App development predictions for 2025 from Kochava
Friday, December 20, 2024 by Richard Harris
As we approach 2025, app development is rapidly evolving. Technological advancements, changes in user expectations, and emerging global trends are redefining what it means to build, deploy, and use mobile and web applications.
2025 app development predictions from Amro Hassan at Kochava
With groundbreaking advancements in artificial intelligence, connectivity, and...
GenAI assistant Tricentis qTest Copilot lands from Tricentis
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 by Richard Harris
Tricentis announced the expansion of its test management and analytics platform, Tricentis qTest, with the launch of Tricentis qTest Copilot. The latest addition to its suite of generative AI-powered Tricentis Copilot solutions, qTest Copilot harnesses the power of generative AI to simplify and accelerate test case generation, allowing for greater test coverage and high...
Building data visualizations with Luzmo Flex
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 by Richard Harris
In the evolving landscape of data analytics, the ability to seamlessly integrate data visualizations into applications is becoming increasingly vital. Paul Scanlon, an expert in the field, has unveiled a new method that promises to simplify this process. By leveraging the Google Analytics API, Scanlon demonstrates how developers can create stunning, interactive data vis...
Anticipatory design faces challenges in business implementation
Thursday, November 14, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, anticipatory design is emerging as a game-changer. This innovative approach, driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Big Data (BD), aims to enhance user experience by predicting and addressing needs before they are even articulated. However, despite its promising potential, many businesses are grappli...
Emerging features to consider for mobile app development
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
In an era where mobile applications are ubiquitous, with a staggering 8.93 million apps vying for attention across various app stores, distinguishing your app from the competition is paramount. While aesthetics undoubtedly play a role in user attraction, it is the functionality and features of an app that truly captivate and retain users. Whether you are embarking on yo...
SQream native connector for SQream Blue
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 by Austin Harris
SQream announced the launch of its native connector that brings its cloud data solution, SQream Blue, to the Snowflake environment. This follows SQream Blue’s performance benchmarks that shattered existing performance benchmarks for speed and cost efficiency.
The nonprofit Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) developed the TPCx-BB as a benchmark for...
Sumo Logic expands into South Korea
Wednesday, October 16, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Sumo Logic announced its expansion into South Korea through a new AWS Availability Zone in Seoul. This will enable organizations and existing customers in the region to fuel DevSecOps through log analytics. In collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS), the new deployment will support the region's data compliance requirements and customers' growing need for da...
Off-the-shelf intelligent automation beats custom ECM monitoring
Monday, October 14, 2024 by Austin Harris
The accumulation of digital information is overwhelming, and the reliance on increasing access must be recognized. The danger in this climate is that storage capacity can be quickly consumed if structured and unstructured data are not adequately managed. More storage can lead to more costs and complexity - especially regarding compliance mandates. On top of that, more t...
OceanGate Titan sub tracking relied on hand-typed Excel spreadsheet
Friday, September 27, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
In a series of hearings and testimonies surrounding the tragic implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible, key insights have emerged that shed light on the events leading up to the incident. OceanGate’s founder, Stockton Rush, is currently facing scrutiny as multiple stakeholders examine the safety protocols and operational decisions made by the company. During ...
OCI and AWS capabilities released by Oracle
Friday, September 20, 2024 by Austin Harris
Oracle and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced the launch of Oracle Database@AWS, a new offering that allows customers to access Oracle Autonomous Database on dedicated infrastructure and Oracle Exadata Database Service within AWS. Oracle Database@AWS will provide customers with a unified experience between Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and AWS, offering simpl...
Privacy Sandbox on Android launched by AppsFlyer and Unity Ads
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 by Austin Harris
AppsFlyer announced the phased global launch of its Privacy Sandbox on Android integration. Developed with close engagement from the Android Sandbox team at Google, AppsFlyer's Sandbox Attribution Reporting API dashboard is among the first of its kind to reach the market, offering marketers comprehensive, privacy-compliant analytics. The integration and pioneering t...
Building modern business applications with Visual LANSA
Tuesday, September 10, 2024 by Austin Harris
Visual LANSA is a platform for enterprise application development, continuously evolving to address complex requirements. Offering powerful PWAs, responsive UIs, and advanced analytics integrations, it enables users to build, innovate, and adapt with increased speed and efficiency.
