Microsoft ramps up AI play with Bonsai buy
Microsoft has struck a deal to acquire machine learning start-up Bonsai as part of its efforts to boost developers' AI capabilities.
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Oracle’s BYOL plan continues to deliver
Oracle’s Bring Your Own Licence offering continues to be a bright spot for the tech giant, with BYOL deployments driving customers to purchase new licences.
GitHub’s new schools program sees Microsoft deepen its education play
GitHub is rolling its education offerings into a single free bundle for schools, effectively seeing the company’s soon-to-be-new owner Microsoft deepen its education sector play.
Cisco steps up intent-based networking developer play
Cisco has released new developer capabilities across its intent-based networking platform and open APIs into its Cisco DNA Centre.
Microsoft unveils new partner community for the intelligent edge
Microsoft has unveiled details of a new partner community for the intelligent edge, a new category of Windows 10 devices and a new Windows 10 IoT Core Services offering.
Dell’s post-EMC acquisition debt could dampen future progress
Dell Technologies has reported a 19 per cent year-on-year revenue surge for the three months ending 4 May, but the debt burden remains a challenge.
SAP powers up cloud ERP play with consulting collaboration drive
SAP is partnering up with heavyweight consulting firms Accenture, Capgemini and Deloitte in a bid to accelerate customer adoption of its S/4HANA Cloud offering.
VMware’s tech partner collaboration ramps up revenue
VMware’s strategic collaboration with technology partners such as IBM and AWS helped to bolster the vendor’s revenue tally during the first quarter.
Gitlab goes after Github users amid Microsoft acquisition rumours
Gitlab is making a play to scoop up users of competing code repository provider Github after reports Microsoft has struck a deal to acquire the code repository operator.
APAC leads the world in colocation services growth
Australia and Singapore claim some of the highest colocation services growth rates in the world, according to Synergy Research Group.
Apple closes in on Samsung’s global smartphone lead
Apple appears to be creeping up towards Samsung in smartphone sales to end users, with the iPhone maker shipping 54.06 million units in the first quarter.
Top cloud vendors spend big as race for scale heats up
Global hyper-scale cloud vendors collectively forked out at least US$27 billion in capital expenditure over the three months ending March.
Veritas picks VMware talent as new APJ channels sales chief
Veritas Technologies has named former VMware's Brian Higgins as its new channel sales leader for Asia Pacific and Japan region.
Pure Storage aims for the elite with new global channel partner program
Pure Storage has unveiled its new channel partner program, which comes with two tiers and a host of fresh training, certifications and incentives.
Could cloud cast a shadow over Dell's bottom line?
Public cloud may be casting a shadow over Dell Technologies’ margins, according to industry analysts.
