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Over 90 percent of healthcare IT networks have IoT devices connectedThursday, July 20, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
ZingBox has released the results of its survey of IT decision-makers within the healthcare industry. The survey, fielded in early July, found that the majority of healthcare IT networks have IoT devices and that most IT departments believe that existing security solutions for laptops and servers can also protect connected medical devices.More than 90% of healthcare IT n...
The first Bluetooth Mesh solution from Silicon Labs landsWednesday, July 19, 2017 by Richard Harris
To help developers simplify the design of mesh-networked devices for the Internet of Things (IoT) and get to market faster, Silicon Labs introduced a comprehensive suite of software and hardware that supports the new Bluetooth mesh specification. The new Bluetooth mesh solution benefits from the company’s proven mesh networking expertise and includes development tools, ...
5,000 developers and professionals responded in Skill Up 2017Wednesday, July 19, 2017 by Richard Harris
Nearly 5,000 developers and tech professionals across the world responded to Packt’s third annual Skill Up survey to share their thoughts on the latest tech tools and trends, and how they work and learn. Skill Up 2017 also investigated wider questions about the tech industry - from its status and value in organizations and industry, through to urgent issues around diver...
Amos Ben Yaacov hired as PacketZoom's General Manager EMEATuesday, July 18, 2017 by Richard Harris
PacketZoom, a leader in mobile application acceleration, announced today that it has expanded to Europe to help accelerate mobile app performance in the region. The company has hired industry veteran Amos Ben Yaacov as its new General Manager EMEA to oversee growth throughout Europe and bring PacketZoom’s proprietary app analytics, controls and acceleration technology t...
Metadata can be deadly in cyber exploitationTuesday, July 18, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
When someone says "There's no cause for concern, it's only metadata" you can send them this:Metadata, or “data about data,” is collected and recorded to describe data, identify trends, administer algorithmic solutions, and model potential scenarios. When one understands how to make sense of seemingly random metadata or how to pair the data with other exfiltrated data po...
Cloud native app firewall Twistlock 2.1 launchesMonday, July 17, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Twistlock, a provider of cloud container security solutions, has announced the availability of Twistlock 2.1. The latest release of their flagship product includes a first of its kind cloud native app firewall, vulnerability risk ranking that uses knowledge of an enterprise’s unique environment to prioritize what to fix first, a brand new dashboard and integrated secret...
Millionaire's Run game app offers winner-takes-all $1M grand prizeMonday, July 17, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
A new mobile app just launched that’s set to reimagine the running game experience for both expert and casual players. As part of the launch, the team will host a global competition in search of the app’s fastest runner over the course of the next six months, with a $1,000 cash pot for each week’s high score, and a phenomenal winner-takes-all $1 million grand prize to p...
IIoT gets Lightning ML from FogHorn SystemsMonday, July 17, 2017 by Richard Harris
FogHorn Systems has announced the availability of Lightning ML, the newest version of its edge intelligence software platform for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Lightning ML is an IIoT software platform with integrated machine learning capabilities and universal compatibility across all major IIoT edge systems.Accenture predicts that IIoT can add $14.2 trilli...
Box Elements for developers powers content experiences in their appsFriday, July 14, 2017 by Richard Harris
Box, Inc., a cloud content management company, has introduced Box Elements, a new set of tools for businesses of all sizes to bring their content experience into any application built with their Platform. The first set of tools, UI Elements, is generally available and includes four pre-built, customizable components of their user interface. The company also announced th...
iOS 11 security implicationsThursday, July 13, 2017 by Richard Harris
Apple’s iOS 11 won’t be released until this fall, but its in public beta now - available for both developers and enterprising consumers alike to test it out. Beta versions inherently come with bugs, but some features of the operating system will continue to pose problems after the market-ready version is released. Richard Stiennon, Chief Strategy Officer of Blancco Tech...
New biometric authentication could be a password killerWednesday, July 12, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Pramati Technologies has announced the ThumbSignIn biometric authentication SaaS platform for mobile and web applications and additionally its certification by the FIDO Alliance. The platform enables enterprises and service providers to deploy strong authentication solutions that reduce reliance on passwords and protect against phishing, man-in-the-middle, and replay at...
IFTTT report shows we love talking to connected devicesWednesday, July 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
Almost everything is connected, or wants to be. Taking a stroll down the isles of any electronics store and it’s not so much about the device can do by itself anymore, but what it can do online. I can testify personally that 80% of my own home is connected now. My electric source has two amp-clamps on it that report live power usage back to me. Most of our lighting...
