Vendors and Providers

Google test finds all SSDs are created equal, in some ways

Tests puncture the myth of SLC durability.

PaaS vendors draw battle lines over containers

Containers are ushering in era of co-opetition in PaaS

Microsoft continues hybrid push with stretchable SQL Server

A new feature lets enterprises keep hot data on-premises and move cold data to the cloud

Microsoft defends PCs, post network penetration

Because sometimes bad things happen, Microsoft is bringing the security fight inside.

Decision against Apple would give FBI ‘dangerous’ power

Friction between law enforcement and tech sector on full display as FBI makes its case for tools to allow it to break into San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM gets spruced up for spring with new IoT-minded features

Coming in Q2, the release will also bring new machine-intelligence capabilities

Cisco Engineers Enterprise Genome for Software

Digital Network Architecture (DNA) maps network sequence to virtualization, ease of operations

Cisco brings Network Functions Virtualization to the enterprise

Cisco VIRL heads to the cloud

Explaining the power of Cisco VIRL used in a bare metal cloud environment.

Maybe the cloud has won, after all: Google end of life’s its search appliance

News recently that Google is dropping its search appliance is a watershed moment for cloud more generally