Cloud-native computing is the future of IT. That’s not hype. That’s the truth. We’ve been moving our programs to containers on clouds governed by Kubernetes for years now, backed by numerous other programs, most of which live in the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and the Open Infrastructure Foundation. There’s only one tiny problem: It’s […]
A New York state law signed by governor Kathy Hochul sets a goal of 100 percent new passenger car and truck sales in the state being zero-emission vehicles by 2035, similar to executive order issued earlier by California governor. Newly adopted legislation sets similar goal for medium- and heavy-duty trucks in New York state, but […]
As students begin to return to the classroom, so too are a new class of electric apprentices at the IBEW-NECA Technical Institute (IN-Tech) in Alsip, Illinois. Serving Chicago and Cook county since 1988, IN-Tech’s five-year program blends in-classroom with on-the-job education to train apprentices to assemble, install, maintain and test electrical equipment and wiring systems in residential, commercial […]
Credit: Microsoft Read this All About Microsoft Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley’s blog covers the products, people and strategies that make Microsoft tick. Read More Last year, When Microsoft announced plans to retire its MCSA, MCSD and MCSE certifications, many who had cut their teeth on learning the intricacies of on-premises server technologies were not […]
The coronavirus pandemic is fast-tracking the take-up of “workstream collaboration”. This next generation of unified productivity and collaboration tools is designed to make it easier for colleagues to work together from afar. Dialing Up Productivity with Workstream Collaboration Article from | SafetyCulture Working from home is mandatory for many people when a lockdown is declared […]
In its second annual clean energy filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia has proposed a group of new solar and energy storage projects in Virginia to serve its customers. Credit: Dominion Energy The proposal includes 11 utility-scale solar projects, two small-scale distributed solar projects, one solar + storage project and […]
Google recently pledged $100 million to groups that manage open source security priorities and help fix vulnerabilities, and it has now detailed eight of the projects it has chosen to support. Just last month the Linux Foundation announced it would directly fund people to work on the security of open-source projects. It’s got support from Google, […]
Autonomous Machine Vision (AMV) is a new approach to quality assurance, designed to be more than automatic, but autonomous, from determining the ideal number of samples the system needs to learn the characteristics of an item. Reliable Quality Inspection of Plastics With Autonomous Machine Vision Yonatan Hyatt, CTO | Inspekto For traditional machine vision solutions, […]
A 4.1-MW solar project is coming to the Tri-County EMC district in Putnam County, Georgia. The project, developed by SolAmerica Energy, should reach interconnection and commissioning within the next month. Putnam Erickson 2 PV solar project uses First Solar thin-film modules. “As a locally-owned electric cooperative, we are committed to investing in the communities that we […]
Microsoft is testing a refreshed and redesigned Tips app for Windows 11 to help users discover new features, shortcuts and configurations. The refresh updates the Windows 10 Tips app that Microsoft introduced last year to help users find new features and tricks. Microsoft has offered the Tips app to Insider testers on the Dev Channel […]