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IBM has unveiled a new cloud computing-based analytics platform called Project DataWorks. It aims to integrate all of an enterprises data into one system so that business analysts can quickly
Hey all, Anyone working with open API’s and curious about RAML? http://www.meetup.com/RAML-Meetup-San-Francisco-Bay-Area/events/234177108/?eventId=234177108 The next event is on Thursday, but the group is planning to meet monthly.
Docker has announced that after two years of work on the project, its support for Windows Server 2016 has achieved general availability status. That means enterprises can feel confident using
A new survey conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Snowflake Computing finds that rolling out an enterprise data analytics initiative isn’t as easy as many organizations think. Among those
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The power of mobile devices and the available bandwidth keeps increasing and content producers are very aware of the importance of the mobile platform. They generate content that’s designed specifically
On the heels of Salesforce announcing its Einstein artificial intelligence (AI) program, Microsoft has announced that it too will aid AI capabilities to some of its cloud-based enterprise software. At
Azure Logic Apps provides scalable workflows and business process automation backed by the power of the cloud. It has an intuitive designer interface that allows you to declaratively define a
Red Hat has made two key announcements related to its support for containerization technology. First, it released OpenShift Container Platform 3.3. The update includes Kubernetes 1.3, as well as Docker
Among its many announcements during its Oracle World conference this week, Oracle launched Project Visual Code, a new low-code cloud development platform. Designed for “citizen developers,” the tool allows business
Certain reports need to show data that excludes data from weekends. There is a couple of ways to approach this. You could create a Calendar table, but sometimes you do
Nearly a year ago, Microsoft announced its Azure Blockchain as a Service offering for its cloud computing service. Now, it is giving customers access to Project Bletchley, which provides enterprises
CA Technologies has announced its intent to purchase BlazeMeter, which sells cloud computing-based continuous testing tools. Details of the deal were not disclosed. BlazeMeter has 3,000 customers. CA plans to
A software development methodology is a fairly nebulous thing. In this article, I’ll try to bring some clarity to the concept of the methodology, investigate various prominent methodologies and their
At its Edge 2016 conference, IBM made several announcements related to hybrid cloud computing. For developers, the company unveiled new z Systems services for IBM Cloud with Operational Insights for
Google has announced the purchase of API.AI, a startup that makes chatbot development tools. API.AI’s particular areas of artificial intelligence expertise involve speech recognition, intent recognition and context management. Currently,
Threads in ‘runnable’ state consume CPU. So when you are analyzing thread dumps for high CPU consumption, threads in ‘runnable’ state should be thoroughly reviewed. Typically, in thread dumps several
During his presentation at OracleWorld on Sunday, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison fired a warning shot at Amazon Web Services. “Amazon’s lead is over,” Ellison said. “Amazon’s going to have
On Sunday, Salesforce launched Einstein, a new set of artificial intelligence capabilities that the company describes as “AI for everyone.” The company plans to integrate the AI technology into all
Oracle has released its financial report for its first fiscal quarter of 2017, and the company saw strong gains in its cloud computing products. Its cloud software and platform as
Although it was once a fierce enemy of the open source movement, Microsoft now has more open source contributors on GitHub than any other organization. New data released by the
You will encounter a situation where you would like to disable all the controls inside a container control except for one. Now, as simple as this sounds, it can be
Agile practices help you develop software that meets the user needs faster and safer???and that responds quickly to changes in the requirements, environment or technological advances. But, there is one
GitHub, the popular code hosting service, has updated some of its features, offering greatly enhanced project management capabilities. Specifically, it is now easier to manage comments by grouping and categorizing
Geertjan Wielenga, project manager for the NetBeans IDE, has submitted a proposal on Oracle’s behalf that would have the Apache Software Foundation take over management of the open source project.
Suppose you are porting a C code, for example, that sums 32 bit integers (Longs) to VB6. In C, when the result of a sum does not fit into an
The support for Temporal Tables has now been extended to SQL Azure databases. With Temporal Tables, you can track changes made to your data and store the entire history either
CA Technologies has refreshed its lineup of API management tools for enterprise application development teams. It has updated its CA Live API Creator with a graphical interface that makes it
Visionmobile’s new Chatbot Developer Landscape 2016 report finds that while there has been a lot of hype about chatbots, few enterprise application development teams are actually working on chatbot applications.
Box, which is best known for its cloud storage services, has updated its development platform that allows developers to integrate Box services into their applications. The company revamped its developer
