple’s help.
Continue reading DOJ delays Apple fight after outside party offers help cracking iPhone
As tablets struggle to find market, Apple doubles down with smaller iPad Pro
There were few surprises at today’s Apple event, but there was at least one conspicuously absent announcement that had people talking: Apple didn’t update its line of laptops, which have been gaining marketshare but haven’t seen any updates in over 300 days.
Blame it on Skylake supplies if you’d like, but Apple executives had one key refrain: The iPad truly is the future of personal computing,
according to Tim Cook, Apple’s chief executive.
Continue reading Cook on iPad: “It truly is the future of personal computing.”
The future of business tablets still uncertain
Today Apple is reportedly announcing the latest addition to its iPad Pro line, a smaller, 9.7 inch device. There’s been a lot of mixed reviews regarding how well (or not) the iPad has been selling, but one thing is almost universally agreed on: Tablets have not reworked the world of business computing as many thought they might.
Continue reading As Apple unveils new iPad Pro, one question: Do businesses want them?
As the Internet of Things and Machine Learning pushes data needs to the limit, where will all the data live?
If a few years ago it seemed like cavernous hard disks might f… Continue reading New breed of storage providers hopes garbage trucks need big data, too
Apple has reportedly moved a large segment of its cloud services from Amazon to Google
Since being named senior vice president for Google’s cloud businesses, Diane Greene appears to have been busy: Spotify very publicly switched over to Google’s infrastructure after several years with Amazon, and now Apple has quietly moved as much as $600 million of an estimated billion dollar annual cloud to Google.
Continue reading As cloud hosting wars heat up, Apple turns to a rival for relief
Customers wary of US data policies can now tap into Azure Deutschland
Microsoft announced a number of new cloud offerings today, including, notably, the availability of Azure Deutschland — a German cloud region that will offer Azure services that come not directly from Microsoft, but from the German data trustee
Deutsche Telekom.
The service, launched in Preview today, is interesting because Microsoft works hard to keep itself at arm’s length from customer data in this region, and to make sure that the data is kept on German grounds.
Continue reading Microsoft opens up Azure cloud in Germany even it can’t access easily
For years, Skype was a leader in security. Then Microsoft bought it.
Microsoft has come out strongly on Apple’s side in the showdown over encryption with the FBI. So why d… Continue reading Is it time Microsoft’s Skype put encryption back in the hands of users?