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Ready…Set…Start Your Containers

CIO Business Intelligence

Incompatibility and unreliability caused by configuration differences such as versions of compilers, loaders, runtime libraries, middleware, and operating systems in new environments contributed to increased project effort, cost, and timelines. Containers provide an elegant solution to this problem. in an isolated and executable unit.

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Microsoft joins SAP, Oracle in setting sunset date for legacy ERP support

CIO Business Intelligence

In 2022, Microsoft announced the “end of innovation” for Dynamics GP, and in 2023, it said that no new licenses would be sold after April 2025. In 2020, SAP announced an innovation commitment for SAP S/4HANA until the end of 2040. Unlike on premises PeopleSoft systems, there is no hardware to purchase or maintain,” the FAQ noted.

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Realizing the promise of multi-cloud

CIO Business Intelligence

Once completed, RCIT will have reduced its footprint by 48 servers, representing a 66% host reduction, and will have dramatically lowered its annual VMware license renewal costs. . In 2020 Schibsted recognized its existing system was too cumbersome and costly, and decided to move everything to the cloud.

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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

So, in a nutshell, least privilege says that every object in a system – whether a user, a process, or an application – must be able to access only the information and resources that it needs, and no more. The SolarWinds exploit of 2020 shows how enforcing least privilege could have stopped one of the worst security events in history.

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BlackBerry will die on January 4th — for real this time

The Verge

or earlier, BlackBerry 10, or its tablet operating system BlackBerry PlayBook — will “no longer reliably function,” says the company. Then, in 2016, it started licensing its brand to third-party manufacturers like TCL. As of January 4th, any phones or tablets running BlackBerry’s own software — that’s BlackBerry 7.1

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Nokia’s name gets slapped on 4K Android TV box with sleek results

The Verge

The Streaming Box 8000 is the work of Streamview , and its website notes it has licensed the Nokia brand to sell Smart TVs, set-top boxes, and DAB+ radios across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. OEM is @SEIRobotics [link] pic.twitter.com/V4v15GBSTy — Android TV Guide (@androidtv_rumor) November 4, 2020. Image: Streamview.

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Michael Smyers, 1983-2023: Gifted engineer and startup founder sparked Coinme and Zipwhip

GeekWire

The core operating system that he began developing for Zipwhip in 2008 was still in use when Twilio acquired the landline texting company for $850 million in 2021. Smyers also applied that larger philosophy to his role as a father after the birth of their son, Niko, in 2020. He was 39 years old.