October 22, 2014

Survey: 77% of People Think Wearables Will Make Employees More Productive

A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) finds that enterprise workers expect wearable technology to become commonplace their workplaces. Among those surveyed, 70 percent said they expected their organizations to permit the use of wearables at work, and 77 percent said one of the key benefits of wearables is the possibility

DevOps Conference Offers Advice from the Trenches

At this week’s DevOps Enterprise Summit in San Francisco, several enterprises that have experimented with the DevOps approach shared their experiences and lessons learned. Jason director of systems engineering at the Walt Disney Company, said that when he first joined the company it was more than a year before he

Docker with Windows Server and Azure

Docker has sort of revolutionized the micro-services ecosystem since its first launch little more than a year back. The recent announcement from Microsoft about the partnership with Docker is a significant move, with some even calling it the best thing that has happened to Microsoft since .NET. This partnership will

Microsoft Announces Hyperscale Cloud Computing Plans

On Monday, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Scott Guthrie, executive vice president of the company’s Cloud and Enterprise group, made several announcements related to Microsoft’s cloud computing services. First, the company is adding two new cloud regions in Australia, bringing the company’s total number of regions up to 19. “That’s