You’ve probably heard of the genetic testing site, 23andMe. The site allows users to send in a swab covered in their saliva for genetic decoding. When that code is translated, it’s viewable online as a pie chart of ancestry. 23andMe even offers an API that allows you to share your genetic information with the REST … continue reading
The University of Michigan is joining the autonomous car movement. The university has opened Mcity, a controlled environment designed to test connected and driverless cars. “We believe that this transformation to connected and automated mobility will be a game-changer for safety, for efficiency, for energy and for accessibility,” said Peter Sweatman, director of the University … continue reading
Lucidworks has released version 2.0 of Fusion, its enterprise Big Data search product built on Apache Solr storage architecture, with Apache Spark integration and a revamped SiLK dashboard. Fusion 2.0’s Spark integration within its data-processing layer enables real-time analytics within the enterprise search platform, adding Spark to the Solr architecture to accelerate data retrieval and … continue reading
Today’s DevOps crowd understands the value of the cloud. What they need is a painless way to take advantage of all it has to offer. That’s why ProfitBricks, the leading provider of painless cloud infrastructure, has focused on building the SDKs DevOps teams need to be successful, and today added to that list with Go … continue reading
Progress today announced the latest release of Telerik Sitefinity CMS and Digital Experience Cloud (DEC). This newest release improves multi-site synchronization and predictive analytics, provides richer development tools and extends content tracking and personalization to mobile apps. As part of the release, Progress also announced new translation features and a strategic alliance with Lionbridge. ”More … continue reading
Apprenda, the leading enterprise Platform as a Service (PaaS), today announced the closing of a $24 million funding round led by Safeguard Scientifics, with participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA) and Ignition Partners. Apprenda will use the funding to further the adoption of its enterprise PaaS, which helps large organizations—including JPMorgan Chase, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen—transform … continue reading
Ansible, Inc., the leading provider of simple, yet powerful IT automation for the enterprise, today announced the release of Ansible Tower 2.2. Tower helps DevOps teams manage systems and optimize deployments by adding control, security and delegation capabilities to the powerful Ansible open-source automation tool that is simple, agentless and powerful. Key new features in … continue reading
To explain the higher rates of minor collisions befalling its fleet of self-driving cars, Google is going with the most tried-and-true explanation for automotive accidents: bad drivers. In the second part of his Medium series, “The View from the Front Seat of the Google Self-Driving Car,” Google’s Self-Driving Car program’s principal engineer Chris Urmson explained … continue reading
SANTA CLARA, CA –DataStax, the company that delivers Apache Cassandra to the enterprise, today announced the general availability of DataStax DevCenter 1.4, an easy-to-use visual development tool for Cassandra and DataStax Enterprise. DevCenter 1.4, along with recently announced Cassandra 2.2, provides formal support for JSON data management with visual developer capabilities that allows users to … continue reading
Microsoft has announced Cortana for Android is on its way. The announcement comes after a reported leak of the application. “In the spirit of the Windows Insider Program, we’re testing the Cortana for Android beta with a limited number of users in the U.S. and China before releasing the beta publicly in the next few … continue reading
The Xen Project Collaborative Project hosted at The Linux Foundation today announced a partnership with Hyper, a company offering an open source project that allows developers to run Docker images with Xen Project virtualization. Based in China, the company will be presenting “Hyper: Make VM Run Like Containers” at Xen Project Developer Summit, Aug. 17-18. … continue reading
Visual Studio 2015 has arrived. Microsoft has announced the release to manufacturing of the latest version of its flagship IDE, along with the release of .NET 4.6. Joining Microsoft’s family of Visual Studio products including Visual Studio Community, Visual Studio Enterprise, Visual Studio Online and Visual Studio Code, VS 2015 is geared toward more robust … continue reading