Enterprises struggling to manage the chaos of mobile transformationFriday, July 07, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Despite the exponential growth of connected devices globally, enterprises are struggling to manage the chaos of mobile transformation, especially where mobility is critical to their business. That’s according to new research from SOTI which identified the views of senior executives and remote workers around the globe. Commissioned by SOTI a global study was carried...
New Actian Zen delivers a nano database footprint solution for IoTThursday, July 06, 2017 by Richard Harris
Actian, a hybrid data management, analytics and integration company, has released Actian Zen Embedded database, a multiplatform, embeddable database for developers delivering applications to self-managed, small footprint environments. Actian Zen is suited to meet the needs of software developers and data-driven device manufacturers delivering IoT applications. Appl...
Apperian announces new security capabilitiesMonday, July 03, 2017 by Richard Harris
Apperian, an Arxan company and provider of mobile application management (MAM) and security solutions, has announced several platform enhancements, which increase the security of enterprise mobile app data. These updates take advantage of native device capabilities, multiple industry protocols and additional password controls, to provide a solution for distributing secu...
The cloud needs a makeover survey saysMonday, July 03, 2017 by Richard Harris
Fugue, Inc., has released the results of its 2017 State of Cloud Infrastructure Operations Survey. The survey, fielded to over 300 IT operations professionals, executives, and developers, found that most respondents believe that the cloud is not living up to expectations because of compliance and security concerns, unexpected downstream costs, and the glut of cloud mana...
Helping tackle the Iranian drug addiction with an appFriday, June 30, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
United for Iran, a Bay-Area NGO working to promote civil liberties and civil society in Iran, is announcing the release of Haami: a new android app that is designed to provide help for recovering from addiction.Haami, which means “ally,” is a mobile health application that will aid Iranians dealing with addiction by assisting them with dialing back compulsion and offeri...
$100M in app developer funds available to build Cloudflare appsFriday, June 30, 2017 by Richard Harris
Cloudflare, an Internet performance and security company, is introducing the all-new Cloudflare Apps, a free platform that enables developers to build applications that leverage their global infrastructure and distribute them to the more than six million users on their network. As part of this new platform, the company is announcing the $100 million Cloudflare Developer...
10 years after the iPhone launch here is how people feel nowThursday, June 29, 2017 by Richard Harris
To coincide with the 10th anniversary of the launch of iPhone, Axway has published results from a survey that examines the role that smartphones play in enhancing consumer lives with improved services and experiences, and how consumers would like to see the smartphone evolve in future. The survey of 1,200 U.S. consumers found that consumers value data security and priva...
With DevOps security must work differentlyTuesday, June 27, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Because “software is eating the world,” as Mark Andreessen famously noted, application security gets harder every day; every line of code written opens organizations to new vulnerabilities and breaches. Furthermore, legacy solutions, such as static analysis, dynamic analysis and web application firewalls have failed to keep pace with Agile and DevOps practices. Teams ne...
VASCO launches overlay detection in DIGIPASSThursday, June 22, 2017 by Michael Haynes
VASCO Data Security International, Inc., a provider of identity, security and business productivity solutions, has announced its ability to help organizations detect and mitigate mobile application overlay attacks through added functionality in the DIGIPASS for Apps Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) module.Overlay attacks are increasingly being deployed to stea...
MongoDB Atlas is now available on top cloud platformsWednesday, June 21, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
MongoDB has announced that MongoDB Atlas, its cloud database as a service, is now available to users on the top three public cloud platforms. Atlas has extended its availability beyond Amazon Web Services (AWS) to include Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure, delivering on its vision of running MongoDB anywhere. The addition of support for Azure and GCP...
App Verify SDK gets update for new iOS capabilitiesWednesday, June 21, 2017 by Richard Harris
TeleSign, an end-to-end communications platform as a service (CPaaS), has announced new iOS capabilities for its mobile app verification service, App Verify. App Verify for iOS is a lightweight software development kit (SDK) that enables mobile app developers to streamline the onboarding account verification process to assist with increasing conversions and providing id...
Why runtime application self-protection is critical for app securityTuesday, June 20, 2017 by David Strom
Today most of us go about implementing security from the outside in. The common practice is to start by defining a perimeter and trying to defend it with various security tools. Even though perimeters have been porous for more than a decade, we still can’t give up this notion that if we build a better wall we can keep our enterprises safer.Certainly that is where most e...
