Serverless computing: A guide for IT leaders
Serverless computing is changing the way applications are built, deployed, and consumed. This ebook looks at how this trend is affecting businesses and IT. From the ebook: Serverless architecture...
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Why the Shopify, Mailchimp integration battle is just a sign of what's to come
As it's increasingly clear that customer data is the only asset that matters, get ready for a bevy of vendor battles over APIs and integration.
Survey: How is your company using serverless computing services?
Take this quick, multiple choice survey and tell us serverless computing impacts your company.
Mozilla slows Firefox 66 rollout to fix bug making Office 365 PowerPoint text vanish
Firefox 66's initial release made Microsoft's PowerPoint online useless for creating presentations.
Customers and partners driving new VMware Cloud updates
Updates to VMware Cloud Foundation, VMware vCloud Director, and CloudHealth by VMware, as well as increased access to Cloud Foundation-based services via new VMware Cloud on AWS regions.
Zuora satisfies Q4 targets, shares down on light guidance
The company reported a Q4 net loss of $20.67 million, up from a loss of $13.4 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
Microsoft brings Windows 10 security to Apple Macs with Defender ATP
Enterprise Mac users can now install Microsoft's next-gen antivirus for Windows 10.
Microsoft delivers public preview of Windows Virtual Desktop
Microsoft's service for virtualizing Windows 7, 10, Office 365 ProPlus apps and other third-party software by running them in Azure virtual machines is now available in public preview.
The first cars using Microsoft Connected Vehicle platform at scale are coming
Renault-Nissan announced plans in 2016 to use Microsoft cloud services in connected cars. They're finally be ready to roll later this year.
Open Source growing pains: Is Open Core the answer?
Last week’s war of words that followed AWS’s announcement of its Open Distro for Elasticsearch marks the latest example of the growing pains for open source companies. While the past year has seen a proliferation of new open source licenses, will the well-worn open core model actually prove the better option for keeping open source companies viable?
China to lead APAC tech spend, 5G race ahead of global markets
China will remain Asia's largest in terms of tech spending, growing 4 percent this year and 6 percent in 2020, and lead global markets in the 5G race where its investments in telecommunications account for 57 percent of the country's overall spend.
SAP adds more intelligent capabilities to Analytics Cloud
New features like natural language querying take advantage of machine learning to create smoother workflows.
Microsoft Teams turns two; now has 500,000 organizational users
Microsoft is adding customized backgrounds, secure private channels, additional camera support and live captions to Teams in the coming months.
Oracle updates cloud applications as SaaS sales builds momentum
Oracle's ERP Cloud, HCM Cloud, SCM Cloud and CX Cloud are all getting more sophisticated functionality, including more machine learning-powered features.
Nvidia unwraps RTX and T4-based hardware and cloud instances
GPU giant unveils new CUDA-X label for its software stack.
Atlassian to acquire AgileCraft for enterprise agile planning
AgileCraft adds value to Jira for enterprise customers, helping them manage projects at scale.
Windows 10 April 2019 Update: The new features that matter most
Windows 10 version 1903, which will probably be officially dubbed the April 2019 Update, begins rolling out soon. Here are some of the new capabilities you can expect in yet another feature-packed semi-annual release. (This gallery is based on a near-final Insider Preview release.)
Cloud computing trends, where developers want to live, AI skills, and 5G: Research round-up
All the data that matters to you from the past month in technology news.
Create your own free Adobe Creative Cloud with free and open source software
While Creative Cloud has its strong benefits, it's also costly. If you want to accomplish most of what you can with Creative Cloud, but pay absolutely nothing, these products can help.
Data center automation, IT skills, IoT and digital transformation: Research round-up
Our analysis of the data that matters from the past month.
These rooms full of TVs are how Amazon gets Prime Video to look sharp on every device
Photos: Amazon needs to test its video service across lots and lots (and lots) of TVs. Here's an inside look.
IT spending, smartwatches, AI and the cloud: Research round-up
We tell the story of key technology trends from the past month.
How to turn your iPhone into a business workhorse: Add these apps and accessories, and tweak these settings
Here's how, with a few tweaks and accessories, you can transform your iPhone into a business workhorse that will allow you to get serious work done.
The dumbest passwords people still use
Everybody knows that 12345 is a bad password. But what they're using instead isn't much stronger
Cloud services: 24 lesser-known web services for your business to try
In this guide, we've spotlighted 24 cloud-based services that can take your business to the next level. There's a huge world of opportunity and available resources beyond Google, Dropbox, Salesforce, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Research round-up: Cloud computing, IoT and cybersecurity, iPhone X and more
12 graphs which explain the tech news of the last month.
Photos: Inside vast abandoned mine set to be world's biggest data center
Norway's newest white-space data center has opened in a former mine. Lefdal Mine Datacenter could become the world's largest once of three of its five levels are filled.
Image tools for better online engagement
Make your posts more engaging and encourage more clicks and comments with these image-editing and graphics tools.
Internet of summer things for geeks
Breeze through the hot summer with these IoT-enabled devices and sensors, all controlled from your smartphone.
