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Microsoft's new Azure Cloud Switch is, at the core, a specialized version of Linux — a free operating system that former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer once referred to as "a cancer." Satya Nadella, has softened his stance on Linux considerably. Under his leadership, Microsoft has begun enabling support for Linux on flagship products like its Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform. Nadella even boldly declared that "Microsoft Loves Linux" at a press event shortly after taking command of the company....Also of note is that it integrates network management technology from the Facebook-led Open Compute Project, which pushes open standards in the data center.
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mattydread23 writes:
Dana Lewis was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when she was 14. To manage it, like most diabetics, she pricked her finger a dozen times a day to measure her glucose levels and used an insulin pump. But doing math in her head to figure out the right amount of insulin to add was a pain, and sometimes she slept through the alarm that was supposed to wake her up if her levels got too low. So she and her boyfriend (now husband), a Twitter engineer, did the natural thing for two geeks: They built an artificial pancreas.
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mattydread23 writes:
At least that's the claim made by Alegbraix: According to this Business Insider article, data algebra is used to "describe any kind of data — charts, graphs, lists, whatever — in a way that can be understood and quickly processed by analytical systems" so that no ETL is necessary.
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mattydread23 writes:
A few years ago, every enterprise software company was trying freemium — the idea of giving a product away to build users, then charging for additional features. Now, that model seems to be losing favor, except with open source software. Business Insider talks to enterprise founders and VCs to figure out why "freemium" wasn't all it was cracked up to be.
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mattydread23 writes:
There's an old proverb among engineers of all stripes: "Better, cheaper, faster — pick two." But when it comes to the mobile apps that increasingly rule our world, we demand all three, every single day. So big tech companies like Amazon, Netflix, and PayPal have completely rethought how they build their products, using bleeding-edge technologies that they developed themselves to take one big problem and make it a lot of smaller ones. And startups are starting to jump aboard too, as this trend makes it much easier to get started and stay lean. Sort of like the cloud computing was 5 years ago.
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In May, Cambrian Genomics CEO Austen Heinz committed suicide. The news stunned friends and family, and sparked a conversation about the growing problem of depression among startup founders. Some estimates say 30% of startup founders suffer from depression, but many are reluctant to talk about their struggle for fear of alienating investors and employees. This feature by Business Insider includes conversations with a friend of Heinz, plus many investors and other startup founders who are starting to talk about the problem and figure out how to make things better.
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mattydread23 writes:
For the last 20 years, Java has been unstoppable. But Google's Go is trying to give it a run for the money. Business Insider interviewed Go chief Jason Buberel about why he thinks Go has a fighting chance: It's simple to use, and Buberel says it isn't adding any more features. "He says that he would describe the average Go developer as "pragmatic and productive. They just want to look good to their bosses."
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mattydread23 writes:
For people outside the tech community, the idea of open source can seem puzzling. Why would software developers — who can command huge salaries for their work — spend so much time working on certain projects for free? This article talks to a bunch of OSS developers as well as RedHat CEO Jim Whitehurst to provide some insight. Some of it's about paying it forward, some of it's about giving back to the community, and some is just about making better software, faster.
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mattydread23 writes:
It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook. In four short years, the Open Compute Project has turned the $141 billion data-center computer-hardware industry on its head. This is the comprehensive history of the project, including interviews with founder Jonathan Heiliger and members of the financial services industry who are already on board, plus a dismissal from Google's own data center guru Urs Holzle.
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mattydread23 writes:
Not Apple Music. Not iOS 9. It was the news that Swift is going open source. But there are still questions about the governance model, and as with so many OSS projects the devil is very much in the details.
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mattydread23 writes:
Business Insider talked to a bunch of iOS developers to find out what they want to see at Apple's big developer conference next week. The answers include much better tools, improvements to Swift, way more access to the innards of the Apple Watch, and more stability in iOS. And fix the dang Mac Wi-Fi problem already!
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mattydread23 writes:
If you're following the Hola/Luminati news, this article by Business Insider is a remarkable read. The CEO claims that the vulnerabilities found in the peer-to-peer VPN amount to "growing pains," similar to what has happened to other big companies in the past. He wiggles around the fact that Hola was selling its users bandwidth to other parties and not really clearly disclosing that fact.
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mattydread23 writes:
In this interview, Google's Urs Holzle talks a little bit about the early days building Google's massive web infrastructure, and explains Google's plans to wrest cloud dominance away from Amazon — lower prices and faster innovation — and Microsoft — a stronger demonstrated commitment to open source. Google's coming from behind, but as he puts it, the race has just started. Do you buy it?
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mattydread23 writes:
You have to look under a microscope to find women in the tech industry, but this slideshow from Business Insider does a nice job of counting down some big names you know, and some you probably don't.
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mattydread23 writes:
Four years ago, VCs were tripping over themselves to invest in OpenStack startups. Now Nebula's out of business. Piston just pivoted. What's going on? Business Insider talked to VCs who invested in the space, plus OpenStack tech pioneer Josh McKenty, who blames big companies like Red Hat for hijacking the OpenStack Foundation.
