TechTaffy

tech:

taffy

Bloomberg Has Largest Server Side JavaScript Deployment In World

By TechTaffy Desk

Bloomberg

Financial information and news company Bloomberg says it has the largest server-side JavaScript deployment in the world, with 22 million lines of JavaScript code. The company also runs one of the world’s largest private networks with over 20,000 routers across its network, and processes 45-50 billion ticks per day of financial data.

Bloomberg is now opening a dedicated R&D office in San Francisco, which will ultimately employ 100 developers. The center will be led by Zach Haehn, a senior member of Bloomberg’s R&D operation. Bloomberg currently employs over 3,000 technologists globally.

[Image courtesy: Bloomberg]

Just in

Around the web

Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone — The Verge

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users, writes Tom Warren. 
Around the web

Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.
IT

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.
AI

OpenAI introduces new enterprise features

OpenAI announced new features aimed at enterprise users on Tuesday, at the wake of Meta's recent LLama 3 announcement.
Around the web

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.