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Rio 2016 Olympics on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat

Social media's brightest stars have aligned for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Here's how to follow all the teams, games and athletes, and find behind-the-scenes action and exclusive footage on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat.

By Matt Kapko

Aug 5, 2016 4 mins

Facebook Instagram Sports Software

Will Supreme Court settle network neutrality issue?

Critics of FCC's controversial open internet order file appeal for lower court to rehear the case, but see the Supreme Court as perhaps the best hope of reining in new online regulation.

By Kenneth Corbin

Aug 4, 2016

Broadband IT Governance Internet

Dell Services innovation lab for SAP-HANA creates superior solutions for customers

Dell Services allows customers to analyze the ins and outs of migrating to SAP HANA and the SAP S/4HANA business suite and then jumpstart applications for business transformation.

By Thor Olavsrud

Aug 3, 2016

Big Data Database Administration Innovation

Instagram takes aim at Snapchat with disappearing ‘Stories’

In an effort to retain users who may have drifted toward Snapchat, Instagram copied one of its rival's defining features: short-lived multimedia. But will the new 'Instagram Stories' be a strategic success or just another flop from Ins

By Matt Kapko

Aug 2, 2016

Instagram Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business

7 surprises in Samsung’s Galaxy Note7 smartphone

The new Galaxy Note7 smartphone is available via presale this week. Here's a detailed breakdown of the most notable new features in Samsung's latest phablet phone.

By Al Sacco

Aug 2, 2016

Samsung Electronics Small and Medium Business Smartphones

Takeaways from Apple, Facebook and Google’s latest earnings

Apple, Facebook and Google each reported earnings this week, and though the results varied, they also reaffirmed the scale and industry-wide impact of these massive tech companies.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 29, 2016 4 mins

Apple Facebook Google

With ChakraCore on Linux, Microsoft doesn’t discriminate

Microsoft is putting one of its core technologies on a competing platformrn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jul 29, 2016

Linux Open Source Web Development

Databricks unveils commercial support for Apache Spark 2.0

Apache Spark 2.0 is now generally available on the Databricks data platform. The company touts five to 10x performance increases over Spark 1.6 and new support for continuous applications with structured streaming.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jul 28, 2016

Big Data Open Source Technology Industry

Canonical joins the Document Foundation Advisory board

The upcoming release of LibreOffice will be one of the first applications to be available as a snap packagern

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jul 28, 2016

Linux Office Suites Open Source

CORD becomes a Linux Foundation project

The foundation is already home to many open source networking projects, including OpenDaylight and Open Network Operating System (ONOS), so CORD is a natural fit.rnrn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jul 28, 2016

Linux Networking Open Source

Office 365 gets new Word, PowerPoint and Outlook features

Microsoft Office 365 users will soon get anew tools that aim to improve their writing skills, help prioritize important email and better research topics of interest.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 26, 2016

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Office Suites

Should CIOs be chief robot wranglers?

Business Robotic Process Automation (RPA) initiatives can yield huge returns. But bypassing IT can create even bigger risks. Why CIOs need to take a greater role in RPA.

By Stephanie Overby

Jul 26, 2016

CIO Robotics Technology Industry

Twitter scores live-stream deals with MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL

Twitter's steamy summer of sport got even hotter today as the company inked deals to live-stream MLB and NHL games. Each of the 'Big Four' major U.S. sports leagues is now on board to stream games or related content via Twitter.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 25, 2016 3 mins

Sports Software Twitter Video

Cloud services now account for a third of IT outsourcing market

The u2018as-a-serviceu2019 market now accounts for a third of IT services activity. Can traditional outsourcing survive?

By Stephanie Overby

Jul 22, 2016

Outsourcing SaaS Technology Industry

Land O’Lakes spreads to the cloud with Microsoft (and Google)

Land Ou2019Lakes CIO says no single cloud provider can meet all of the companyu2019s requirements. Google and Microsoft are both in the mix, but the agricultural cooperative still isnu2019t ready for a full migration.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 19, 2016

CIO Google Microsoft

Can Collabora and Nextcloud crack Office 365 dominance?

