At GCP Next, Google announced the latest results of work completed on the Google Cloud Platform. The next round of innovation builds on its portfolio of data-management and analytics capabilities by adding new products and services in areas like machine learning, open source and Big Data. Google introduced a new product family called Cloud Machine … continue reading
Mesosphere, creators of the world’s first Datacenter Operating System (DCOS), today announced it has closed $73.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Hewlett Packard Enterprise, with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) joining as a new strategic investor. The round brings Mesosphere’s total funding to date to nearly $126 million and supports the company’s accelerating … continue reading
Docker is looking to increase users’ portability and agility with its newly announced native apps: Docker for Mac and Docker for Windows. Both are entering private beta. “These are really tools that will help developers become more agile, develop microservice-based applications, and bring the power of Docker to development,” said Patrick Chanezon, chief developer advocate … continue reading
Typemock, the leading provider and pioneer of automated unit testing solutions, has announced the release of Isolator++ Version 3. The new version allows you to call private members, play out scenarios with Conditional Behavior Faking, create custom conditions with conditional verification, and more. Isolator++ is currently the only mocking framework with these capabilities. C and C++ … continue reading
It might be a surprise to hear that Katherine Daniels, senior operations engineer at Etsy, studied art and creative writing before she switched to computer science. Feeling “burned out” in the liberal arts program, Daniels instead went on to obtain a degree in computer science from Colorado State University. She appreciated how her computer science … continue reading
The R programming language is getting some attention this week. The R Consortium has announced funding for seven community projects as well as the formation of two technical working groups designed to advance the language. “The R Consortium is proud to support initiatives that will positively impact many R users, including community events, training, packages … continue reading
Barchart, a leading provider of market data and information, has announced today the release of a set of WebSockets APIs that allows users to stream real-time market data directly to web browsers as well as mobile apps. These APIs include Java, JavaScript and Swift (coming soon) libraries which will facilitate streaming real-time market data to … continue reading
Mobile apps are a necessity for companies of all sizes, and apps are getting more complex all the time. That along with the dizzying array of devices requires a well thought-out mobile testing strategy. And it will involve a bit of risk/reward analysis. Mobile apps come with inherent risks. For usability, compatibility and responsiveness testing, … continue reading
Micro Focus has announced it intends to acquire application life-cycle management provider Serena Software. The transaction is valued at US$540 million and is expected to close in May 2016. Neither company would discuss the deal beyond their official statements announcing the acquisition. “Today’s announcement marks another significant milestone for Micro Focus, bringing together two highly … continue reading
1&1 Mail & Media, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft and Yahoo want to ensure e-mails are secure. The companies have sent the Internet Engineering Task Force a proposal for a new system that provides better encryption. The proposed system, SMTP Strict Transport Security (SMTP STS), is designed to address the STARTTLS extension to SMTP. According to the … continue reading
API Fortress is pleased to announce a new self-service feature where anyone can create a free account and try the first ever visually guided API testing platform. It is the only tool that offers the ability to test an entire API without needing to write any code. For the first time a QA, Product Manager, … continue reading
Software is everywhere, eating industries, changing lives and connecting people. But some of the subtler ways in which software is eating the world are not entirely obvious at first glance. Who knew that Twitter was so important to revolutionaries until the Arab Spring, for example? Sure, we all know that software makes our bank accounts … continue reading
