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New Fiksu Service Tracks Apple Watch Apps

Fiksu’s iOS SDK. Fiksu has launched a new analytics service that will allow mobile development teams to monitor usage of their Apple Watch apps. Specifically, it can track launches, registrations,

More Azure Services Announced at Build

In addition to the Azure Data Lake, Microsoft announced a number of other cloud computing services at its Build 2015 event. They include the Azure SQL Data Warehouse, Azure SQL

Campaign Tracking with Bit.ly API integration

Although Bit.ly’s URL shortening service is frequently used in conjunction with Twitter, its use is not limited to that. Bit.ly can be used to track any social network or e-mail

Build 2015: Microsoft Unveils Azure Data Lake

At Build 2015, Microsoft announced a new cloud-based big data service called Azure Data Lake. The new cloud computing service gives developers a centralized location to store all of their

Parquet Now a Top-Level Apache Project

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has announced that Apache Parquet has graduated from incubator status to become a top-level project. Parquet is a columnar Hadoop storage format used in many

The Evolving Technology Stack

While the last few decades were dominated by client server technologies, this one will be the decade of connected systems and devices operating on cloud platforms. Service orientation has paved

What Will Microsoft Talk about at Build 2015?

Microsoft kicks off its annual Build development conference tomorrow. Based on the company’s previous comments, attendees can expect to hear about Windows 10 development and see the HoloLens augmented reality

MapR Declines Invitation to Join ODP

In a blog post, Hadoop distribution vendor MapR said that it would not be joining the Open Data Platform (ODP) initiative. Formed earlier this year, ODP aims to develop open

Startup Nitrous.IO Offers Enterprise PaaS

Nitrous.IO, a startup based in the U.S. and Singapore, has announced a new cloud development service targeted at enterprise users. The platform as a service (PaaS) speeds the process of

Understanding Anti-Patterns and Code Smells

While Design patterns are recurring solutions to problems often encountered in software applications, anti-patterns are exactly the opposite???these are recurring programming practices that create problems instead of solving them. These

Google Releases Jsonnet Programming Language

Google has quietly unveiled a new open source programming language that generates and extends JSON. Called Jsonnet, the language aims to make it easier to create JavaScript Object Notation (JSON).

Microsoft Launches Azure Service Fabric

Microsoft has announced a new platform as a service offering it calls Azure Service Fabric. It provides developers with access to the microservices and infrastructure they need to create scalable

Survey: 57% of Enterprises Use Amazon IaaS

In a new cloud computing survey from 451 Research, 57 percent of enterprises said that they use Amazon Web Services for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Microsoft Azure came in

Google Cloud Dataflow Now in Public Beta

Google has made two announcements related to its cloud-based big data tools. First, its Cloud Dataflow tool is now available as a public beta. Using the Cloud Dataflow SDK, developers

Microsoft, Zend Partner on Cloud PHP Offering

Zend’s Z-Ray PHP debugging tool is coming to Microsoft’s Azure App Service. Z-Ray for Azure will offer a cloud-based toolbar to help improve code quality during the development process. “When

Report: Docker Raises $1 Billion in Funding

Citing an unnamed source, Bloomberg is reporting that Docker has raised an additional $95 million in funding, bringing its total valuation to about $1 billion. The news highlights the growing

More Best Practices to Secure Your Web Server

In the first part of this article, we discussed how to secure WHM/cPanel login, as well as SSH network protocols. Now, let’s see how to secure other services, such as