Invisible payments inside mobile apps problemMonday, June 19, 2017 by Richard Harris
Have you ever wondered how Uber automatically charges you for your ride without making you pull out your credit card or sign a receipt? "Invisible payments" like these are a growing trend and aside from ride sharing, the technology is now being implemented by companies with Amazon and major restaurant chains. For brands, invisible payments enhance the consumer experienc...
DevSecOps will help security and developers play niceThursday, June 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
Veracode, a security software company acquired by CA Technologies, has announced the results of a study examining the relationships between application developers and security teams.The study, conducted in conjunction with Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), shows that despite the pervasive belief that security and development teams have conflicting priorities, initiatives...
DevOps in the enterprise with new Shippable ServerThursday, June 15, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Shippable announces the general availability of Shippable Server, the enterprise version of its popular DevOps platform, for organizations that want to ship code frequently and predictably but have strict security, compliance and control needs. The platform unifies all DevOps tools and processes into software “assembly lines” that provide complete visibility, traceabili...
Adopting DevOps should be a top priority for you right nowWednesday, June 14, 2017 by Richard Harris
As DevOps becomes more mainstream, there has been a rush for companies to implement it and agile workflows. DevOps as a buzzword isn't going away anytime soon, but are companies truly "doing DevOps" to the best of their ability? Sacha Labourey, founder and CEO of CloudBees, a hub of enterprise Jenkins and DevOps, discusses the difference between companies claiming to do...
VersaStack gets a new VDI and hybrid cloud capabilitiesTuesday, June 13, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
IBM has announced new Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and hybrid cloud capabilities for the VersaStack converged infrastructure solution. VDI can reduce data center costs, streamline troubleshooting, and increase data security for enterprise clients managing hybrid cloud workloads.To address large-scale, high performance VDI workloads and data reduction requirement...
DocuSign talks about embedding eSigning into your appMonday, June 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
DocuSign, an eSignature startup, has a reported $3 billion valuation, more than 100+ million users, and a client roster that includes Microsoft, Salesforce, LinkedIn and SAP. Here Marie Huwe, the VP of Developer Programs and Evangelism at DocuSign, tells us about their API and how developers have influenced their growth and success to date. ADM: What is your role at Doc...
Why brands will pay top dollar for your in-app inventoryThursday, June 08, 2017 by Dan Laughlin
Ad fraud is expected to cost brands over $16 billion this year. The industry is on edge, and brand safety is a top concern. This is especially true after Fortune 500 advertisers discovered their ads appearing next to inappropriate content on Google’s Youtube.The industry has been working on solutions to curb ad fraud and increase brand safety, and yet the problem grows ...
AtScale unveils their new 5.5 platform updateWednesday, June 07, 2017 by Richard Harris
The adoption of the data lake over the past few years has proven that enterprises want a way to store vast amounts of raw data in its native format until needed for consumption. New database platforms like Hadoop or Google BigQuery have provided affordable solutions to let enterprises store data. However, when this data is not put to use, Data Lakes became Data Swamps. ...
Enterprise threat dubbed HospitalGown infests thousands of appsTuesday, June 06, 2017 by Richard Harris
Appthority, an enterprise mobile threat protection company, published research on a newly discovered backend data exposure vulnerability, dubbed HospitalGown, that highlights the connection between mobile apps and insecure backend databases containing enterprise data. Appthority documented more than 1,000 apps with this vulnerability, and researched in detail 39 applica...
Many fintech DevOps are not enforcing securityTuesday, June 06, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Venafi has announced the results of a study on the cryptographic security practices of DevOps teams in the financial services industry. Cryptographic security risks are amplified in DevOps settings, where compromises in development or test environments can spread to production systems and applications. This is a particular issue for financial services organizations, whi...
Hacking into unsecured webcams is too easyThursday, June 01, 2017 by Richard Harris
Are You Being Watched?No other exploit is as vicious or expedient with its results as camera activation malware. An adversary is virtually guaranteed a successful blackmail or espionage campaign when you have compiled hours upon hours of video footage of a powerful executive or government official “satisfying their intellectual curiosity” in front of their computer, in ...