Building modern business applications with Visual LANSA webinar
Discover the l...
Sway no-code AI integration with Microsoft Azure
Thursday, September 5, 2024 by Russ Scritchfield
Sway AI, the automated no-code AI platform, announced that it has integrated its no-code AI environment with Microsoft Azure. This integration enables Azure customers to build and deploy secure AI and machine learning applications directly on Microsoft Azure.
"Microsoft Azure's robust security, scalability, and comprehensive cloud services make this an ...
Online learning software market is expanding rapidly
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
The Global Online Learning Software and Platform Market was valued at USD 6801 Million in 2023 and is anticipated to reach USD 19090 Million by 2030, witnessing a CAGR of 15.7% during the forecast period 2024-2030.
Factors driving the growth of the online learning software and platform market:
The market for online learning platforms and software is expanding...
Paris 2024 Olympic apps ask for dangerous permissions
Monday, August 12, 2024 by Austin Harris
As Paris city attracted a large number of sports tourists, the apps for the Olympic Games 2024 are tracking them, extracting private data, and peddling it to advertisers and big tech.
According to a report from the Cybernews research team, which selected 12 Android apps relevant to the Olympic Games attendees in Paris and tested their permissions, the apps designed t...
MarkLogic FastTrack UI toolkit from Progress
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 by Austin Harris
Progress, the provider of AI-powered infrastructure software, recently announced the availability of MarkLogic FastTrack, a UI toolkit for building data- and search-driven applications to visually explore complex connected data stored in the Progress MarkLogic platform. Applications built with the MarkLogic FastTrack UI toolkit help data users, analysts, ...
Innovations powering Olympics 2024
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 by Richard Harris
This week marks the commencement of the 2024 Summer Olympics (officially branded as Paris 2024), a worldwide sporting spectacle featuring more than 200 nations. As athletes prepare to demonstrate their skills, numerous innovative solutions developed in the fields of AI, Internet of Things, 3D Printing and others are transforming the way athletes train and perform and ar...
Top crypto unicorns in 2024
Friday, August 2, 2024 by Austin Harris
The number of unicorns, or privately held startups with a valuation of $1 billion or more, has been growing over the past few years, reshaping our understanding of success, innovation, and entrepreneurship. With four recent newcomers in 2024, cryptocurrency companies are some of the youngest members of the exclusive club. Using data from the business analytics platform ...
Data analytics trends shared by Oxylabs
Thursday, July 25, 2024 by Richard Harris
Rytis Ulys discusses future trends in data analytics and business intelligence, including digitization, the rise of big data, and the impact of generative AI models. These advancements are leading to data democratization, allowing non-specialists to engage with data analysis through tools like “text to SQL” products. Ulys also highlights the need f...
OpenAI acquires Rockset to enhance data capabilities
Monday, July 15, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
OpenAI has acquired Rockset, a company that specializes in real-time analytics databases, for almost $200 million. The acquisition has drawn attention and various reactions from influencers on the social media platform "X", revealing the Social Media Analytics Platform of GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
OpenAI acquires Rockset, the real-ti...
Open source extensions from Timescale
Thursday, June 27, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Timescale, the PostgreSQL cloud database company, has unveiled two open-source extensions, pgvectorscale and pgai, which significantly enhance PostgreSQL’s scalability and ease of use for AI applications. Licensed under the open-source PostgreSQL license, these extensions empower developers to build retrieval augmented generation, search, and AI agent applications...
Apple shifts position on AI and aquires Darwin AI
Wednesday, April 10, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Apple Inc. is strategically advancing its position in the artificial intelligence (AI) domain, signifying a pivotal shift in the company's approach to integrating AI into its core operations and product ecosystem. The recent innovations and acquisitions underscore the Cupertino-based tech giant’s focus on bringing AI to its offerings while prioritizing user pr...
Illuminate development tool from PubNub announced at GDC 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024 by Richard Harris
PubNub announced the launch of their newest product, PubNub Illuminate, at the 2024 Game Developers Conference.
Illuminate gives product owners the ability to easily map the KPIs that are important to their game’s success, trigger decisions based on live game state, and see instant outcomes without requiring engineering resources. They can m...
Publisher Portal for in game audio ad monetization from Odeeo
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 by Richard Harris
Odeeo has launched its new Publisher Portal which gives games publishers access to industry first comprehensive features, such as analytics and reporting tools previously only available for traditional display and video ads, including impressions, revenue and engagement rates.
