Nutanix offers hypervisor freedom and machine learning tools to optimise capacity planning
Nutanix 4.6 update adds hypervisor mobility and machine intelligence to automate admin functions
Author: Daniel Robinson
Microsoft updates Azure with SQL Server Express images and monitoring for Azure Data Factory
SQL Server Express available for free development use on Azure
HPE extends Integrity server line with MC990 X system for scale-out Linux workloads
Xeon-based Linux system designed for in-memory databases and other scale-out workloads
Microsoft’s week: Azure Stack, Windows Server licensing, more Windows 10 updates
Our weekly roundup of the key events in the world of Microsoft this week
Microsoft adds Release Preview Ring as it rolls out Build 10586.107 for Windows 10 Mobile
Microsoft adds a third ring to test release programme while fixes to Windows 10 Mobile continue
VMware updates software-defined data centre and hybrid cloud offerings
VMware details new licensing options with vRealize 7, while VSAN 6.2 gets deduplication, compression and erasure coding
LibreOffice 5.1 delivers support for cloud storage and greater file fidelity with Microsoft Office
Open source suite gets a refreshed look, but focuses mostly on stability and compatibility improvements
Microsoft extends Azure Stack Technical Preview release with DevOps tools
Microsoft adds services and Visual Studio support to Azure-in-a-box platform
Containers advance as CoreOS declares rkt production ready and Docker 1.10 adds orchestration and security
CoreOS delivers rkt container runtime as a Docker alternative, while Docker touts security and orchestration updates
Microsoft’s week: Windows 10 updates, submarine data centres and SwiftKey buy
The V3 team looks back over the Microsoft stories making the news this week