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Backblaze Runs a Fire Sale on Cloud Storage

Backblaze, a cloud backup vendor, is getting into the infrastructure as a service cloud storage business, and it is setting its prices extremely low in a direct challenge to Amazon,

JetBrains Backtracks on Licensing Change

Earlier this month, JetBrains announced that it would begin offering its development tools on a subscription basis instead of under a perpetual license. Pushback from customers was immediate and vociferous,

AWS Bug Causes Outage for Popular Web Services

Web companies that rely on Amazon’s cloud computing service experienced downtime over the weekend when a problem with the AWS DynamoDB database resulted in outages. Affected services included Tinder, IMDb

Microsoft Has Created a Linux Distribution

Although it was once an avowed enemy of open source software in general and Linux in particular, Microsoft has developed its own version of Linux. Called Azure Cloud Switch (ACS),

Tech Industry Lobbies for an Increase in H-1B Visas

A new technology industry lobbying group called fwd.us wants the government to allow more highly skilled workers from foreign countries into the United States. Created by Mark Zuckerburg, Bill Gates,

2015’s Best Open Source Development Tools

InfoWorld has announced this year’s winners of its annual Best of Open Source Software, or BOSSIE, Awards. The list of application development tools winning the award has a lot of