Your Computer Can Help Scientists Seeking Potential COVID-19 Treatments
IBM announced that anyone in the world with a PC, laptop or Mac and an Internet connection could help scientists seek chemical compounds that might be effective against COVID-19. To do so, volunteers’ devices will perform small, virtual experiments to identify chemical compounds, including those in existing medicines, that could potentially be used as treatments candidates …
COVID-19 Public Dataset Program: Making Data Freely Accessible For Better Public Outcomes
Data always plays a critical role in the ability to research, study, and combat public health emergencies, and nowhere is this more true than in the case of a global crisis. Access to data sets—and tools that can analyze that data at cloud scale—are increasingly essential to the research process, and are particularly necessary in …
The United Nations And Tencent Announce A Global Partnership
The United Nations and Tencent announced a new and innovative global partnership for the organization’s 75th anniversary. As the entire world is combating the Coronavirus pandemic, international cooperation and solidarity are more critical than ever. Tencent will provide the #UN75 campaign with videoconferencing and digital dialogue tools to boost the online outreach and promotion of …
SaltStack Recognized On 2020 Shatter List For Helping Break The Glass Ceiling In Technology
SaltStack®, the creators of intelligent automation for security operations and IT teams, today announced it has been named to the Women Tech Council’s (WTC) 2020 Shatter List. SaltStack was recognized for its leadership and efforts to accelerate the removal of the glass ceiling for women in the technology sector by enacting impactful programs and culture that foster …
How To Setup Role Based Access To Kubernetes Cluster
If you are working on Kubernetes for some time you may have faced a scenario where you have to give some users limited access to your Kubernetes cluster. For example you may want a user, say Alice from development, to have access only to some resources that are in the development namespace and nothing else. …
Cloud Foundry Foundation Announces KubeCF Is New Incubating Project
Cloud Foundry Foundation, home to open source projects simplifying the developer experience, today announced that KubeCF has become an incubating project under the Foundation and has released version 1.0.1. KubeCF is an open source distribution of Cloud Foundry Application Runtime (CFAR) designed to run on top of Kubernetes. The distribution works with the cf-operator from Project Quarks to deploy and manage releases …
Adaptive Biotechnologies And Microsoft Expand Partnership To Decode COVID-19 Immune Response And Provide Open Data Access
Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. and Microsoft Corp. announced they will leverage their existing partnership mapping population-wide adaptive immune responses to diseases at scale to study COVID-19. Finding the relevant immune response signature may advance solutions to diagnose, treat and prevent the disease, augmenting existing research efforts that primarily focus on the biology of the virus. These data will …
Dynatrace Offers Free Access To Its Software Intelligence Platform To Keep Applications And Infrastructure Running Optimally During Global Response To Coronavirus
Software intelligence company, Dynatrace, announced it is providing new users with extended, free trial access to the Dynatrace® Software Intelligence Platform, through May 19, 2020. In addition, new users will receive free access to the Dynatrace Real User Monitoring (RUM) for SaaS vendor experience, through September 19, 2020. These actions are designed to help global …
SAP Offers A New Digital Learning Initiative To All
SAP SE announced a new digital learning initiative offering innovative, interactive educational content to support students, professionals and anyone wishing to continue to learn during this challenging time. “The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are impacting everyone around the world,” said Christian Klein, co-CEO and member of the Executive Board of SAP SE. “We want to make …
Alibaba Cloud Offers AI, Cloud Services To Help Battle Covid-19 Globally
Alibaba Cloud, the data intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, said today it has offered medical personnel around the world advanced cloud-based technology applications in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The artificial intelligence-enhanced innovations are based on learnings and insights garnered during the initial outbreak of the virus. The series of cloud-native anti-coronavirus solutions stem …