Recently NIST joined the FIDO Alliance under its newly-created government membership class. The FIDO Alliance was formed in July of 2012 and aims to bring easy-to-use, privacy-enhancing authentication devices to the consumer mass market. FIDO-based credentials are designed to provide an anonymous key without any publicly available serial number or central authority. The FIDO 1.0 specifications … continue reading
Pivotal, the company accelerating digital transformation for enterprises, today announced that it has acquired Quickstep Technologies, LLC. Quickstep – led by a team of developers from the University of Wisconsin – has developed a next-generation relational data processing engine that will form the next-generation of query processing in Pivotal’s Big Data Suite. The acquisition is … continue reading
Appery, LLC, makers of Appery.io, the first low-code platform for the rapid development and deployment of cross device mobile applications, today announced that it has acquired major assets of Verivo Software, including revenue contracts, source code, patents, trademarks and other intellectual property to create a best-in-class enterprise mobility platform. Enterprises worldwide are experiencing unprecedented demand … continue reading
Perforce Software and Methodics, Inc. today announced the integration of the Perforce Helix source code management (SCM) and collaboration platform with Methodics’ ProjectIC IP Lifecycle Management software. The partnership helps companies scale their systems to handle high levels of automation and ensures that teams using Methodics are working with the latest version of any asset. … continue reading
Progress today announced the latest release of Progress Corticon Business Rules Management System (BRMS). The Corticon Rules without Limits system makes it possible for business and IT professionals to collaborate on business rule development, execution and management and deploy on either Java or .NET platforms. The announcement was made at the Progress Users Group (PUG) … continue reading
BlueData, provider of the leading infrastructure software platform for Big Data, today announced support for Docker. With the BlueData EPICTM platform running on Docker, enterprise IT organizations will be able to quickly and easily deploy Apache Hadoop or Apache Spark in a lightweight container environment. Data scientists and developers can now download BlueData EPIC Lite … continue reading
DataTorrent, the leader in real-time big data analytics and creator of the world’s only enterprise-grade unified stream and batch processing platform, today announced it will be making the DataTorrent RTS core engine available under the Apache 2.0 license. In addition to the open source announcement, DataTorrent also announced the release of DataTorrent RTS 3, aimed … continue reading
IBM today announced it has acquired Blue Box Group, Inc., a managed private cloud provider built on OpenStack. Blue Box is a privately held company based in Seattle that provides businesses with a simple, private cloud as a service platform, based on OpenStack. Customers benefit from the ability to more easily deploy workloads across hybrid … continue reading
Contrast Security today announced Contrast Enterprise, the first application security product to integrate defenses across development and operations, unifying vulnerability assessment, security visibility and attack protection throughout the application lifecycle. Now organizations can quickly assess and secure the enormous number of new, legacy and continuously changing applications that remain defenseless due to slow, inaccurate and complex … continue reading
The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux and collaborative development, today announced it is making its Essentials of Linux Systems Administration (LFS201) course available on the edX platform. With 100+ labs, this hands-on course is designed to build the practical skills a Systems Administrator (SysAdmin) needs to begin a … continue reading
Datameer, the only proven big data insights platform for rapid data discovery, today announced new data governance capabilities for its native Hadoop environment. As a pioneer in big data analytics, Datameer is helping solidify Hadoop as a mature and transparent platform for production-ready, mission-critical and regulatory-compliant analytics use cases. While big data analytics is enabling … continue reading
CA Technologies today announced the newest release of its CA Project and Portfolio Management (CA PPM) solution. CA PPM is the first solution to provide critical management and business insights from across the enterprise improving strategic decision-making for agile businesses operating within the increasingly competitive application economy. “Successful business and technology leaders require management insights … continue reading
StackIQ, Inc., makers of the Warehouse-grade automation platform for any large-scale server infrastructure, today announced the release of open source Stacki (short for “Stack Installer”), the world’s fastest and easiest-to-use Linux server provisioning tool. With Stacki, there are zero prerequisites for taking systems from bare metal to ‘a ping and a prompt.’ Alongside this new … continue reading
MyScript®, leader in accurate, high-performance handwriting recognition and digital ink management technology, announces the release of MyScript Web Components. The modular pieces of code allow developers to rapidly implement handwriting recognition in their applications. MyScript Web Components also feature a rich Math component, providing a turnkey solution for developers who need to quickly add math … continue reading
