Recent articles by Simon Sharwood

VMware demos hypervisor running on a network card

VMware demos hypervisor running on a network card

Yes, a network card, for very edgy use cases.
Simon Sharwood Mar 19 2019 2:10PM Cloud
StartupLand darling Shoes of Prey files for insolvency

StartupLand darling Shoes of Prey files for insolvency

The hunter becomes roadkill.
Simon Sharwood Mar 12 2019 10:34AM Financial Services
Vodafone OZ charts own 5G path... despite 15 other Vodas going virtual

Vodafone OZ charts own 5G path... despite 15 other Vodas going virtual

Infrastructure still being defined, while much of VodaWorld is already software-defined.
Simon Sharwood Mar 12 2019 6:55AM Networking
Oracle warns on Java licenses for Solaris

Oracle warns on Java licenses for Solaris

Your OS license has you covered, except when it doesn't.
Simon Sharwood Mar 7 2019 7:05AM Software
Melbourne Council opposes Apple Store in Federation Square

Melbourne Council opposes Apple Store in Federation Square

Bad Apple in every bunch, say activists.
Simon Sharwood Mar 5 2019 10:12PM Strategy
Microsoft starts selling extended support for Windows Server 2008

Microsoft starts selling extended support for Windows Server 2008

It’s not cheap and Microsoft wants a year of fees up front.
Simon Sharwood Mar 4 2019 12:46PM Financial Services
IBM warns customers no-deal Brexit could choke business data flows

IBM warns customers no-deal Brexit could choke business data flows

Prepares itself and customers for the worst and expresses preference for soft Brexit.
Simon Sharwood Feb 26 2019 3:33PM Strategy
Cisco licensing SNAFU could put call centres on hold

Cisco licensing SNAFU could put call centres on hold

Your call is important to us. Your license details, however ...
Simon Sharwood Feb 25 2019 9:26AM Software
NetComm Wireless plans sale to US company Casa Systems

NetComm Wireless plans sale to US company Casa Systems

$161m all-cash offer is 50 percent premium.
Simon Sharwood Feb 22 2019 9:32AM Financial Services
Apple makes 2FA mandatory for boss developers

Apple makes 2FA mandatory for boss developers

Better late than never, and you’ve got a week to make this happen.
Simon Sharwood Feb 21 2019 12:12PM Security
Google makes hybrid cloud play with on-prem K8s Engine

Google makes hybrid cloud play with on-prem K8s Engine

Hardware, schmardware says advertising giant.
Simon Sharwood Feb 21 2019 4:01AM Cloud
Big four banks back high school security 'challenges'

Big four banks back high school security 'challenges'

Opt-in program seen as breeding future workforce and less-easily-scammed customers.
Simon Sharwood Feb 19 2019 1:46PM Security
Boring disk drives on the way to being twice as interesting

Boring disk drives on the way to being twice as interesting

Imagine a needle on each side of a record, with a different track playing from each side.
Simon Sharwood Feb 19 2019 7:04AM Storage
IBM plans Asian rollout for POWER-powered cloud

IBM plans Asian rollout for POWER-powered cloud

AIX users score a cloudy upgrade path as Big Blue takes on AWS and pals with AI-tuned services.
Simon Sharwood Feb 18 2019 11:50AM Cloud
Vodafone plans ‘brand new e-commerce platform’

Vodafone plans ‘brand new e-commerce platform’

Wants recommendation engine for new plans, may not want Oracle, SAS, Salesforce …
Simon Sharwood Feb 18 2019 7:25AM Strategy
Universities prepare to deliver lifetime learning, lifetime engagement

Universities prepare to deliver lifetime learning, lifetime engagement

But in new ways that go way beyond the ancient regime of showing up to hear a lecture.
Simon Sharwood Feb 14 2019 6:03AM Benchmarking Change
Microsoft expands Azure discounts for committed relationships

Microsoft expands Azure discounts for committed relationships

Reserved Instances deals extended to kinda-almost-legacy bits of Microsoft's cloud.
Simon Sharwood Feb 12 2019 10:44AM Cloud
iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Meet the rising stars of Australian IT

iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019: Meet the rising stars of Australian IT

Student-led product design, connected community services and more!
Simon Sharwood Feb 6 2019 12:00PM Projects
Federal finalists fly in iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019

Federal finalists fly in iTnews Benchmark Awards 2019

Helping disadvantaged workers, improving blood flow and conducting a colossal cloud migration.
Simon Sharwood Feb 6 2019 10:15AM Projects
USB stick survives being eaten by seal, pooped out and frozen for a year

USB stick survives being eaten by seal, pooped out and frozen for a year

If it's your USB stick and you want it back, send more poop, say crack seal scientists.
Simon Sharwood Feb 5 2019 9:47PM Storage

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