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Bitnami Acquires Skippbox, Boosting Kubernetes and Container Capabilities By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published March 07, 2017 Bitnami expands further into the growing world of container application orchestration. Single Typo in a Server Command Brought Down AWS's S3 By Chris Preimesberger | Server News Article Published March 02, 2017 The problems Feb. 28 caused more than 150,000 websites and apps to become unavailable, while others indicated broken links and images. Server Revenues Continue to Decline in 4Q16 By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published March 02, 2017 Both IDC and Gartner report continued declines in global server revenues, as the impact of the cloud becomes crystal clear. Cisco Embraces Docker Containers With New Partnership By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published March 02, 2017 Cisco enters into a strategic alliance with Docker that includes both sales and engineering support to help advance the state of container deployments in modern data centers. Cloud Native Computing Foundation Adds Google gRPC Project By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published March 01, 2017 Open-source, high performance remote procedure call (RPC) framework is the sixth CNCF project. Microsoft Releases Third and Final Azure Stack Technical Preview By Pedro Hernandez | Server News Article Published March 01, 2017 The software giant reveals Azure Stack's pricing model and adds new features as the solution approaches general availability. Azure Command Line Extends Its Cloud Services Reach By Pedro Hernandez | Server News Article Published February 28, 2017 The version 2.0 release of the Azure Command Line tool allows administrators to configure and manage more Azure cloud services, including SQL Server and Redis. Raspberry Pi Zero Updated with Integrated WiFi and Bluetooth By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published February 28, 2017 The new Raspberry Pi Zero W small embedded system adds integrated WiFi and Bluetooth, and sells for only $10 a board. OpenStack Ocata Nova Cells Set to Improve Cloud Scalability By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published February 23, 2017 The 15th release of the OpenStack cloud platform debuted this week, and with it comes the groundwork for major virtual server scalability improvements. Windows Server 2016 Does Containers By Paul Ferrill | Server News Article Published February 15, 2017 Microsoft's latest server OS signals a whole new way of thinking for Microsoft, highlighted by the incorporation of open source projects like Docker via Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers. IBM Launches Machine Learning for z System Mainframes By Chris Preimesberger | Server News Article Published February 15, 2017 New machine learning platform enables data scientists to automate the creation, training and deployment of operational analytic models. Intel Accelerates Server Performance with New Xeon E7 Processor By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published February 10, 2017 The Xeon E7-8894 v4 arrives as Intel's new performance champion. Docker Secures Container Secrets in Datacenter Update By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published February 09, 2017 Docker releases updated versions of its open-source and commercial container platforms, adding new security features to help safeguard privileged access information. vSphere 6.5 Seeks to Solve the Virtual Machine Encryption Conundrum By Paul Rubens | Server News Article Published February 09, 2017 Encryption within a virtual machine has never really taken off due to the negative performance impact it inevitably has. Has VMware solved this performance dilemma in vSphere 6.5? Oracle Powers New Exadata SL6 with SPARC Linux By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published February 08, 2017 After nearly a decade of x86 powered Exadata database machines, Oracle announces a new system powered by SPARC T7-2 processors. Amazon Web Services Continues to Grow as Servers Move to the Cloud By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published February 03, 2017 There is perhaps no better leading indicator of how much server revenue is headed to the cloud than AWS' latest earnings. CoreOS Drives Container Management Forward with Tectonic 1.5 By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published February 01, 2017 New release of the commercially supported Kubernetes distribution delivers updates with improved storage and network configuration options. Oracle Officially Migrates Solaris to Continuous Delivery Approach By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published January 26, 2017 If you've been anxiously awaiting a Solaris 12 release, don't bother, as there won't be one arriving anytime soon. Operator, Operator: My Stateful App Is on the Kubernetes Line By Paul Reubens | Server News Article Published January 24, 2017 CoreOS steps in with new open-source Operators tools to help scale and manage stateful applications on top of Kubernetes while protecting against data loss or unavailability. Linkerd Project Joins Cloud Native Computing Foundation By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published January 23, 2017 Open-source service mesh technology becomes an official CNCF project, helping to advance the state of containers. IBM Mainframe Revenue Growing as Overall Systems Revenue Decline By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published January 20, 2017 IBM reports full year fiscal 2016 revenue of $79.9B, as several emerging markets help offset a period of transition for IBM Power Systems. Docker 1.13 Prunes Containers, Improves Security By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published January 20, 2017 The Docker 1.13 release introduces multiple new commands including prune and squash, which can help containers to use disk space more efficiently. Opengear Expands Remote Site Gateway Capabilities By Sean Michael Kerner | Server News Article Published January 18, 2017 New Remote Site Gateway devices debut, providing zero-touch provisioning option for infrastructure. 1 2 3 Thanks for your registration, follow us on our social networks to keep up-to-date