Microsoft Corp. announced today the creation of a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Linux on Azure certification. Created in conjunction with the Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, this certification represents one more important step in broadening the technology integration between Microsoft and the open source community. The Linux on … continue reading
The “digital divide” may seem like a foreign concept in a world where even young children have a smartphone, but just having a phone is not enough, said United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro. He was in Silicon Valley yesterday to discuss the ConnectHome program: an effort to bring home broadband … continue reading
WaveMaker is the latest to provide a zero-coding solution. The company has announced a no-coding solution as part of its Rapid App Development (RAD) platform. The company said the move comes as the market faces pressure to keep up with the demand for mobile from users. According to Gartner, the demand for mobile app development … continue reading
For developers who use tools to build desktop applications, there’s Sencha’s announcement of the availability of Sencha GXT 4, which now allows them to extend their desktop applications to tablet devices with little to no modification to the existing application codebase. Sencha GXT 4 is a comprehensive Java framework for building feature-rich applications, which Java … continue reading
Mozilla is giving up on its Firefox OS phones. According to TechCrunch, the company has announced it will no longer develop or sell Firefox OS smartphones through carrier channels. According to the company, the smartphone wasn’t able to capture the market as the best user experience out there. The company will continue to experiment with … continue reading
TestPlant, the maker of the eggPlant range of software quality tools, today announced a strategic partnership with software testing services firm Sogeti UK (Sogeti) to deliver software quality solutions for digital enterprises. The partnership allows Sogeti customers to benefit from the eggPlant range of test automation tools which work on mobile, desktop and Internet of … continue reading
The software component vendor Text Control announced the immediate availability of its latest version X13 for all platforms including ASP.NET, Windows Forms, WPF and ActiveX. The ASP.NET product received an MVC version of the HTML5-based, WYSIWYG rich text document editor and reporting template designer. This version allows ASP.NET developers to integrate a fully featured, MS … continue reading
While many in the Big Data space are talking about stream processing, MapR today announced the availability of Streams, a new product in its Hadoop stack that can be used to stream events across clusters distributed around the world. The new product offers a publish-and-subscribe model for event-driven data access and decision-making. While MapR Streams … continue reading
Confluent, founded by the creators of Apache Kafka, today announced the release of open source Confluent Platform 2.0, based on an updated Apache Kafka 0.9 core. Representing a big leap forward in the maturation of the technology, the new release boasts fresh features to enable secure multi-tenant operations, simplify development and maintenance of applications that … continue reading
Google wants students to go beyond an Hour of Code. The company has announced the Google Code-in competition, a seven-week competition where students work on real software projects and get help from mentors. Students can browse from hundreds of tasks from 14 open-source organizations ranging from healthcare, desktop and portable computing, to game development, and … continue reading
Red Hat, Inc., the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the general availability of Red Hat CloudForms 4, the latest version of its award-winning hybrid cloud management solution. Built on an open platform, Red Hat CloudForms 4 goes beyond self-service, offering a consistent experience and comprehensive lifecycle management across platforms spanning virtualization, … continue reading
IBM today announced that it has acquired Clearleap, Inc., a provider of cloud based video services, to boost its cloud computing initiatives. The move aims to empower users to access video from any device at any time and use it as a strategic source of data. Clearleap will be integrated into the IBM Cloud platform … continue reading