Dashlane to utilize Android's new support for password managersMonday, May 29, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Google announced native support for password managers in Android O and an early preview of Autofill with Google, which in the absence of a password manager, allows the user to use information from Chrome Sync and Google Payments to autofill apps. By offering basic functionality out-of-the-box and making it much easier for users to adopt and use a password management app...
Get mobile printing up and running: What CIOs need to knowWednesday, May 24, 2017 by Brent Richtsmeier
Enterprise workplace infrastructure is changing. Gartner found that total mobile sales into the enterprise globally are greater than 200,000 per year, while PCs are half that. The PC installed base has been on a steady decline since 2014, while the mobile installed base is on the rise - meaning mobile is set to surpass the PC installed base in 2017.However, even as more...
Tech decision makers double down on cloud adoption says new indexTuesday, May 23, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
The large majority of technology decision makers (84 percent) say their organizations invested in cloud services in 2016. The adoption of cloud services in 2016 is a mirror image of the planned cloud investments expressed in last year’s report. According to Insight’s 2017 Intelligent Technology Index report, “As IT leaders make decisions and arrangements to straddl...
Route the Internet faster with Argo from CloudflareMonday, May 22, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Cloudflare has announced Argo, a service that intelligently routes traffic across the Internet for a faster, more reliable, and more secure online experience.The Internet is inherently unreliable. Its massive collection of networks from different providers experiences delays and outages all the time. Internet users experience these problems as slowness reaching websites...
Protect against Wannacry with help from this free courseFriday, May 19, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Alison has released a new course to teach people about the recent WannaCry global virus threat.The “WannaCry” computer virus infected thousands of computers worldwide this past weekend. (May 12th 2017). A “Trojan Horse” virus, it maliciously gains access to computer systems, locking down and making inaccessible to you and others your private information and data, then r...
IBM launches Blockchain Founder AcceleratorFriday, May 19, 2017 by Richard Harris
IBM has announced the IBM Blockchain Founder Accelerator to help enterprises and enterprise developers take blockchain networks into production faster. The accelerator is the first program available that provides expertise and support across the technology, legal and business considerations of establishing new blockchain networks. Enterprises can join to gain exclusive ...
OfferCraft expands AI and Gamification efforts into AsiaThursday, May 18, 2017 by Michael Haynes
OfferCraft, a software company that uses artificial intelligence and gamification to better target advertising, is expanding into Asia. Their executives will be doing presentations at the Global Gaming Expo Asia (G2E) from May 16 to 18 at the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel at Stand 961.“We’re thrilled about our Asia debut,” said OfferCraft CEO Aron Ezra. “Our software make...
IBM POWER and Nutanix Software bringing new workloads to hyperconverged deploymentsWednesday, May 17, 2017 by Michael Haynes
In the technology landscape, processing real-time information is necessary but not sufficient. Being able to react in real-time used to give enterprises a competitive advantage, but this approach no longer guarantees happy customers. The value has now migrated to the ability to rapidly gather large amounts of data, quickly crunch and predict what’s likely to happen next...
Samsung has new ARTIK smart IoT platform productsWednesday, May 17, 2017 by Richard Harris
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced new their new ARTIK Smart IoT platform products that will help companies get to market faster with more secure offerings and bring IoT another step closer to Samsung’s vision of intelligent things.The SAMSUNG ARTIK platform includes new end-to-end enterprise-grade security enhancements, and now enables easy-to-use, secure servi...
A DevOps framework for federal customersWednesday, May 17, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Last Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order designed to strengthen the cybersecurity of federal networks including moving all federal IT systems to the cloud. The executive order also calls for effective risk management, which includes requiring planning so that maintenance, improvements and modernization occur in a coordinated way and with appropriate regu...
Google releases new Cloud IoT Core serviceWednesday, May 17, 2017 by Richard Harris
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) has released their new service called Google Cloud IoT Core. Cloud IoT Core makes it easy for you to securely connect your globally distributed devices to GCP, centrally manage them, and build rich applications by integrating with our data analytics services.When used as part of a broader Cloud IoT solution, Cloud IoT Core gives you access to...
Andrew LeCates from FileMaker discusses version 16Tuesday, May 16, 2017 by Richard Harris
FileMaker, an Apple subsidiary that helps developers make custom apps, has recently released their platform's 16th iteration. The updates have enhanced previous versions with improvements that both professional and first-time developers can use to create, share, and run custom apps.Some of their new updates include a new Layout Objects window, scalability up to 500 simu...
