InfoWorld Daily: Afternoon Edition

Apr 12, 2017

Kubernetes is king in container survey

Container monitoring company Sysdig also looked at which apps are most popular among those running containers, and found that no one container registry rules the roost. Read More ▶

Your Must-Read Stories

•	Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V: More secure, but not faster

•	Get a $20 Discount If You Buy 3 Echo Dots on Amazon, For A Limited Time - Deal Alert

•	Go language group aims for a better newbie experience

•	Shadow Brokers dump contained Solaris hacking tools

•	Microsoft fixes 45 flaws, including three actively exploited vulnerabilities

•	Anbox: Run Android apps in Linux

White Paper: Workday

Demystifying Cloud Security

In terms of security, IT's best move is the one that many CIOs hesitate to make. CIOs today face a delicate, difficult balancing act between meeting business objectives and securing information. Read this whitepaper to learn how cloud computing can help IT executives meet these conflicting objectives. Read More ▶

Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V: More secure, but not faster

Hyper-V 2016 tightens VM security and eases management, but seems to have lost a step. Read More ▶

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Get a $20 Discount If You Buy 3 Echo Dots on Amazon, For A Limited Time - Deal Alert

Put Alexa in 3 rooms for less than the price of one Echo. Echo Dot is a hands-free, voice-controlled device that uses Alexa to play music, control smart home devices, provide information, read the news, set alarms, read audiobooks from Audible, and more. Amazon has quietly published a special code that will apply a $20 discount when you buy 3. Read More ▶

Go language group aims for a better newbie experience

The Developer Experience Working Group wants to make it easier for first-time Go users to install the language and get familiar with it. Read More ▶

Shadow Brokers dump contained Solaris hacking tools

The tools would let attackers remotely take over any Solaris system around the world. Read More ▶

Microsoft fixes 45 flaws, including three actively exploited vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patch Tuesday includes fixes for critical flaws in IE, Edge, Office, Windows, and .Net. Read More ▶

Anbox: Run Android apps in Linux

Also in today's open source roundup: Yes, you can install Snap packages in Fedora, and System76 isn't giving up on Ubuntu. Read More ▶

White Paper: Hedvig

ESG: Evolved Software-Defined Storage

Over recent years, software-defined storage has often seemed to be equal parts reality and hype. Multiple solutions are leveraging the moniker with different definitions, providing value in different ways, and targeting different markets. Read More ▶

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