Google is reportedly building a new version of Android specifically for virtual reality. The Wall Street Journal reported the company already has a team of developers creating a new operating system designed to run virtual reality applications. According to the WSJ sources, Google plans to deliver the new version of Android for free. The operating … continue reading
Software AG today launched Event Analytics for Adabas bringing the latest Big Data security technologies to protect sensitive, on premise business data. Event Analytics for Adabas dynamically monitors sensitive data used in critical business operations processed by the company’s high performance Adabas database. Any data access or updates outside of normal defined times, from unusual … continue reading
WANdisco, a leading provider of continuous-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data, today announced that it has accepted the invitation to join the Open Data Platform (ODP) Initiative – a shared industry effort to promote and advance the state of Apache Hadoop and Big Data technologies for the enterprise. Members … continue reading
VMware has come under fire for an alleged violation of the GNU General Public License (GPL). It has been accused of misusing GPL-licensed Linux kernel contributions in its ESXi line of products without releasing the source code, as required by the license. Linux kernel developer Christoph Hellwig, along with the nonprofit advocacy organization Software Freedom … continue reading
You could be forgiven for mistaking Game Developers Conference for a virtual reality development event: This year’s conference offered more headsets and visors than any previous show. But despite the popularity of VR headsets and augmented reality applications, the real news of the show was the lowering of price barriers around the 3D engines that … continue reading
Red Hat yesterday announced the general availability of a new version of its Enterprise Linux aimed at easing the management and implementation of containers. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (RHEL 7) Atomic Host is a slimmed-down version of the enterprise operating system, designed to run containers rather than applications themselves. Jim Totton, vice president and … continue reading
It has been almost a year since Telerik announced its cross-platform framework for Android, iOS, and Windows. Today, that NativeScript framework is finally making it into public beta. Valentin Stoychev, product line manager at Telerik, announced that developers can start using the framework to build native mobile apps with CSS and JavaScript. “We have been … continue reading
Artificial intelligence is often depicted in films as the scientific floodgate to apocalyptic doom, a “Terminator,” “The Matrix” or “I, Robot” scenario where machines quickly turn on humanity. “Chappie,” the latest sci-fi parable from director Neill Blomkamp, portrays an AI being that learns and interacts with the world in ways that are innately human. “Chappie” … continue reading
This time around on SD Times GitHub Project of the Week, we are shining the spotlight on SmileMiner, which stands for Statistical Machine Intelligence and Learning Engine. Created by Haifeng Li, a chief data scientist at ADP, SmileMiner is a comprehensive library and engine of advanced machine-learning algorithms. “SMILE is self contained and requires only … continue reading
Microsoft has announced an update to its data platform with new Big Data and media services. Microsoft Azure now features Azure Search and Azure DocumentDB. “For businesses to maintain a competitive edge in this complex and fast-changing climate, they need innovative ways to deliver the best customer experience with their products and services,” wrote Vibhor … continue reading
A group of technology companies are joining together to provide a standard way to manage and secure enterprise mobile applications. AirWatch by VMware, Box, Cisco, Workday and Xamarin have announced App Configuration for Enterprise (ACE), an open standard approach to app configuration and security. “This collaboration takes a strong step toward solving the complexities involved … continue reading
Eclipse is picking up the MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) standard for easing the creation of Internet of Things products. To support MQTT adoption, the Eclipse Foundation has released Eclipse Paho 1.1 and Eclipse Mosquitto 1.4, which implement the client and broker ends of the MQTT equation, respectively. MQTT is an OASIS standard that was … continue reading