Oracle releases their API Platform Cloud ServiceMonday, May 15, 2017 by Richard Harris
Oracle is expanding their Cloud Platform’s integration offerings with the availability of their API Platform Cloud Service. Bringing together API-first design and governance capabilities from recently acquired Apiary and API management from Oracle, the new cloud service delivers end-to-end capabilities for designing, prototyping, documenting, testing, and managing the p...
Everything you need to know about GPU Technology ConferenceFriday, May 12, 2017 by Richard Harris
Everyone is having a great time this year at NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference, so if you don't make it this year, there is always next year. The major topic this year that has stood out from the rest has to be Artificial Intelligence. As the cutting edge of AI technology gets closer to making better faster smarter mechanical beings, computer processing speeds too must...
The Netflix hack: A chat about securing your companyWednesday, May 10, 2017 by Richard Harris
As the digital transformation progresses onwards, the unfortunate side effects are becoming blatantly obvious in the news. It seems like every other day that some new big box company, political party, or individual has their information compromised. But even though only the few biggest companies get the real media attention, hundreds of millions of hacking attempts are ...
FileMaker updates to version 16 and packs a punchTuesday, May 09, 2017 by Richard Harris
FileMaker, Inc. announced the release of the FileMaker 16 Platform, the latest version of its custom app platform. Their platform includes everything needed to create, share, and run custom apps for business teams. This simplifies and accelerates the design and delivery of custom apps for mobile, cloud and on-premises deployments. The FileMaker 16 Platform packs powerfu...
Improve mobile app security by turning it into codeMonday, May 08, 2017 by Jeff Williams
Why is application security such a pain? One of the hard problems with application security is that there are a zillion different ways that things can go wrong. Far more than any one person can be expert in. It's unfair to think that a software developer, who is already supposed to be expert in all the latest software languages, frameworks and best practices, should als...
The hottest skills needed in the freelance job market to get hiredThursday, May 04, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Upwork has released its newest quarterly index of the hottest skills in the U.S. freelance job market. The Upwork Skills Index ranks the site’s 20 fastest-growing skills and is part of a quarterly series that sheds light on new and emerging skills freelancers are providing. According to a recent report, nearly half (49%) of hiring managers use freelancers to access skil...
WhatsApp went down last night: How pushing updates can be riskyThursday, May 04, 2017 by Richard Harris
Last night's WhatsApp outage freaked out users of the globally popular app. Dynatrace's Dave Anderson sheds some light on the issue, and shows just how fragile the process of continuously releasing new features is, when millions rely on your service.You’ve got to feel for WhatsApp today - they’ve got one of the toughest jobs in the world. One in seven people on the plan...
Red Hat and Avi Networks join forces to automate the enterprise app lifecycleWednesday, May 03, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Avi Networks has collaborated with Red Hat to simplify and automate the enterprise application development and deployment lifecycle. Through the collaboration, Avi Networks and Red Hat integrated technologies to give enterprises the combined power of a container application platform, IT automation, software load balancing, and container networking services. With the con...
Bringing LEGO minifigures to life using AR and emotion recognitionWednesday, May 03, 2017 by Richard Harris
Goran Vuksic, an iOS developer for Tattoodo, has made a unique new application that is helping make childhood dreams come alive. The app uses emotional AI and Augmented Reality SDK's that help transform miniature LEGO characters into interactive models. The project responds to a user's facial features by analyzing and projecting the user's current mood onto the LEGO cha...
Instart Logic brings Helios AI-Driven security out into the openFriday, April 28, 2017 by Michael Haynes
In ancient mythology, Helios was the Greek god of the sun streaking across the heavens in a chariot shining much-needed light onto a dark and dangerous world. That’s exactly what Instart Logic, is doing with their latest announcement of Helios - "using artificial intelligence to illuminate and solve today’s most challenging digital security issues."Web application attac...
TrulyHandsfree technology updates its embedded AIFriday, April 28, 2017 by Richard Harris
Introduced in 2009, TrulyHandsfree began offering an embedded small vocabulary speech recognition system to feature an always-listening wake word. Now, Sensory, a Silicon Valley-based company focused on improving UX and security of consumer electronics through embedded AI technologies, is announcing they will be making significant updates to the embedded AI in its Truly...
