| Today's InfoWorld Headlines: Wrap Up | | | OSv is an open source, hypervisor-optimized cloud OS "designed to run an application stack without getting in the way." It runs existing Linux applications, but is not itself Linux; it's an entirely new OS written from the ground up in C/C++ that can run on a slew of hypervisors and virtual-machine systems, or in cloud environments like Amazon EC2 or Google Compute Engine. | | | Issue highlights 1. Microsoft kicks off two-month Spartan bug bounty program 2. Box Developer Edition woos both enterprises and startups 3. How Intel could prolong Moore's Law with new materials, transistors | | : Globanet This case study demonstrates how a big pharmaceutical company leveraged Globanet to help them pick a messaging platform that would satisfy companywide needs, while also installing Globanet Merge1 to capture and archive those messages. View now | | Microsoft today launched a short-term bug bounty program for its new Project Spartan browser, saying entries would be accepted until June 22. The temporary award program is very similar to one Microsoft used in mid-2013 for Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) to bag some bugs before that browser was released with Windows 8.1. READ MORE | | : Globanet This case study offers a close look at how a large government agency addressed their challenge of managing the use of social media inside the organization by such a massive number of employees. View now | | At its second annual developer conference, Box unveiled a new method for building Box apps that's aimed equally at IT-driven startups and established enterprises.Box Developer Edition, according to a blog post from the company, provides enterprise devs with "an independent, developer-owned Box instance -- with full Box enterprise functionality -- dedicated to your app." READ MORE | | Intel has introduced technologies such as strained silicon, high-k metal gate and FinFET -- in which transistors are built upward in a 3D fashion instead of laying flat -- to keep Moore's Law going. In the coming years, it could combine silicon with materials such as strained germanium, or indium-gallium-arsenide. READ MORE | | : Globanet This case study illustrates the compliance benefits that a mutual fund derived from their use of Globanet Merge1. Globanet managed the transition to a standardized financial messaging system and the installation of Globanet Merge1. Read more to discover how it all came together. Learn more | | Join the IDG Contributor Network The IDG Contributor Network is a collection of blogs written by leading IT practitioners about the technology, business opportunities and challenges you face everyday. We invite you to participate by applying to be a contributor today. |
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