Nextcloud and Collabora partnership brings free of cost office suite and cloud syncing solution together.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jul 19, 2016 4 mins

Linux Office Suites Open Source

LinkedIn adds Gmail, CRM integration to Sales Navigator

LinkedIn looks to boost its appeal to sales professional with the first update of its two-years-old Sales Navigator product.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 19, 2016

CRM Systems Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business

Facebook details its 2016 open source accomplishments

Facebook ramped up its open-source initiative in 2016, and the company has already seen a 35 percent increase in followers.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 15, 2016 2 mins

Facebook Open Source Software Development

Big banks, big applications, big outsourcing

Large application outsourcing is booming at big banks, driven in large part by the need for digital transformation.

By Stephanie Overby

Jul 15, 2016

Financial Services Industry Outsourcing Technology Industry

Microsoft expands its Surface Enterprise Initiative

Microsoft wants businesses to adopt the Surface lineup, and itu2019s adding new incentives to its enterprise program to make the hybrid devices even more appealing.

By Sarah K. White

Jul 13, 2016

Laptops Small and Medium Business Tablets

Mirantis OpenStack 9.0 improves post-deployment support, private cloud operations

Mirantis emerges as one of the leading contributors to OpenStack.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jul 12, 2016

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Offshore and cloud service providers upset IT outsourcing’s top tier

While IBM and Accenture still command a majority of the IT services markets, the combination of offshore-centric and as-a-service competition has proven to be an u2018all-out assaultu2019 on traditional providers.

By Stephanie Overby

Jul 12, 2016

Cloud Computing Outsourcing Technology Industry

Cisco aims to simplify security

By combining its network visibility and breadth of integrated products, Cisco aims to make it simple for distributed and mobile businesses to deploy effective security while reducing the complexity required to manage it.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jul 11, 2016

Cloud Security IT Strategy Technology Industry

New Relic adds support for Golang, SPA monitoring

The software-as-a-service application performance monitoring provider is adding support for a popular programming language used in microservices, and also offering greater visibility into single-page applications.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jul 11, 2016

Cloud Computing Software Development Technology Industry

Kubernetes becomes more scalable, gets support for hybrid clouds

Version 1.3 makes it easier for new developers and enterprises to use Kubernetes to manage distributed systems at scale.

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jul 8, 2016 2 mins

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Why Snapchat’s Memories broadens snap appeal

A new feature from Snapchat, called Memories, should broaden its appeal by making it easier for you to preserve and curate the content you share, but the company's go-to disappearing 'snaps' live on.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 8, 2016

Consumer Electronics Social Networking Apps

How IT outsourcing customers should prepare for HPE-CSC merger

The merger between HPEu2019s enterprise services business and CSC may or may not help solve those providersu2019 problems, but there are steps customers can take to make sure the huge u2018spin-mergeru2019 works out in their favor.

By Stephanie Overby

Jul 8, 2016

Managed Cloud Services Mergers and Acquisitions Technology Industry

Twitter fails to impress with Wimbledon live stream

Twitter's first live-sports video stream at Wimbledon left much to be desired, and the company's early 'test' may not bode well for its upcoming plans to live stream 10 NFL football games this season.

By Matt Kapko

Jul 7, 2016 2 mins

Sports Software Twitter Video

Test drive SUSE Enterprise Linux on Azure cloud for free

SUSE is currently the only commercially supported Linux for HPC available via Microsoft Test Drive.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jul 6, 2016

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Hillary Clinton’s tech agenda draws cheers from IT industry

Presumptive Democratic nominee calls for investments in STEM education, cybersecurity and job training, pledging to make an open Internet a cornerstone of her administration's diplomacy.

By Kenneth Corbin

Jul 1, 2016

Cybercrime Government Technology Industry

Jim Whitehurst: The power of participation

During his keynote at the Red Hat Summit, CEO Jim Whitehurst took the audience on a walk through history, talking about how different industrial revolutions changed our social fabric and affected policies and politics.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jun 29, 2016

Linux Open Source

Rio’s airport preps for Olympics with new Wi-Fi network and mobile app

With the 2016 Olympic Games promising to bring millions of visitors to Rio de Janeirou2019s Galeu00e3o International Airport, its CIO initiated a huge wireless network upgrade and a new mobile app.

