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VBScript lacks a Like operator. A common approach is to translate the pattern strings to use VBScript’s RegExp object, but you could use the IsLike function below instead: Public Function
According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the company has spent $3 billion, including $1 billion in 2016 alone, to build up its cloud computing infrastructure in Europe. As part of
Google is re-branding all of its cloud computing offerings under the name “Google Cloud.” In addition, it has a new name for Google Apps for Work: G Suite. The G
Microsoft is restructuring some of its business units, merging the Bing and Cortana product groups with Microsoft Research to create a new division called the AI and Research Group. In
It is very easy to obtain access to an external running window and activate it. All you need is the actual title of the window ( the text written in
In the previous post, I talked about how we can leverage Logic Apps to create scalable workflows and business processes and demonstrated a process automation example with Salesforce. In this
Apple and OpenAI are not part of the new organization. Some of the biggest names in artificial intelligence (AI) research, including Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, have formed a
At the Strata + Hadoop world event, Intel and Cloudera announced their support for a cybersecurity project called Apache Spot. Previously known as Open Network Insight, Apache Spot will create
The Go language is 6 years old and has gotten a lot of traction. With the recent release of Go 1.7.1, the entire ecosystem looks very healthy. The continued focus
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
