Topic: edge
Esper announces new funding for its Android IoT DevOps platform
Android device and deployment application management company Esper announced a $7.6 million Series A funding round. According to the company, the funding will help it provide a full stack development and management platform for Android edge devices. Esper explained that the overall edge market is growing 26% annually with more than 7 million developers worldwide … continue reading
Edge security is a paradox
The security of edge devices presents both a major challenge and an opportunity for building more modern edge security practices. Edge devices exist outside of the protections that IT data centers provide, according to Patrick Sullivan, the global director of security at Akamai. One of the most prominent concerns is the physical security of the … continue reading
Technology advances and demands for speed are driving enterprises to the edge
The popularity of edge computing has greatly increased as more industries are adopting IoT devices and are increasing their demand for low-latency processing and real-time, automated decision-making solutions. Both the evolution of technologies surrounding edge computing, such as 5G, and the industry demand for its benefits, such as speed and low latency, have created a … continue reading
New Microsoft Edge built on Chromium is out of preview
Microsoft took its new Edge browser out of preview and made it available for download. The company originally unveiled the new browser at Ignite last year. The new browser is supported on all supported versions of Windows and macOS in more than 90 languages. It’s also available on iOS and Android. “A little over a … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Blackberry to collaborate with AWS on connected vehicle software, Wi-Fi 6 , and Clojure for Erlang VM
Blackberry announced that it would collaborate with AWS on connected vehicle software, combining Blackberry’s QNX real-time operating system with AWS’ IoT services. Car companies can leverage this platform to enable functions such as continuous EV battery life monitoring and prediction, managing vehicle sub-systems to holistically control warranty costs, providing important security updates and updates. “By … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Ruby 2.7 now available, PyPy 7.3 released, Sensory unveils domain specific assistants for smart appliances
The developers of Ruby announced version 2.7.0 which introduces new features and performance improvements such as pattern matching, REPL improvement, compaction GC and the separation of positional and keyword arguments. The new release also includes performance improvements such as JIT -ed code now being recompiled to less-optimized code when an optimization assumption is invalidated. The … continue reading
SD Times news digest: Informatica updates its Intelligent Data Platform, Bonitasoft announces low-code collaboration tools, and Crystal 0.32.0
Informatica announced several AI-powered updates to its Intelligent Data Platform, including an AI-driven catalog of catalogs, a data marketplace and a data quality cloud. According to the company, key updates for the catalog include new advanced metadata scanners for business intelligence tools, data provisioning and improvements to its performance and scalability with Spark profiling. In … continue reading
Gartner’s top 10 technology trends for 2020
Gartner revealed its top 10 strategic technology trends for the next year at its IT Symposium/Xpo 2019 conference in Orlando. According to the company, a strategic technology trend is one that has the potential to disrupt the industry and break out into broader impact and use. Unlike last year’s trends, this year’s trend does not … continue reading
A new Cloudera emerges from the Hortonworks merger
The Cloudera and Hortonworks merger that was first announced in October officially completed this month, paving the way for a new Cloudera. As part of the merger, the former rivals will live under the Cloudera name and offer an enterprise data cloud capable of supporting hybrid and multi-cloud deployments as well as provide machine learning … continue reading
Gartner’s top 10 technology trends for 2019
Gartner has revealed its annual technology trends for the upcoming year at this week’s Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando. The research firm produces its Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends list every year to give organizations insight into what they can expect. According to Gartner, a strategic technology trend refers to a trend that has substantial disruptive … continue reading
VANTIQ focuses on real-time business operations in latest release
VANTIQ has released the latest version of its application development platform Modelo 3.0. This release is designed to bridge the gap between the business and IT with event-driven, real-time business capabilities that span from cloud to edge solutions. “Digital transformation requires new sources of innovation and creativity as we are at a technological inflection point … continue reading
Microsoft Ignite themes: Security, AI and data, IoT and edge computing
Microsoft kicked off its Ignite conference this morning with a boatload of announcements primarily around three themes: IT security, AI and data, and IoT and edge computing. With cyberattacks continuing to harm organizations around the world, Microsoft announced Secure Score, a report card for assessing their current state of security as well as making recommendations … continue reading
