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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty Steps Down, Arvind Krishna To Take Over
Long serving CEO and chairman of Big Blue, Ginni Rometty, is to retire on 6 April, and will be replaced by cloud boss Arvind Krishna
Tick, Tock: Windows 7 Obsolescence
With auto-updates now at an end for Windows 7, critical systems are still often run on old OSs. Why is this? And how can CTOs create a roadmap that ensures they understand and have planned for the obsolescence of their tech?
Microsoft Cloud Growth Pleases Wall Street
Microsoft is now worth $1.25 trillion after stock price rise thanks to continued growth of Redmond's Azure cloud business
Microsoft Pledges To Be Carbon Negative By 2030
No more carbon footprint. Ever. Redmond pledges to remove all the carbon it has created since it was founded back in the 1970s
Google Accused By US Union Of Illegally Firing Staff
Staff issues. Communications Workers of America union files federal labour charge against Google over its firing of four members of staff
AWS Boss Points To ‘Political Interference’ Over...
Amazon cloud boss cites 'significant political interference' over Pentagon decision to award JEDI contract to Microsoft Azure
Google Founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin Step Down
End of an era as Google co-founders step down from leadership roles, with Sundar Pichai taking over the Alphabet CEO position
US Embassy Files Extradition Request For Mike Lynch
US presses ahead despite ongoing court case in the UK, and files extradition request for Dr Mike Lynch
Command and control – Google on its vision of the cloud, privacy,...
We spoke to Google’s Joe Valente about the tech giant’s vision of the cloud, privacy, data and security and its plan to put users in control
Google Fires Four Staffers For Data Policy Violations
But staff activists allege that Google fired the four employees in attempt to quash workers attempts to organise protests
Microsoft Granted ‘Mass Market’ Export Licence For Huawei
Sign of a thaw? Huawei will be still be able to utilise Microsoft software after US Dept of Commerce grants export licence
America Criticised For Mike Lynch Extradition Request
US DoJ officials damned for filing extradition request for former Autonomy boss, whilst a court case is ongoing in London
Microsoft Confirms Default DoH Adoption
Microsoft joins Mozilla and Google after confirming it will adopt DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) as browser default
Microsoft Pledges To ‘Honour’ California’s Privacy...
Redmond pledges to roll out California's strict CCPA privacy laws across the entire United States
Google Signs Healthcare Deal With US Firm Ascension
Privacy worry? Search engine giant Google to gain access to health data on millions of Americans
What is low code?
We speak to low code firm Outsystems about the growing sector, which many predict is going to revolutionise how businesses operate
Adobe Restores Services For Venezuela
Software giant Adobe gives users in Venezuela three months free after reaching agreement with the US government
Google Allegedly Developing ‘Spy Tool’ To Use On Staff...
Relationship between Google staff and management sinks to new low after worker surveillance allegation
Microsoft Reaps Cloud Growth Benefits, But Surface, Xbox Struggle
Cloud focus continues Microsoft's momentum, amid warning signs over Xbox and Surface performance
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Gets 65 Percent Pay Rise
Share price growth sees Nadella net a 65 percent pay rise, bringing home nearly $43m in the last fiscal year
Adobe Axes Venezuela Services To Comply With US Sanctions
Access to Photoshop and other Adobe software is shortly to be cut off in Venezuela, due to US sanctions
Judge Orders IBM To Hand Over Documents In Age Discrimination Case
Big Blue CEO Ginni Rometty ordered to hand over memos as part of age discrimination lawsuit
Firefox 69 Blocks Tracking Cookies, Crypto-mining
No more cryptominers or third party tracking cookies, Mozilla promises with new Firefox release
Google Job Search Prompts Antitrust Complaint
Job search websites complain to European regulators and seek Google job listing halt during probe
Salesforce Acquires ClickSoftware For $1.3bn
US cloud services provider snaps up Israeli maker of workforce management and service solutions
Pentagon Puts JEDI Cloud Project On Hold After Trump Criticism
After Trump alleges 'tremendous complaints' about lucrative cloud contract, Pentagon put JEDI project on hold
Alphabet Results Ease Advertising Slowdown Worries
Advertising sales drive profit and sales growth at Google parent, beating Wall Street expectations
Facebook Flaw Allowed Kids To Join Unauthorised Chats
Facebook quietly fixes design flaw with Messenger Kids app that allows kids to join unauthorised chats
Microsoft Generates More Money From Cloud Than Windows
Nadella's legacy. Revenues from the cloud overtake sales from Windows for the first time ever at Microsoft