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SiFive Adds Tools for Cloud-Based Chip Design

Chip designers are drawing on new cloud resources along with conventional electronic design automation (EDA) tools to accelerate IC templates from tape-out to custom silicon. Among the challengers to ...Full Article

Kubernetes Gets Security Audit

An open source group is expanding its third-party security audits to include the popular but vulnerable Kubernetes cluster orchestrator. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) announced this week it ...Full Article

Eying Hybrid Cloud Lead, IBM Closes Red Hat Deal

Going all-in on its bet that enterprises are poised to move mission- critical workloads across hybrid clouds, IBM finally announced the closing of its blockbuster deal to acquire open ...Full Article

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RHEL 8 Aimed at Hybrid Cloud Deployments

The Linux operating system continues to evolve as more enterprise users shift their IT operations to hybrid and multiple cloud deployments while seeking a single OS capable of handling ...Full Article

Kubernetes Adds Initial Support for Windows Containers

The latest version of the Kubernetes cluster orchestrator moved a step closer to becoming operating-system agnostic with the addition of support for Windows Server-based workloads, reflecting ongoing efforts to ...Full Article

Startup Focuses on Updating IoT Devices

As consumer angst grows over Internet of Things security and performance, IoT startups are surfacing with schemes for safeguarding IoT devices from evolving attacks while fixing a rash of ...Full Article

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Cumulus Networks Riding Shift to Open Nets

Open networking specialist Cumulus Networks closed its latest funding round this week as it seeks to capitalize on the market shift to agile datacenter operations. The company, Mountain View, ...Full Article

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Tech Giants Adopt ‘Balanced’ Licensing Approach

Some of the largest stakeholders in the booming open-source software community have issued new licensing guidelines for developers designed to thwart aggressive or unfounded enforcement of intellectual property claims ...Full Article

Red Hat, Microsoft Extend Alliance to SQL Server

Red Hat continues to expand its ties with major cloud providers with the addition of the latest version of Microsoft SQL Server on its flagship Linux platform. Separately, the ...Full Article

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Linux, Docker Gain in Public Cloud Deployments

As the enterprise application stack is fleshed out with micro-services and other emerging tiers, more applications are running in the cloud as the Linux operating system emerges as a ...Full Article