Similar to the financial debt crisis facing many nations, the software industry is facing its own debt crisis caused by the continual development of software without the correct quality-control processes in place. Even industries that were traditionally mechanical are faced with the challenges of developing software like never before, as they strive to stay ahead … continue reading
Wikipedia has a past of being notorious for incorrect information, since it’s a site that anyone can edit. Aaron Halfaker, a senior research scientist at the Wikimedia Foundation, has built an artificial intelligence (AI) engine to identify these acts of vandalism, a step toward replacing some of the volunteer editors with AIs. His engine relies … continue reading
BlazeMeter, the leader in open-source-based continuous performance testing, today announced a new integration with AppDynamics, a leading application intelligence company, to help developers address issues that impact application performance with accuracy and consistency. Users of the integrated products can now incorporate critical metrics from AppDynamics into their BlazeMeter test scenarios to identify problem areas faster. … continue reading
Libelium has integrated the IBM Bluemix Cloud platform with Waspmote wireless sensors, to enable developers to rapidly build, run, and manage applications based on data streams from Waspmote connected sensor devices, and reduce time-to-market for Smart Cities and IoT applications. Now including Bluemix, Libelium’s Cloud connector framework is accessible through the Meshlium wireless gateway for … continue reading
Reuters has reported that Atlassian is aiming for US$370 million for its IPO. In particular, the company’s baseline of 20 million shares will be set between $16.50 and $18.50. The company is expected to be listed on the NASDAQ exchange before the end of the year, according to Reuters. More details can be found here. … continue reading
Derek Collison’s first cloud platform might have sterling credentials, but he now calls it a tarnished effort. “I see the writing on the wall. A couple years ago, I started saying PaaS is dead. I’m arguing that Cloud Foundry has not been able to keep up. At KubeCon [Google’s conference for the Kubernetes container orchestration … continue reading
AppDynamics has announced its Winter ’16 release, including what it called a significant upgrade to its Application Intelligence Platform for managing, monitoring and analyzing business-customer transactions. “Software is critical to business. You need to manage the experience and performance of the application,” said Kalyan Ramanathan, vice president of product marketing for AppDynamics. The platform update … continue reading