By Jen A. Miller

Jun 29, 2016

Mobile Apps Small and Medium Business Wi-Fi

MapR’s Spyglass keeps an eye on big data deployments

MapR Technologies' new Spyglass Initiative is an open and extensible approach designed to centralized monitoring of big data deployments.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jun 28, 2016

Analytics Big Data Technology Industry

YouTube rules at VidCon, but still empty-handed on live mobile video

YouTube's CEO led the opening keynote at VidCon for the third year in a row, and though the online video giant had its 'best year ever,' its still lags behind competitors on key features such as live streaming on mobile devices.

By Matt Kapko

Jun 28, 2016

Consumer Electronics Media and Entertainment Industry Video

Hortonworks ups its security and data governance game with HDP 2.5

Hadoop distribution vendor, Hortonworks, announced HDP 2.5 at Hadoop Summit, along with an expansion to its Partnerworks program and a reseller agreement with self-service BI on Hadoop specialist AtScale.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jun 28, 2016 3 mins

Big Data Business Intelligence IT Governance

OpenSUSE comes to Linode

The announcement comes on the heels of the openSUSE Conference, where the growth was a key topic of discussion.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jun 27, 2016

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Obama, Zuckerberg push better broadband, innovative startups

Obama administration unveils new initiatives to promote global startups as Obama calls for broadband expansion and freedom of expression on the web.

By Kenneth Corbin

Jun 27, 2016

Government Innovation Startups

Facebook COO launches Together Women Can campaign

Spreading awareness of the power of peer mentoringrn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jun 24, 2016 3 mins

Careers

Red Hat announces Ceph Storage 2

The software defined storage solution introduces Ansible based storage management and monitoring system.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jun 23, 2016

Cloud Computing Linux Open Source

Nearly 1 in 3 Azure virtual machines now run Linux

Microsoft is betting big on open source for cloud

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jun 23, 2016

Linux Open Source Small and Medium Business

macOS Sierra: First looks from around the web

The macOS Sierra developer preview is now in the hands of many bloggers and journalists. Find out what they are saying about macOS Sierra. Is it the best version of macOS yet?

By Jim Lynch

Jun 22, 2016

Consumer Electronics MacOS

Docker packs container orchestration within its Docker engine

Customers now donu2019t need orchestration tools like Kubernetes.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jun 22, 2016 3 mins

Linux Open Source Virtualization

Instagram daily use nearly equals Twitter’s monthly rate

Instagram's daily active user base is close to Twitter's number of monthly users, and the gap between the companies continues to widen as Facebook, Instagram's parent, consolidates power through its family of popular apps.

By Matt Kapko

Jun 22, 2016 3 mins

Instagram Mobile Apps Twitter

Apple leads fight to ban rifle emoji

Apple and other technology companies have blocked the roll out of a rifle emoji for the Olympics. The decision has drawn some criticism from media outlets and users.

By Jim Lynch

Jun 22, 2016 8 mins

Consumer Electronics Mobile Apps

Google bumps up bounty on Android bugs

During the past year, Google paid more than half a million dollars to researchers who identified flaws in its mobile OS. In fact, the Android Security Rewards program has been so successful that Google increased related bug bounties.

By Al Sacco

Jun 21, 2016

Google Mobile Security Smartphones

Will government ‘IT special forces’ put CIO role in jeopardy?

As new units of IT experts take shape across departments and agencies to advance high-priority projects, lawmakers and a government watchdog warn that CIO authorities must be preserved.

By Kenneth Corbin

Jun 21, 2016

CIO Government Government IT

Fedora 24 released, brings something for everyone

It comes with a great mix of enterprise, cloud and desktop technologies.rn

By Swapnil Bhartiya

Jun 21, 2016

Linux Open Source Operating Systems

Apple purposefully avoids enterprise at WWDC

Enterprise definitely was not the star of Apple's show at WWDC last week. The company barely mentioned business users or developers during the opening keynote, but it did introduce several improvements that should have far-reaching implications

By Matt Kapko

Jun 20, 2016

Apple Mobile Development iPhone

IBM leverages machine learning for hyper-local weather

New precision forecasts will help businesses in industries ranging from aviation and agriculture to energy generation and retail better respond to their environment.

By Thor Olavsrud

Jun 20, 2016

IBM Innovation Technology Industry

Ethnic, gender imbalances plague computer science education

Amid a new report from BSA, quantifying the economic impact of the software industry, Obama administration officials stress importance of broadening access to programming instruction in K-12 schools.

By Kenneth Corbin

Jun 20, 2016

Careers Government