The Insider News

ZDNet[^]:

Amazon unveils Echo, a new cloud-connected home appliance that -- perhaps appropriately -- resembles a chamber.

Infoworld[^]:

Cloud pioneer Joyent throws down the gauntlet to the bloated world of OpenStack with fresh open source releases.

Microsoft blog[^]:

Today we’re taking the next major step to bring Office to everyone, on every device, and I’m excited to announce that Office apps customers love are coming to Android tablets with the start of our Office for AndroidTM tablet Preview. We’re also delivering Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps for iPhone® and updates for the iPad apps–to ensure a consistently beautiful and productive Office experience on every device. Our vision of Office everywhere wouldn’t be complete without Windows, so I’m pleased to confirm that new, touch-optimized Office apps for Windows 10 are in the works and we’ll have more to share soon.

Heroku[^]:

Of the many Platform-as-a-Service innovations Heroku has contributed in its seven year existence, perhaps the most iconic is git push heroku master. Today we’re announcing a significant upgrade to Heroku’s Git implementation: Beta support for Git’s HTTP transport.
HTTP Git has some notable advantages over traditional SSH Git. Instead of relying on port 22 (often blocked by firewalls) HTTP Git runs on port 443, the same port used for secure web requests.

InfoQ[^]:

In his new book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time, Jeff Sutherland explains how the Scrum framework can be used as a general business practice to accelerate work of all kinds.

Telerik[^]:

Starting from the 1980s, we have all known how to handle relational data – simply put it in a Relational DataBase Management System (RDBMS) and use SQL to work with the data. For the past few years however, our industry has seen an increasing trend towards the usage of NoSQL databases, where data just isn’t stored like in relational databases.

CIO[^]:

Oracle’s licensing practices have created a “hostile” relationship “filled with deep rooted mistrust” between the vendor and its customers, according to a survey that looked at users’ business interactions with the company.

Xamarin[^]:

Xamarin wants to enable students building the next big thing in mobile to bring their ideas to life on the best mobile platform on the market.

Infoworld[^]:

Microsoft’s evolving Groups feature aims to improve collaboration, likely at the expense of similar Office 365 options.

WinBeta[^]:

Powered by Microsoft technology, new bedside terminals securely hooked up to the hospitals backend servers provide doctors with at-a-glance critical patient information, making data entry easier and quickly accessible.