Xen and the art of hypervisor introspection: Bitdefender donates meditative tech to open-source virty outfit (Thu, 30 Jul 2020)
And its lightweight virtualized RAM and CPU project, Napoca, too Security vendor Bitdefender has open-sourced its hypervisor introspection technology, which the Xen Project will adopt as a sub-project.…
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Microsoft delivers CouchOps capability with Android TV upgrade to Remote Desktop app (Thu, 30 Jul 2020)
Also adds Windows Virtual Desktop support and two-factor authentication Microsoft’s upgraded its Remote Desktop app for Android with features that mean sysadmins can now control desktops that run just about anywhere from just about anything.…
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Brave takes step closer to sensible business model by building subscription VPN into the iOS version of its browser (Tue, 28 Jul 2020)
Relying on ads in software designed to block ads is an uphill struggle Privacy-centric startup Brave has included a subscription VPN service in its iOS browser.…
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Frosty the plaintiff: Yeti Data flings surprise trademark sueball at Snowflake (Thu, 06 Aug 2020)
Blizzard of litigation ahead of purported $20bn IPO Snowflake, the much-touted cloud-native data warehouse company, has been hit with a lawsuit over its name just as it is reportedly set to launch a stock market IPO.…
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Work-from-home shift trickles down to Western Digital as cloud builders stuff storage in bit barns to meet demand (Thu, 06 Aug 2020)
How to survive a pandemic Western Digital ended the year on a relative high as the work-from-home trend across much of the world led to a buying frenzy from cloud builders expanding their data centres to feed demand.…
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Data warehouse firm hopes more will follow Yellowbrick road for real-time analytics, speedy cloud data transfer (Thu, 06 Aug 2020)
But the competition is fierce Yellowbrick, purveyors of an analytical data warehouse built on flash memory, has launched feature updates aimed at real-time analysis and cloud-to-on-prem data movement.…
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