Latest Windows Server 2016 beta shows off Microsoft's new containers

Computerworld Data Center November 25, 2015 Latest Windows Server 2016 beta shows off Microsoft's new containers Microsoft launched the fourth technical preview for the next version of Windows Server on Thursday, giving the public access to its new Hyper-V containers. READ MORE   Issue highlights 1. Intel's first server chip with performance-boosting FPGA to ship early in '16 2. INSIDER Review: OpenShift 3 rocks Docker containers 3. U.S. government wants in on the public cloud, but needs more transparency 4. INSIDER IT shops will pass the cloud tipping point in 2016, survey finds 5. Amazon to build massive wind farm to power web services 6. IBM teams with Xilinx to take on Intel with Power chips White Paper: IBM Data Warehouse and Data Management Solutions for Analytics Entering 2015, the data warehouse has expanded to address multiple data types, processing engines and repositories. We now see a much wider separation in the Leaders quadrant. Enterprise architects and data warehouse managers must work with their CIOs to address the new demands and solution options. Learn More Intel's first server chip with performance-boosting FPGA to ship early in '16 Intel will ship its first Xeon server chip with a programmable FPGA from Altera in the first quarter next year, some 18 months after announcing work on the product. READ MORE INSIDER Review: OpenShift 3 rocks Docker containers Red Hat's robust, easy-to-use, and highly scalable PaaS now builds on Docker, with some temporary limitations. READ MORE U.S. government wants in on the public cloud, but needs more transparency The federal government is trying to move more into the cloud, but service providers' lack of transparency is harming adoption, according to Arlette Hart, the FBI's chief information security officer. READ MORE White Paper: IBM Hadoop for the Enterprise This vendor-neutral 'Best Practices' report from TDWI provides an overview of the many new products, technologies, and best practices that have emerged recently around Hadoop. Learn More INSIDER IT shops will pass the cloud tipping point in 2016, survey finds An IDG Enterprise survey of IT buyers indicates that, on average, more than half (56 percent) of a company's IT environment will be hosted in the cloud by the end of 2016, up from 44 percent today. READ MORE Amazon to build massive wind farm to power web services Amazon is building a 100-megawatt wind farm in Ohio to power its cloud service centers. READ MORE IBM teams with Xilinx to take on Intel with Power chips IBM has partnered with chip maker Xilinx to expand the use of IBM Power processors in servers, taking on Intel for a bigger slice of the data center market. 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