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Microsoft acquires Fungible, a maker of data processing units, to bolster Azure

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” “Fungible’s technologies help enable high-performance, scalable, disaggregated, scaled-out data center infrastructure with reliability and security,” Girish Bablani, the CVP of Microsoft’s Azure Core division, wrote in a blog post. Increasing competition in the market for DPUs put pressure on Fungible, as well.

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EdgeDB wants to modernize databases for cutting-edge apps

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In a 2019 Vanson Bourne survey, enterprises said that they’ve been held back by legacy database technologies — specifically relational databases systems. ” Selivanov touts EdgeDB, which he co-founded in 2019 with Elvis Pranskevichus, as one of the solutions to the legacy database problem. .”

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Forward Networks raises $50M for digital twin technology to help model, manage and secure complex enterprise networks

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Digital twins — virtual representations of actual systems — have become an important component in how engineers and analysts build, visualize and operate AI projects, network security and other complicated architectures that might have a number of components working (or malfunctioning as the case may be) in tandem.

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What a quarter century of digital transformation at PayPal looks like

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PayPal, like many other large companies, suffers attacks every second, and we can only manage this volume of threats through an architecture with reinforced security layers and solid technology, such as AI.” In other words, scalability. “When we talk about security, what was enough yesterday is no longer enough today,” he says.

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Cathay Pacific to take cloud journey to new heights

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Like many enterprises, Cathay Pacific relied heavily on a lift-and-shift approach in its initial phase to benefit from the immediate efficiencies and scalability of the cloud. Delivering a zero-trust security posture is an integral part of a SASE architecture and integral to emerging SASE offerings.”

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Apiumhub organizes the Global Software Architecture Summit in Barcelona, October 10, 2019

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2019 has become a remarkable year for Apiumhub ; new office, Apium Academy , Open Source Projects , software architecture meetups, cool innovative projects and… we can’t wait to share with you guys that the Apiumhub team is organizing the Global Software Architecture Summit (GSAS) 10th of October in Barcelona. Michael Feathers.

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5 questions CIOs must ask after Southwest Airlines’ failure

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billion in stock buybacks between 2017 and 2019. Another key question is whether call centers are staffed and have scalable technologies to support a massive influx of calls and communications that often happen during a crisis. Southwest Airlines recently announced a quarterly dividend that will pay out to shareholders starting Jan.

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