Previously across the in-game audio ad industry, publishers had limited control over ad pla...
Low code app development in 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by Richard Harris
Recently, low-code no-code app development tools have bridged a lot of gaps and enabled developers to overcome challenges that used to be complex or even unattainable. Some of the key areas these developer tools have made impacts in include automating code, natural language processing, image and video recognition capabilities, predictive analyti...
LeetCode Rewind analytics features to leverage StarRocks
Monday, March 4, 2024 by Richard Harris
StarRocks announced that LeetCode, an online coding platform will leverage the StarRocks platform to power LeetCode Rewind. The revolutionary new feature allows users to replay past attempts, analyze code execution step-by-step, and gain deeper insights into their strengths and weaknesses by tracking progress over time.
Delivering this interactive experienc...
Gecko edge computing from Akamai takes to cloud computing
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 by Freeman Lightner
Akamai Technologies, the cloud company has unveiled plans to embed cloud computing capabilities into its massive edge network. Akamai’s Generalized Edge Compute (Gecko) advances Akamai’s strategy to be the cloud computing platform for companies that want to deliver better experiences by running workloads closer to users, devices, and sources of data.
Akam...
Top data predictions for 2024 from Alluxio
Thursday, February 8, 2024 by Richard Harris
Alluxio’s Founder and CEO Haoyuan (H.Y.) Li forecasts major developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud, data and analytics, devops and storage in 2024. Data strategies will continue to require solutions that enable enterprises to manage complex data across diverse sources, optimize performance, scale in hybrid/multi-cloud environments, and operate efficie...
AI marketing automation from Act On Data Lake
Thursday, February 1, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Act-On Software is helping marketers harness the power of data and improve customer engagement with a robust Data Lake, functioning as a private Customer Data Platform (CDP) within Act-On’s customer-beloved marketing automation (MA) solution.
As martech stacks become increasingly complex, data extensibility is critical. Act-On’s Data Lake allows for ...
Symbolic AI programming platform Allegro CL releases v11 update
Monday, January 15, 2024 by Richard Harris
Franz Inc. announced the release of Allegro CL v11, which includes key performance enhancements now available within the most effective system for developing and deploying applications to solve complex problems in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
"The rapid adoption of Generative AI (LLMs) is fueling heightened demand for guided, fact-based applications whi...
Code Institute celebrates achievements from 2023
Friday, January 12, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
Code Institute, a provider of software development education, is thrilled to announce a series of significant successes over the past year, reinforcing its pivotal role in the tech education sector.
Code Institute, the only university credit-rated coding bootcamp in the UK and Europe, has continued rapid European growth.
Demonstrating its dedication to making...
Digital twins will combine capabilities in 2024 says ScaleOut Software
Wednesday, January 3, 2024 by Richard Harris
Below, Dr. William L. Bain shares his 2024 predictions for how digital twins will combine real-time monitoring and simulations to help operational managers of live systems manage complexity and make better decisions in the moment.
New capabilities for digital twins
Over the last two decades, digital twins have revolutionized the development of complex new pro...
AIGC marketing will increase in 2024 says Mobvista
Thursday, December 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Embrace technological change: the great popularity of AIGC in recent years has brought great influence and change to the marketing industry. The application of AIGC can improve the efficiency, degree of personalization, and creativity enhancement of enterprise marketing. Utilizing these advanced technologies, companies can better meet customer needs and improve market c...
AI hallucinations could be problematic in 2024 says Couchbase
Thursday, December 7, 2023 by Richard Harris
Rahul Pradhan, VP, Product & Strategy, Couchbase discusses predictions including how Real-time data will become the standard for businesses to power generative experiences with AI. How data layers should support both transactional and real-time analytics, why multimodal LLMs and databases will enable a new frontier of AI apps across industries, what paradigm shift t...
Mobile gaming cross platform Pley brings games to the web
Tuesday, November 21, 2023 by Richard Harris
Pley, the cross-platform solution that makes mobile games playable on the web, announced a partnership with Tilting Point to distribute its farming simulation game Homesteads: Dream Farm. Pley’s complete solution has enabled Tilting Point and game developer Enixan to port and distribute the title on Pley’s "native web" browser platform, e...
