An operating system (OS) is software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs. The operating system is an essential component of the system software in a computer system. Application programs usually require an operating system to function. Operating systems can be found on almost any device that contains a computer — from cellular phones and video game consoles to supercomputers and web servers.
Google wants to show the enterprise world that it can trust it when it comes to container technology. But if you want to give its new container engine a test run,… Read more »
Joyent wants the world to know that it has been using containers within its own cloud infrastructure for roughly a decade and is hoping to attract new customers with the fact. Read more »
With your operating system expressed as a relational database, you can run SQL queries to see how your OS is performing, troubleshoot issues and even discover malicious activity lurking about. Read more »
Illumio acts like access management for computing workloads; users can run Illumio to ensure that the right workloads get transmitted to the appropriate servers, whether they are on the cloud or… Read more »
Major players like Apple, Google and Samsung have launched platforms in a bid to create new data services in the healthcare and fitness markets. Read more »
Does the internet of things need an entirely different style of operating system? ARM thinks so. It upgraded mbed to bridge full-featured OSes and the real-time OSes for the embedded market. Read more »
Apache Mesos co-creator and former Twitter lead engineer Benjamin Hindman is joining the startup Mesosphere, which provides commercial backing for the open-source Mesos resource management system. Hindman will help Mesosphere build… Read more »
Apple’s long-awaited and widely leaked announcements for Apple Watch — which everyone thought would be the iWatch — and new larger Apple iPhones — the 4.7 inch iPhone 6 and the… Read more »