📅 - With new Points of Presence (PoPs), Dropbox is further expanding it's global footprint. The company has recently established more PoPs across Europe, Asia, and the United States. “We've established proxy servers at the network edge, giving us accelerators in California, Texas, Virginia, New York, Washington, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong,” Akhil Gupta, the VP of engineering and infrastructure of Dropbox, said on Wednesday in a blog post.
“We plan to continue this expansion in new regions over the next six to twelve months, and will continue to make infrastructure investments as the needs of our customers evolve and change. This expansion we're announcing today is another part of that ongoing investment in our infrastructure, as we strive to offer the best possible experience for all of our users,” Dropbox said.
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📅 - Microsoft Now a Part of the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member - Microsoft announced recently, they have joined the Linux Foundation and they did so as a top level platinum member. This comes on the heels of the company joining forces with Red Hat to help with supporting enterprise Linux workloads on Microsoft Azure.
Along with joining the Linux Foundation, Microsoft will have one director on the board to represent the company. John Grossman, a 17-year veteran of Microsoft will take that position as he has been the lead architect for Microsoft Azure for the past four years.
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📅 - Pay-as-You-Go SaaS brought to the Marketplace by AWS - Amazon Web Services has introduced a new pay-as-you-go SaaS option. Users can find this option directly from AWS Marketplace Vendors and use it without subscription or monthly fees.
New products will be available with the SaaS pay-as-you-go option compared to the subscription model. It's also easier to search and compare API and SaaS products within the AWS Marketplace ...
📅 - Deutsche Telekom is Out of the Running for Host Europe Group - Host Europe Group is up for sale and Deutsche Telekom has dropped out of the bidding, according to a report from Reuters. Cinven, HEG's private equity company, started looking for a buyer in April and Deutsche Telekom was supposed to be one of the top contenders.
Due to the valuation of $1.8 billion, the telecommunications company decided they didn't want to pursue the purchase any further. They believed it would be difficult to integrate HEG into their existing business and there wasn't enough growth prospects.
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📅 - Eric Schmidt Worries Most About Russian Cyber Threats - Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Alphabet, worries more about a cyber attack from Russia more than any other country. In an interview on The David Rubenstein Show, Schmidt said,”The country I worry about the most right now is actually Russia. If you look at their actions over the last few months, they've done a number of very publicized invasions, attacks, and alterations, which can only be understood as cyber activity and they're not shy about it.”
Interesting enough, Google has a long history of battling with the Chinese hackers. Google actually suffered so many attacks from China, that the company pulled out of mainland China entirely.
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📅 - NASA Space Mission will Have a Livestream from IBM Cloud - NASA has made the decision to utilize IBM Cloud Video, along with Ustream for a live stream of the latest space mission. This partnership will allow NASAN to show views of Earth from the International Space Station, along with providing a way to easily interact with the astronauts.
The public will be invited into the control room throughout the mission. This mission will include the Curiosity Rover arriving on Mars, as well. Live-streaming missions were started in 2004, but have not been as advanced as this one will be.
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📅 - Executives at Microsoft Will have Bonuses Tied to Diversity Goals - The bonuses given to executives at Microsoft will now be dependent upon workforce diversity goals. This comes after the company saw another year of declines when it comes to the amount of women working at Microsoft. The company believes the decline was due to the exit from the phone handset market.
Currently 25.8% of the workers at Microsoft are women, which is done 1% from last year. Human resources workers with experience in hiring minorities and women have been added to help the company reach its' diversity goals.
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