Cloud Computing

Last month I kind of wrapped up 2019. But this month I want to look forward. While I would love to talk about things that I might or might know about, such a violation of my non-disclosure agreement would get me in trouble with Redmond. So instead, I want to talk about what I think we IT pros need to learn about in 2020 to stay relevant.

This week at ShiftHappens, Brad Sams had the chance to sit down with Xgility to learn more about what they are hearing in both the federal and corporate segments.

Learn more about Rancher Labs and how they are bringing open source platforms to DevOps teams to help simplify the process for building a private container service.

Aidan Finn weighs whether Dell is nuts for considering an acquisition of EMC. Would Microsoft own a share of VMware? How can this work?

Cloud computing doesn’t always mean cheap. Learn about the challenges around planning IT budgets for cloud computing in this informative post by Aidan Finn.

It looks like Europe is ready to take the gloves off: after investigating Google’s search business for five years and almost letting the technology giant off with a slap on the wrist, the EU is reportedly ready to charge Google with sweeping antitrust violations. And in preparation of this momentous event, the European Commission has…

Because you know to call the A-Team and not the B-Team, this week’s other news includes a shocking revelation that the FTC found sweeping Google antitrust violations and did nothing about them, Microsoft’s open sourcing of the MSBuild engine, an HTC upheaval, China’s latest “Baghdad Bob” moment, and no web browsers are safe. Shocker: FTC…

Because sometimes it’s better to be right than to be loved, this week’s other news includes a reported Microsoft plan to bring Cortana to (gasp!) Android and iOS, an MSN move into the Windows group, Xbox One still doesn’t beat PS4 despite record sales, IDC cuts PC sales forecast for 2015, how that change will…

Google quietly revealed last week that its unpopular Google+ social networking service is going to be split into multiple separate services, including Google Streams, Google Photos and Google Hangouts. The move follows a difficult few years for Google+, which was once seen as a connective layer across many of Google’s services for individuals. “The rumors…

Microsoft has come out in support of a US bill that would limit the extraterritorial reach of search warrants, an issue at the center of an ongoing legal battle with the US Department of Justice. In that case, the DOJ is seeking to force Microsoft to hand over personal email data for a non-US citizen…