Posts

Showing posts from July, 2015

Google releases Kubernetes 1.0

Image
Google releases Kubernetes 1.0: Container management will never be the same Summary:   Google's open source container deployment and management tool is ready for general use in production environments. At OSCon , Google announced that Kubernetes , its open source container deployment and management tool, was ready for the big time -- general use in production environments -- by releasing Kubernetes 1.0 . Google wants Kubernetes to be in every one's cloud, and with the 1.0 release it's already well on its way. Chances are many of you don't know Kubernetes, but the odds are even greater that you use it every day. That's because every time you run a Google program -- Search, Gmail, Google Docs, whatever -- you are running it in Google's own container technology, lmctfy (Let Me Contain That For You) . The program that created and managed these billions of containers is Kubernetes. Sounds pretty darn production ready ...

Windows 10-Insiders get final version

Image
Windows 10-Insiders get final version Summary: Microsoft Windows 10 finished before launch and started the roll-out of the final version to Windows Insiders. Microsoft Windows 10 finalized. Build 10 240 is called the RTM version will be sent out to manufacturers, though Microsoft refuses to use that name themselves. That is not surprising since the company's Windows "as a service" launches and therefore is not really there can be a final version. Even as Microsoft is already working on updates when the OS on July 29 will officially. Ordinary users will Windows 10 only resume in July 29 may install, but who is registered on the Windows Insiders program - and in recent months has already tested the various preview builds - the finale can build 10 240 already installed. Microsoft rolls out the build are already looking forward to Insiders to test the update process runs smoothly. Only existing Insiders get the update, it does not bring on you to re...

Where is Bing trying to be in the future

Image
What's next for Bing? Summary: And while many of us expected hardware/devices to be first to bear the brunt, Bing was where the leadership team tightened the screws. Not Bing the search engine, but the broader, extended Bing and advertising platforms. In the wake of some belt-tightening, what's next for Microsoft's search and advertising platforms? Last week, we learned of some of the "tough choices" that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella had warned would be coming as Microsoft began its fiscal 2016. Microsoft handed off its display advertising business (and possibly 1,000-plus of its employees working in that business) to AOL. The company also opted to get out of the map-data-collection business and sold off those assets and about 100 employees to Uber ; its new strategy is to license/display other companies' mapping data. These moves are part of Microsoft's attempt to streamline and focus Bing -- a core part of Microsoft's Applications a...

Ubuntu Intel Compute Stick arrives into the market

Image
Ubuntu Intel Compute Stick arrives but specs lag behind Windows Summary: The Ubuntu version of the Intel Compute Stick will be released next week but comes with significantly less memory and storage than the Windows version. From next week you will be able buy a desktop PC that fits in your hand and runs the open source operating system Ubuntu.The Intel Compute Stick is a PC the size of a long memory stick that plugs into a monitor or TV, effectively allowing you to carry a desktop in your pocket. The Intel Compute Stick  Image The Windows version of the stick was released earlier this year, and the Ubuntu version will go on sale next week - but has half the memory and one quarter the storage of the Windows stick. The specs put the 1GB Ubuntu stick above the minimum requirements for the operating system, yet there is disagreement over whether a 1GB machine can run the desktop edition of Ubuntu smoothly. Even the official guidance for desktop edition recommends 2GB ...