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The Verge | March 20, 2020

One week ago, President Donald Trump held a press conference wherein he claimed Google would be building a screening website for the coronavirus that would direct people to testing sites. As we learned in the following days, that wasn’t true. Google’s sister company Verily did launch such a site, but only for the Bay Area and reportedly it only offered tests to a very small number of people. Google, however, did say it would launch some sort of website and after a small delay, it&rsq...

ZDnet | January 14, 2020

A group of tech companies and organisations have come forth with support for Google in its legal stoush against Oracle, a case that could determine the outlook of software development's future. The Google-Oracle legal battle dates back over a decade, with the core issue being whether copyright laws bar the commonplace practice of software reimplementation -- the "process of writing new software to perform certain functions of a legacy product". It was also...

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Vendr | August 10, 2022

Vendr, the world’s first SaaS buying platform, today announced the launch of Vendr 2.0, the most complete SaaS buying platform on the market. SaaS is a top-three line item expense, but most companies aren’t getting the appropriate return on their software investment. Vendr 2.0 harnesses Vendr’s SaaS purchasing and SaaS management products, combining the power of seasoned negotiators armed with insights from over 13,000 deals alongside robust software featuring an integrated sys...

Software

Mendix | June 19, 2021

According to Mendix, a Siemens business and global leader in low-code application development for the enterprise, the next chapter of low-code adoption will transform traditional DevOps practices governing IT operations including software deployment, testing, security, and maintenance to radically boost operational and cost efficiencies. Mendix executives have coined the term "low-code operations" or Low-CodeOps to describe the ability of low-code development platforms to automate and ...