Azure HDInsight click-by-click guide: Get cloud-based Hadoop up and running today
Click by click, we'll show you how to get Microsoft's Apache Hadoop-based big bata service up and running.
Hands-on with Azure Data Lake: How to get productive fast
Microsoft's Azure Data Lake is now generally available, but what does it do, and how does it work? Here's a tour around the service's tooling and capabilities, to help you understand it and get productive with it, quickly.
Emerging cloud trends so far in 2019
Abby Kearns, executive director at Cloud Foundry Foundation, tells ZDNet's Tonya Hall about surfacing cloud trends we have seen so far in 2019.
As Apple pushes services, a subscription bundle could be in the future
ZDNet's Larry Dignan tells TechRepublic's Karen Roby about a potential 'Apple Prime' subscription bundle. Read more: https://zd.net/2UMIpNd
The technology behind the Otter app
TechRepublic's Karen Roby asks ZDNet's Natalie Gagliordi about the app, Otter, and how AI and machine learning works for the transcription service app for teams. Read more: https://zd.net/2Cq8iLG
How Shopify is working to expand internationally
ZDNet's Natalie Gagliordi sits down with Karen Roby from TechRepublic to talk about how Shopify is using its developer ecosystem to grow internationally. Read more: https://zd.net/2UIxrZa
Shifting data from local to the cloud
Tonya Hall talks with Clifford Madru, vice president cloud solution architecture and engineering at Iron Mountain, about the best way to approach transferring local data to the cloud.
Trapped in the cloud: When providers increase their prices
Cloud services can save small businesses from having to invest and manage their own infrastructure. But there's a cost: lock-in. Read more: https://zd.net/2UtYYNK
Cisco to invest $20m in new Sydney Webex Data Center
With Australia one of the biggest global users of Webex, Cisco is building a new Sydney-based data centre.
Optus Business announces Cloud Calling with Cisco
Cisco’s BroadCloud and Webex will form the basis for the latest cloud-based offering from Optus Business.
Cloud migration costs are overwhelming businesses
ZDNet's Larry Dignan tells TechRepublic's Karen Roby about the issues that businesses are encountering when trying to move to the cloud.
AWS WorkLink: Employees can log in safely into the corporate system through mobile
The solution is designed to eradicate the need for custom browsers or VPNs.
Google opens first developer hub in Singapore
Internet giant unveils a physical space, occupying 7,200 square feet within its Singapore office, that it says offers various resources for developers from Southeast Asia, including hands-on mentorship, networking opportunities, and access to Google technologies.
IBM's cloud hybrid approach will help convert retailers to the cloud
IBM tells retailers that they will help with the process of converting to cloud, bypassing a major infrastructure overhaul. Read more: https://zd.net/2U8KrH0
Microsoft HoloLens 2: It's all about the software and cloud services
While the hardware improvements with Microsoft's HoloLens are interesting, the real win for business is the subscription model and hook into Dynamics 365 and Azure. Larry Dignan handicaps the Microsoft HoloLens strategy with Mary Jo Foley.
This is how IBM Cloud is wooing the energy and utility sector
SaaS provider Smart Energy Water has signed a multi-million dollar, five-year deal with IBM after beginning its cloud journey elsewhere
IP Australia's Alex is more than just a chatbot
The patent office is investing heavily into cognitive computing, with its chatbot providing much more to the business than only being a first point of contact for consumers.
Xero (2014) review: Cloud-based accounting service for SMEs continues to improve
This cloud-based small-business accounting service provides a well-planned set of tools for staying on top of your finances and streamlining the processes involved.
Azure RemoteApp beta preview: Cloud-hosted desktop apps for multiple platforms
Microsoft is developing a set of cloud-based tools for managing and deploying session virtualisation servers, allowing you to publish and share apps on Windows, iOS, Android, OS X and (soon) Windows Phone devices. We take the beta for a test drive.
Xero Touch for Android, First Take: Much-improved native mobile Xero client
A quicker and slicker new app for the online Xero accounting service adds automatic reconciliation of bank accounts, allowing Android users to stay on top of their finances.
Office 2013: a pleasant surprise
After a week of using Office 2013 we're pleasantly surprised. The changes Microsoft has made to support Windows 8 — and specifically Windows 8 tablets — are logical, and they work well with more traditional ways of using Office.
Windows Intune 3.0: Preview
Version 3.0 of Microsoft's cloud-hosted management platform is now available, adding support for mobile devices — including iPhones, iPads and Android.
Xero
Xero is an affordable online accounting service that delivers key bookkeeping functionality for small businesses in an admirably straightforward way.
Actinic Online
A big step up from Actinic Express, which it replaces, Actinic Online delivers everything an SME requires to build and run an online store via the cloud. It's not perfect, but it is affordable and worth evaluating if you need to start selling online.
Cortado ThinPrint Printer Dashboard
Cortado's ThinPrint Printer Dashboard is a potentially useful cloud application for monitoring the printers on your network. We had a few issues in this review, which hopefully will be addressed in a forthcoming update.
