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Jenkins Is Coming to Azure

The open source continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD) server Jenkins has announced that it will be moving the back-end infrastructure for the project to Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service. “To support this

Microsoft Unveils .NET Core RC 2

Microsoft has taken the wraps off the second release candidate for .NET Core version 2, and it includes many new APIs and other tools. .NET Core inclues a compiler, library

Building Robust Software

Software is infamously hard. This notion dates back to the 70s with the software crisis and the “No Silver Bullet” paper by Fred Brooks. The bigger the system, the more

Locking Your Computer with C#

In order to lock your computer, you need to use the following two APIs: [DllImport(“user32.dll”)] public static extern void LockWorkStation(); [DllImport(“user32.dll”)] public static extern int ExitWindowsEx(int uFlags, int dwReason); You

HANA Comes to Azure

At SAP’s Sapphire Now conference, SAP and Microsoft announced that SAP’s HANA in-memory database is now certified to run on Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing service. Enterprises will be able to

Build IoT Solutions with the Azure IoT Gateway

The Azure Internet of Things?team has recently open sourced?the gateway SDKs?that can be used to build and deploy applications for Azure IoT. There are two classes of SDKs that have

AWS Launches Programmable IoT Buttons

Last year, Amazon began selling physical buttons that customers could press to order items like laundry detergent, dog food, coffee and toilet paper from the company. According to analysts, Amazon

Databricks Previews Apache Spark 2.0

Databricks has released a technical preview of Apache Spark 2.0, which is available as part of the Databricks Community Edition cloud computing big data platform. Key features in Spark 2.0

Benefits of Pair Debugging

“Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough

GitHub Releases Electron 1.0

GitHub has unveiled the 1.0 release of its Electron application development framework. Formerly known as Atom Shell, Electron utilizes Web technologies like CSS, HTML and JavaScript to build native desktop

SAP Announces IoT Tools, Partnerships

At the Internet of Things World Conference and Exposition, SAP announced that it was expanding its SAP HANA Cloud Platform for IoT and that it had forged several new IoT

Find out When the Last Full Backup was Taken

The following query shows the last time a full backup was taken on a certain database. select database_name as [Database], a.name [NameOfBackup], user_name as [BackupTakenBy],backup_start_date, backup_finish_date, backup_size as [SizeOfBackup], is_copy_only,has_backup_checksums,

HPE Launches IoT Platform

At the IoT/AppsWorld Conference, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) unveiled its new Universal Internet of Things (IoT) Platform. The new solution aims to simplify management of multiple IoT tools. “Typically, the type

Augmented Reality is Here

Augmented reality (AR) is a very old technology dating back to the 13th century when the eyeglasses were invented. But, today’s augmented reality is a whole new thing. Augmented reality

Ruby Surges in Popularity Ratings

In the May update to the Tiobe Index, which measures the popularity of programming languages, Ruby climbed up to 8th place. A year ago, it was 15th on the list,

Microsoft Flow Helps Create Simple Applications

When Microsoft unveiled PowerApps last week, it also took the wraps off a new connection-based development tool called Flow. Similar to Yahoo Pipes (which is now discontinued) and IFTTT, Flow

Windows Store for Business Now Offering Paid Apps

Microsoft has announced that the Windows Store for Business is now accepting paid apps. The Windows Store for Business allows enterprises to purchase and distribute apps for employees. The new

MSAL: New Authentication Library from Microsoft

During the Build 2016?conference, Vittorio Bertocci, the Principal Program Manager at the Microsoft Identity division announced the availability of a new authentication library named MSAL?(Microsoft Authentication Library). It is poised

Microsoft Buys Italian IoT Vendor Solair

Microsoft has purchased Solair, an Italy-based Internet of Things (IoT) company, for an undisclosed sum. Sam George, partner director at Microsoft Azure IoT, said the “acquisition supports our strategy to

SQL Server 2016 to Launch June 1

Microsoft has announced that the next version of its SQL Server database will launch June 1. SQL Server 2016 includes a number of built-in tools for data warehousing and big

Agile Hiring Methods

The ability to hire excellent software developers is a limiting factor. There is a real shortage, and as a result there is serious competition for every qualified candidate. As a

Microsoft PowerApps Now in Public Beta

Microsoft’s PowerApps code-free app-writing service is now available as a public beta, having completed a private beta trial period. PowerApps makes it possible for non-developers to create data-driven apps that