Oracle has released Java 20, the latest Feature Release on the company’s six-month update cycle.

Microsoft Is Taking a ‘Principled Approach’ to Changing Default Apps
Microsoft is going to make it much easier for users to change their default apps, adopting a “principled approach.”

Linux Distro Reviews: openSUSE Tumbleweed — Part 2
openSUSE Tumbleweed is a rolling release Linux distro, one that is something of a two-edged sword in terms of its features and usability.

One-Third of Organizations Struggle With Data Loss Prevention Systems
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has bad news for the industry, saying that nearly one-third of organizations struggle with data loss prevention (DLP) systems.

The CIO Is Now Central To The Business Strategy
The CIO now has become front and center and central to the business strategy, says Aongus Hegarty, President of International Markets at Dell Technologies. There has been a fundamental change in the role of the CIO.

Oracle CIO: Every Enterprise Has the Security it Deserves
Every Enterprise has the security it deserves, says Oracle CIO Mark Sunday. “It begins at the very top. It truly begins with the board, CEO, and the Executive Committee to set the culture and to ensure that the people, process, technology, and the governance processes are in place to ensure the security of customers, companies, and employees information.”

Inflation Is Outpacing IT Spending
A new report is bad news for the IT industry, finding that inflation is outpacing IT spending by a significant margin.

TrenDemon CEO: We Connect Content Marketing to Sales
The CEO of TrenDemon, Avishai Sharon, says that they created their cloud-based software solution in order to help companies prove that the marketing content they produced also achieved business goals and sales.

COVID Accelerated Digital Transformation, Says DocuSign CEO
We have seen significant acceleration since the COVID-19 pandemic, says DocuSign CEO Dan Springer. A significant portion of that (increase) was due to increase use cases from customers driving that digital transformation faster with services like DocuSign.

ServiceNow CEO Says Cloud Computing Is Century’s ‘Pervasive Computing Theme’
ServiceNow CEO Bill McDermott has called cloud computing the “pervasive computing theme of the 21st century.”

Cloudflare Launches Zero Trust Mobile eSIM
Cloudflare has scored an industry first, launching the first zero trust eSIM for mobile devices in the BYOD era.

Slack Has Already Transformed Salesforce
Slack has already transformed the way we work at Salesforce,” says Salesforce Co-CEO Bret Taylor. Not only has Salesforce transformed the way they work with Slack but so are the customers of Salesforce.

Zoom Launches $100 Million Fund to Stimulate Zoom Apps Ecosystem
Zoom has launched a $100 million fund to help stimulate and grow the app ecosystem surrounding the videoconferencing platform.

EFF Partners With DuckDuckGo, Adopts Its HTTPS Dataset
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is partnering with DuckDuckGo to include the latter’s HTTPS dataset in its HTTPS Everywhere browser extension.

TSMC: Chip Shortages Won’t Ease Until 2023
TSMC has delivered further bad news on the semiconductor shortage, predicting supplies chain tightness won’t completely ease until 2023.

Dell Will Spin-Off VMware in a $9 Billion Deal
Dell has announced plans to spin off VMware as a standalone company, in a deal expected to bring in $9 billion.

Google’s AppSheet Automation Now Available
Google has made its low-code automation tool, AppSheet Automation, generally available.

Workday CEO: Digital Transformation To Be Faster Trend Out Of Pandemic
Aneel Bhusri, co-CEO of Workday, discusses how the pandemic will drive digital transformation forward at an even faster pace.