Software industry mergers and acquisitions rose dramatically this past year, with Facebook’s moves accounting for 20% of the growth. In its Software Industry M&A Report for 2014, investment bank Berkery Noyes revealed a 14% increase in the number of deals to a total of 1,840 transactions, with deal value rising 36% from US$88.32 billion to … continue reading
Compuware Corporation, the world’s leading mainframe-dedicated software company, today released Topaz, a highly innovative solution that empowers developers, data architects and other IT professionals to discover, visualize and work with both mainframe and non-mainframe data in a common, intuitive manner. Topaz addresses a pressing challenge for enterprises that run their businesses on IBM System z: … continue reading
Facebook announced it has acquired Wit.ai, a voice-recognition and natural-language processing startup with technology akin to Apple’s Siri. The Wit.ai platform and natural-language processing API, which has a community of more than 6,000 developers, will remain free and open source, according to a Wit.ai blog post The acquisition could help draw more developers to Facebook, … continue reading
While Web development is undoubtedly easier than, say, assembly language programming, the practice is still plagued by its own specific hurdles of difficulty. One of those is the fact that Web applications often combine CSS, XML, JavaScript and HTML. But a professor at MIT is hoping to make it easier to untangle the interactions between … continue reading
HP has announced a new set of computer monitors with interactive virtual reality displays. The new HP Zvr virtual reality display allows users to rotate, manipulate and navigate virtual-holographic 3D images. “HP’s new displays complement our goal of delivering new technologies that maximize the visual experience and change the way people work and create,” said … continue reading
If there was one word that could best sum up the software security situation in 2014, it would be “Egad!” With major enterprises like Target, Home Depot and Sony getting not just hacked but completely compromised in 2014, what hope do smaller firms have at keeping the attackers at bay? Fortunately, things are already looking … continue reading
It’s the time of year when every pundit, analysis and researcher puts on his “Carnac the Magnificent” hat and tries to peer into the future to determine which trends will bubble to the top. We’re no different, except for one thing: Top 10 lists are SO Letterman! So cliché! So, in the spirit of differentiation, … continue reading
With 2014 now completely past us, the mobile picture in the enterprise for 2015 is becoming more evident. After a plethora of discussions with customers, developers and pundits, I believe these will be the top trends in enterprise mobility for 2015. 1. Business analysts will create more than 25% of enterprise apps using visual development … continue reading
The Consortium for IT Software Quality (CISQ) has released two specifications to help organizations increase software quality. Managed by the Object Management Group (OMG), CISQ was chartered in 2009 to create specifications for measuring source code quality that can be approved by the OMG. “[The] industry needs standard, low-cost, automated measures for evaluating software size … continue reading
Making the case for version control, testing environments and continuous integration when it comes to software development these days is a no brainer. But when it comes to the data behind your important applications, life-cycle management and data flow automation are still new ideas struggling to find their place in the market. That doesn’t mean, … continue reading
This was the last year in which Big Data was an off-the-street term. As the year ended, Hortonworks was preparing to go public, with Cloudera preparing for the same outcome. Big Data will officially transition into being a big business this year. Thus, 2014 was the year when pilot projects went into production, or when … continue reading
