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IBM has taken the wraps off a new Internet of Things (IoT) development tool called Quark. Available under an open source license, Quark is based on the IBM Streams tool
IBM has launched a new mainframe system called the z13s, which is optimized for hybrid cloud computing environments and features outstanding security. According to the company, the z13s can encrypt
Last month, a group of developers sent an open letter to GitHub complaining about the service’s lack of responsiveness and requesting several improvements to features. GitHub has finally responded with
There are many APIs on the web that are not that popular, but which are very useful when developing a web application. Let’s explore some of them. REST Countries REST
The Node.js Foundation has announced that it will take over management of the open source Express Web server framework. In the past, StrongLoop, which was acquired by IBM, had managed
At the Rackspace::Solve event, Rackspace announced that it would begin offering a private cloud computing stack based on Red Hat’s version of OpenStack. Rackspace customers can run Red Hat Enterprise
Visual programming is all about throwing away the syntax and the source files and programming by dragging boxes around and using a graphical environment to represent the program. This is
A group of American computer science researchers has published a new analysis of GitHub data that yielded a very unexpected result. The team went looking for gender bias against women
Although GitHub is best known for its free hosting service that is popular with open source projects, the company also offers a paid code-hosting platform for enterprises. It has just
Less than two weeks after it first released the beta version of its Azure Stack private cloud computing tools, Microsoft has added some new Web development features. The Web Apps
Power BI online presents powerful analytical capabilities managed by the scale and performance of a cloud infrastructure. The ability to host visualizations that can be connected to a multitude of
GitHub has released Scientist 1.0, a Ruby library that assists with code rewrites. It shows developers what will happen when rewritten code is executed, compared with how the original code
Python is my favorite language. It is simple, readable, flexible, supports many programming paradigms, has an awesome standard library, tons of third-party packages and a great community. But, it is
Until now, Docker has dominated containerization, but CoreOS aims to change that with the release of Rkt (pronounced “rocket”) 1.0. The company claims the new container runtime offers better security
IBM has added 25 new offerings to its Cloud Data Services portfolio. Of particular interest to enterprise application development teams is IBM Compose Enterprise, which helps developers deploy open source
Cisco has announced that it will purchase Jasper Technologies, maker of a cloud-based IoT platform, for $1.4 billion. The networking giant said that the new technology will make it easier
Microsoft has taken the public preview label off its Azure IoT Hub, meaning that the cloud computing service is now ready for production use by enterprises. The IoT Hub provides
Microsoft has confirmed that it has purchased SwiftKey for around $250 million. SwiftKey is a British startup that is best known for its predictive typing app. The company also makes
A queue is a data structure that works on a First – In – First – Out (FIFO) basis. So, you would typically use a queue when you need items
According to an analysis of the latest figures from Net Market Share, StatCounter Global Stats, and the United States Government’s Digital Analytics Program (DAP), Windows 10 has overtaken Windows 8/8.1
Microsoft has announced that it has been conducting an experiment that involved putting a cloud computing data center underwater. Project Natick, as the effort is called, sank a 10-foot by
Microsoft has released a new Visual Studio Code extension that supports Apache Cordova, a popular cross-platform open source mobile development framework. The extension is called Tools for Apache Cordova, or
According to IDC, the average enterprise adopted 5.8 mobile apps for each of its users in 2015. That’s an increase over the 3.5 apps per worker in 2013 and 2014,
Robin Systems has released the results of a new survey which found strong interest in containerization technology. Of the 200 IT decision makers surveyed, 78.5 expressed interest in running stateful
Amazon has released its fourth quarter earnings report, including the figures for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing unit. The cloud titan generated $2.4 billion in revenue for the
The @WalmartLabs team was founded by Walmart eCommerce to provide a sustainable rate of innovation, given the competition. The team adopted a DevOps culture and migrated the ecommerce platform to
Remote work is becoming more and more prevalent. Social forces and technology advances are both responsible. Some software companies are completely distributed and don’t even have a physical office. This
Oracle has announced that the Java browser plugin will be deprecated in Java 9, and it will be missing entirely from future versions of Java. The Java browser plug-in has
Salesforce has released Heroku Enterprise, a new cloud development platform that will allow Salesforce customers to build and deploy apps on Salesforce’s App Cloud. In the past, the company’s Heroku
It is a common advise to learn from other people successes and mistakes. Go through testimonies, post-mortem analyses, books and articles and they all say the same. But, in the
