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Submission + - A tiny startup called SnapRoute has overthrown HPE from its own project (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Thursday October 27, 2016 @03:49PM

mattydread23 writes: The OpenSwitch project to create a new Linux-based switch, which was started by HP Enterprise, is being turned over to a startup of ex-Apple engineers called SnapRoute. They are due to announce the change on Monday, according to Business Insider. "OpenSwitch has been decimated," one person told the publication. "HP killed OpenSwitch. SnapRoute is taking it over."

Submission + - Apple refused to join Open Compute Project, so the entire networking team quit (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @05:42PM

mattydread23 writes: Great story about the Open Compute Project from Business Insider's Julie Bort here, including this fun tidbit: "[Apple's networking] team was responsible for building a network at Apple that was so reliable, it never goes down. Not rarely. Never....Building a 100% reliable network to meet Apple's exacting standards was no easy task. So, instead of going it alone under Apple's secrecy, the Apple networking team wanted to participate in the revolution, contributing and receiving help. But when the Apple team asked to join OCP, Apple said 'no.' 'The whole team quit the same week,' this person told us."

Submission + - Yes, that's Linus Torvalds happily chatting with Microsoft folks at a conference (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @08:52PM

mattydread23 writes: Linus is commonly quoted as saying, "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won." Here he is hanging out, smiling, chatting and posing for photo ops with the Microsoft team at their booth at LinuxCon. It certainly looks like he's won.

Submission + - Here's what went down at Def Con and Black Hat (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Thursday August 11, 2016 @06:33PM

mattydread23 writes: Referred to as "hacker summer camp," Black Hat USA and Def Con last week brought together hackers, information security professionals, and government agents. This year, more than 22,000 people showed up to see talks, buy tools and t-shirts, and enjoy Sin City. They also crammed into various villages at Def Con to compete or learn things like lock-picking and safekeeping their online privacy. Business Insider with the photo report.

Submission + - What is Microsoft trying to do with Universal Windows? (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Thursday March 17, 2016 @09:10PM

mattydread23 writes: A good explanation of Microsoft's motives for the Universal Windows Platform, and what could go wrong. Sort of like .NET all over again, only this time there's a threat from outside with mobile devices that developers have flocked to.

Submission + - GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and employees depart (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Saturday February 06, 2016 @12:21PM

mattydread23 writes: This is what happens when hot startups grow up. CEO Chris Wanstrath is imposing management structure where there wasn't much before, and execs are departing, partly because the company is cracking down on remote work. It's a lot like Facebook in 2009. Business Insider has the full inside story based on multiple sources in and close to the company.

Submission + - Facebook hacked together a cyberpunk-y development IDE for Oculus Rift (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 31, 2015 @01:33PM

An anonymous reader writes: Facebook programmers were tired of taking their Oculus Rift headsets off when they needed to tweak some VR code. So they hacked together a VR IDE using React. It feels like our cyberpunk future intruding into the present.

Submission + - A real resume from a laid-off tech worker, transformed into gold (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Thursday December 03, 2015 @08:18PM

mattydread23 writes: Following up on a recent story about the hardships faced by some older tech workers, Business Insider took a real-life resume from a laid-off tech worker and sent it through a resume-consulting startup. The results are surprising.

Submission + - The guy who went from intern to COO of Salesforce just launched a startup (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Thursday November 19, 2015 @03:25PM

mattydread23 writes: George Hu started as a Salesforce intern and eventually went on to become one of Marc Benioff's closest advisor. Now, he's built an app called Peer that lets employees send feedback and real-time performance reviews at each other.

Submission + - Microsoft is letting programmers manage Docker containers in Minecraft (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Tuesday November 17, 2015 @02:16PM

mattydread23 writes: It's not really practical to run around in Minecraft to manage Docker containers, versus other, more robust tools that are actually, you know, not based on a video game. And you'll need to buy the full $26.99 version of Minecraft for the PC to use Dockercraft. But still, this is pretty cool. Video included.

Submission + - Microsoft Office 365 has sprinted ahead of Google for Work — here's why (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Tuesday November 03, 2015 @07:22PM

mattydread23 writes: Microsoft has finally put Google on the defensive. In the last year, Microsoft Office 365 has overtaken Google for Work (formerly Google Apps) in usage, according to stats from cloud identity management provider Okta. The main reason? A lot of CIOs still think Google doesn't give them the kind of support and hand-holding they need.

Submission + - If you know Linux, Microsoft wants you (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Wednesday October 21, 2015 @03:40PM

mattydread23 writes: At the AllThingsOpen today, Mark Russinovich told a room full of Linux developers to pass their resumes up. "It's obvious. If we don't support Linux, we'll be Windows only and that's not practical," he said. Microsoft also looks like it might be finally softening its patent stance with regards to open source software too.

Submission + - Facebook's internal security processes, revealed (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Friday October 02, 2015 @03:11PM

mattydread23 writes: Business Insider talked to Facebook's software and security engineer Ted Reed about some of the tools and techniques the company uses to let its developers move fast without exposing the company to huge security holes. One of the chief tools is an open source tool for collecting network data called Osquery. But the best bit is at the end: "Sometimes, Reed says, Facebook's dedicated anti-intrusion squad will get an e-mail, jump up from their desks in alarm, and scramble to a conference room. But when Reed looks in, they're just playing Starcraft."

Submission + - GitHub's next move: Turn everybody into a programmer (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Thursday October 01, 2015 @08:53PM

mattydread23 writes: This interview with Chris Wanstrath and product VP Kakul Srivastava explains a little more what GitHub is planning — and how the company can be worth $2 billion. Basically, if every developer in the world uses and loves GitHub, the next logical step is to turn more people into developers.

Submission + - The amazing winners of this year's Google Science Fair (businessinsider.com)

Submitted by mattydread23 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @06:51PM

mattydread23 writes: The winner came up with a new way to diagnose Ebola. The runners-up had some pretty amazing ideas as well.

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