The industry has reached an inflection point in our thinking about data. It’s no longer about slicing and dicing data sets; it’s now about creating insights. I recently had the opportunity to speak with Steve Mills, who’s on the data science team within the strategic innovation group at Booz Allen Hamilton, the giant consulting firm. … continue reading
Google has launched a new website to help developers gain more insight into their applications. Google Analytics Demos & Tools aims to give experienced developers the ability to be more productive and improve their business through Google Analytics and advanced measurements. “As a member of the Google Analytics Developer Relations team, I often hear from … continue reading
Steve Jobs is about as iconic and complex a figure as the tech world has ever seen, so it’s no surprise his life story has been so quickly swept up into Hollywood biopic fodder. Walter Isaacson’s 2011 Jobs biography was a New York Times Bestseller, capturing a distinct cultural moment. It was hard to go … continue reading
A little more than a week after open-sourcing .NET, Microsoft announced it has received and accepted 20 GitHub pull requests and received community contributions to improve features like immutable collection performance. .NET Framework program manager Immo Landwerth recapped the week in open-source .NET in a blog post. He also laid out short-term plans and focus … continue reading
Orasi Software, an Atlanta-based quality assurance software reseller and professional services company, today announced a partnership with Delphix, the market leader in virtual data as a service (vDaaS). The agreement will enable Orasi to empower application teams with test and reporting data on demand and self-service controls designed to accelerate software development lifecycles and improve … continue reading
At Data Driven Summit 2014, Actuate Corporation – The BIRT Company and the leader in personalized analytics and insights, announced new features to its Embedded Analytics solution that delivers ease of use, scalability and productivity for global enterprises that need to tap the variety, velocity and volume of big data and deliver real-time actionable information … continue reading
#1: MetricsGraphics MetricsGraphics is a creation from the minds of the mad Web scientists at Mozilla. The JavaScript library is optimized for visualizing and laying out time-series data, providing a simple way to produce common types of graphics such as line charts, scatterplots and histograms in a consistent and responsive way. #2: Flow was featured … continue reading
In an exposition that was more reminiscent of early PC conferences than a developer event, the Android Developer Conference showed off numerous innovative products. For developers, tools on display offered new ways to monetize, test and monitor apps. Hardware makers were also on hand to offer help for designers working on-next generation devices and applications. … continue reading
Today Two Tap announced record growth data and launched its Product Availability API, the first automated product inventory solution that allows consumers to instantly see if their product selections (style, color, size, etc.) are in stock before placing an order inside any mobile app and shopping site. Having doubled its supported retailers to 450 over … continue reading
Privacy advocates including Amnesty International, Privacy International, Digitale Gesellschaft and the EFF have teamed up to unveil Detekt, an open-source software tool to detect government spyware. Detekt scans Windows computers for traces of known surveillance spyware used to target and monitor human rights defenders and journalists around the world, according to the Detekt website. The … continue reading
IBM today announced new, cloud-based DevOps services, software and infrastructure designed to help large organizations develop and deliver quality software faster. By tapping into the collaborative power of IBM’s Cloud portfolio and deep business transformation experience, enterprises can speed the delivery of software that drives new models of engagement and business. Software-driven innovation is becoming … continue reading
Washington, D.C. — “It’s not time to regulate and control and tax the Internet.” Those are words of wisdom about Net Neutrality from Dr. Robert Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, held here at the MEF GEN14, the annual conference from the Metro Ethernet Forum. Bob Metcalfe is a legend, not only for his role in inventing … continue reading
