The Node.js and io.js forks of the open-source JavaScript runtime platform have announced official plans to merge development under the Node.js Foundation. The merger was put to a vote on GitHub by io.js developer Mikeal Rogers, who initially proposed the merger in February, and the io.js technical committee voted to approve the merger yesterday. According … continue reading
AppDynamics, a leading application intelligence company, today announced the availability of comprehensive monitoring for Docker containers and the applications running in them. “Dockerized” applications now can benefit from the deep visibility, rapid issue resolution, and analytics capabilities of the AppDynamics Application Intelligence Platform, which is able to visualize complex, distributed applications and follow transactional data … continue reading
CA Technologies today announced integration of its CA Release Automation solution with the Docker platform, which enables companies to achieve continuous delivery using Docker containers and images. Docker is an open platform for developers and system administrators to build, ship and run distributed applications. By containerizing, it enables applications to be assembled from components and … continue reading
In many ways, agile principles seem antithetical to how Project-Management Office (PMO) systems operate. While PMOs exemplify structure, management and governance, agile developers focus on, well, agility. They plan in small increments, work quickly to solve immediate problems, and then move on to the next ones. This lends itself to a classic agile/PMO tug of … continue reading
A Linux Foundation workgroup is determined to make it easier to work with open-source code and comply with licenses with the release of the Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX) specification 2.0. “When creating products from open-source code, it is important to respect the terms of the license in the code, if you’re going to use … continue reading
Mozilla has announced an update to Firefox 38, and despite the company’s dislike for Digital Rights Management (DRM), support will be included for it in the update. “We don’t believe DRM is a desirable market solution, but it’s currently the only way to watch a sought-after segment of content,” wrote Denelle Dixon-Thayer, senior VP of … continue reading
Predixion Software, a developer of cloud-based advanced analytics software, today announced the release of Predixion Insight 4.5, which adds powerful functionality to drive better business outcomes from the flood of streaming data produced by the Internet of Things (IoT). Predixion 4.5 is the first advanced analytics platform that enables analytic models to run directly on-cloud, … continue reading
Instart Logic, the leading cloud application delivery provider that brings speed, security and scale to websites and applications, today announced key milestones to accelerate the next wave of its growth. The company closed a $43 million expansion funding round led by new investors Four Rivers Group and Hermes Growth Partners, with participation from existing investors … continue reading
OpenDNS, a leading provider of cloud-delivered security, today announced that it has opened its enforcement API to all Umbrella Platform customers. This API automatically turns the threat intelligence generated by customers’ own security and incident response teams into threat prevention, providing real-time protection for users and devices anywhere in the world. OpenDNS is the first … continue reading
Innovation in the United States will suffer if there is no surge in basic research investments, according to a report recently published by a committee at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The report, “The Future Postponed: Why Declining Investment in Basic Research Threatens a U.S. Innovation Deficit,” looks at how declining research investments will impact … continue reading
IBM has announced new cloud-computing, software-defined storage, server, Big Data and hybrid cloud solutions at the IBM Edge conference in Las Vegas. Spanning the company’s IBM Power Systems, IBM z Systems, IBM Spectrum Storage, IBM Middleware, IBM SoftLayer and OpenStack software platforms, the new cloud releases are aimed at gaining better cloud-based insights on business … continue reading
Code Connect, a Microsoft developer tooling startup, has announced Alive, a live coding extension for Visual Studio 2013 and 2015. It provides immediate code feedback to developers with an immediate watch window directly inline with the code, accessible during design without launching the application. The extension currently supports only C# and .NET framework 4.5, as … continue reading
