Tag: announcements

  • This is how the new announcement economy works. You declare a massive number. The headlines write themselves. The stock moves. Mission accomplished.” Whether the deal actually closes becomes almost irrelevant. The momentum already happened.” As a generalized marketing strategy: “my doctrine is that velocity has replaced authority as the organizing principle of information. What and…

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  • Tech DEI programs on decline

    Major employers including Meta and Google suspended minority hiring targets and dropped some references to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” from their websites and regulatory filings around the time of Trump’s order. Meta and Google also significantly reduced funding for DEI initiatives, such as events, training, and recruiting drives aimed at improving representation of minority groups,…

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  • IT is asked to do more, and sometimes with more budget!

    IT is asked to do more, and sometimes with more budget!

    Updates to the VMware app runtimes If you’re into platform engineering, the two VMware platforms have some announcements today that you’ll be interested in: Tanzu Application Platform v1.5 – There’s faster ways to get it installed, security improvements, tighter integration with Spring Boot apps, and a lot more. Rita gives some highlights: “Enhanced IDE support…

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  • Link: Oracle insider: We’re not walking the cloud talk

    ” Our announcements are always a minimum of six months ahead of the technology.” Source: Oracle insider: We’re not walking the cloud talk

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