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
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
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
AtScale Inc. has published the results of a new benchmark study of BI-on-Hadoop analytics engines. The study tested Hive, Impala, Presto and Spark SQL, and it found that each of
In the wake of well-publicized incidents in which hackers used insecure Internet of Things (IoT) devices to mount cyberattacks, security vendor ESET and the National Cyber Security Alliance have released
CA Technologies has announced the purchase of BlazeMeter, a company that offers continuous performance application testing tools. CA plans to integrate BlazeMeter’s technology into its Continuous Delivery solutions, providing better
Oracle’s Bare Metal Cloud Services are now generally available. The infrastructure as a service offering will initially run out of a US-Southwest region based in Phoenix, but Oracle hopes to
Google has launched a new cloud storage service called Coldline. As the name suggests, this service is for “cold” or archival data. Accordingly, it has a very small price tag:
The prognosticators at Gartner have published their annual list of hot technology trends, and the 2017 list includes several entries that will be of interest to enterprise application development teams.