CA Technologies has purchased Grid-Tools, a development and testing tool vendor, for an undisclosed sum. Just over a week ago, CA bought Rally Software, another development tool vendor. Both acquisitions
NoSQL database vendor Couchbase has launched a new programming language called N1QL (pronounced “nickel”). Short for “Non-first Normal Form Query Language,” N1QL allows developers to perform SQL-like queries on JSON
Cisco has announced that it will buy Piston Cloud Computing for an undisclosed sum. Piston was a startup that offered a distribution of the OpenStack open source cloud computing platform.
At the Computex conference in Taiwan, Microsoft and Toshiba announced that they would be partnering together on a range of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services. The companies expect
The market researchers at IDC have released a new report predicting that the Internet of Things (IoT) market will be worth $1.7 trillion by 2020. Devices such as modules and
Facebook has announced that it is opening an artificial intelligence research facility in Paris, France. Many of the world’s leading AI researchers, including Yann LeCun, the director of Facebook’s artificial-intelligence
HP has released the ninth version of HP Helion CloudSystem, its cloud orchestration suite. It comes in two versions: Enterprise for large organizations and Foundation for smaller firms. Designed for
For some time, Microsoft has been promising that Windows 10 would become available this summer. Now it has nailed down a specific date: July 29. On that date, Windows 7
Responding to criticism, Microsoft has announced plans to de-clutter the Windows Store ahead of the Windows 10 launch. The company will be eliminating apps that cost too much more than