ZDNet has put together a round-up of some of the biggest technology stories of the year, and quite a few of the stories they mention had big implications for enterprise application development. Their list includes the following: Microsoft launches Windows 10 HP splits into two companies Apple releases the Apple
IBM has announced that it has added a new Alert Notification Service to its Bluemix PaaS. The service aims to help DevOps teams respond quickly to problems with applications running on IBM Cloud. The alerts can be sent via email, SMS or voice, and they are highly customizable. “Because IBM
Images of a new version of the Google Glass wearable have popped up on a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website. The updated device is said to be the forthcoming Enterprise Edition of the device, and it features a larger prism than previous models. Unlike the early version of the wearable,
Microsoft has revealed a few more details about the Azure Stack, its forthcoming hybrid cloud computing offering. Enterprises will be able to install the Azure Stack in their own data centers and then connect seamlessly to the Azure public cloud. The Azure Stack will include software-defined infrastructure, the Azure portal,
Google parent company Alphabet released surprisingly strong financial results for the third quarter. Cloud computing and the Google Play store contributed significantly to the company’s bottom line, generating $2.3 billion in revenue. That was more than 10 percent of the company’s total $22.3 billion in sales. “Google Cloud is generating
QuickBase has released its second annual State of Citizen Development Report, which finds that citizen developers are becoming more important to enterprises. “The future of work is more automated and nimble, and companies (software and otherwise) that embrace new trends like citizen development will see gains in time, costs and
Databricks, the corporate sponsor of the Apache Spark project, has added two key new features to its implementation of the open source big data tool. Spark now has GPU acceleration capabilities and can integrate with several deep learning libraries, including TensorFlow. In a blog post, the company said, “Users will
CoreOS, Intel and Mirantis have released a technical preview of Stackanetes, a new tool which makes it possible to deploy and manage OpenStack cloud computing deployments with the Kubernetes container management platform. “Kubernetes’ features, flexibility and scalability make Stackanetes a robust solution for managing OpenStack,” blogged Quentin Machu, software engineer
IBM has merged its two primary cloud computing services. The SoftLayer infrastructure cloud has been absorbed into its Bluemix cloud development service. Customers can now access both services through a single sign-on. “They will also have a single payment method and pay for those services from a consolidated invoice,” said