NoTrove threat is delivering millions of scam adsFriday, April 28, 2017 by Richard Harris
Earlier this year, RiskIQ, a digital threat management company, reported an eight-fold increase in internet scam incidents that deny the $83 billion digital advertising industry millions of dollars. Now, researchers at RiskIQ have identified NoTrove, a newly discovered and major threat actor that is delivering millions of scam ads that threaten consumers and further und...
Quali's CloudShell version 8 is now generally availabilityFriday, April 28, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
OpenStack adoption in enterprises is becoming increasingly embraced as revenues grow at 35% CAGR, according to 451 Research. Adoption of OpenStack is increasing among organizations with over 1,000 employees both with on-premise and hosted OpenStack deployments. The 451 Research team predicts a growing number of use-cases across enterprise and service provider deployment...
The intersection of AR, IoT, and Apps in the legal realmThursday, April 27, 2017 by Adam Grant
In 2007 the Apple gave us the iPhone and Apps became the rage. While the term “Internet for things” was first coined 1999 by Kevin Ashton (one of the founders of the original Auto-ID Center at MIT), in 2013 the Global Standards Initiative on Internet of Things defined the term as “the infrastructure of the information society.” AR, or Augmented Reality, unlike virtual r...
BICS enters agreement to acquire TeleSignWednesday, April 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
BICS, a provider of international wholesale connectivity and interoperability services, has announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire privately held TeleSign Corporation, a United States company active in the provision of authentication and mobile identity services to Internet and digital service providers, for $230 million. The acquisition will create ...
Biometric authentication for your apps from Appdome and BehavioSecWednesday, April 26, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Appdome, a cloud service that automates mobile integration by fusing new services to mobile apps, is partnering up with biometric authentication technology company, BehavioSec. Appdome for BehavioSec now enables mobile developers and mobility professionals (such as mobile fraud, IT, or Security groups) to rapidly integrate advanced biometric and behavior based authentic...
The ABBYY real-time recognition SDK for mobile app supportWednesday, April 26, 2017 by Richard Harris
In a consumer driven markets, it is all about customer experience. Brands and developers who can deliver a consistently smooth and enjoyable CX have a greater chance to get ahead of the competition. That is why streamlining the input of information is so important - it makes the user’s life easier and your app’s performance - better. Bruce Orcutt, the vice president of ...
Catching up with Red Hat Mobile to talk about low code in the enterpriseTuesday, April 25, 2017 by Richard Harris
Low code is a movement that has emerged in the marketplace in recent times, not only for mobile but also for business process management (BPM) and other application development areas. What company can resist the pull of low-cost and relatively fast development times? Especially when it's as simple as a drag and drop gesture away. So it's not surprising that many big nam...
NodeSource N|Solid for Alpine LinuxWednesday, April 19, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
NodeSource, the Node.js company, has announced the release of NodeSource N|Solid for Alpine Linux, the newest addition to its enterprise-grade Node.js platform that enables a secure, reliable and extensible platform for Node.js applications. The latest release makes it easier for teams using Docker containers with the popular Alpine Linux distribution to leverage the en...
Google Machine Learning auto-translation included in Collavate 3.9.1Tuesday, April 18, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Collavate, Inc. has released Collavate version 3.9.1. The upgraded version includes improvements to enhance the use of their platform - an original Cloud-based document management and workflow processing solution with security for personal Gmail and Google G Suite. This update includes website widgets, a fully-functional task master, an auto-translating feature and a ne...
Windocks delivers Docker implementation and database cloningMonday, April 17, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Windocks 2.0 Beta has now been released, featuring SQL Server containers with integrated database cloning and Web console. The company also announced a partnering program to enable third party clone integration with SQL Server containers.“SQL Server DBAs and developers are asking for simpler, affordable, container-native database cloning. Current solutions involve too m...
How NGINX could overpower Microsoft soonThursday, April 13, 2017 by Richard Harris
In 2016, NGINX experienced their largest gains as a web server vendor, having increased by 4.8 million active sites and 2.85 percentage points. Netcraft believes that if these trends continue in 2017, NGINX could possibly overtake Microsoft as the second largest vendor in the second half of the year.In a recent conversation with Faisal Memon, Product Marketing at NGINX,...
WiseEye IoT sensor gives your projects always-on eyeballsTuesday, April 11, 2017 by Richard Harris
DSP Group is showing off the industry’s first battery powered intelligent always-on visual sensor specifically designed to overcome the power and cost constraints of computer vision processing for residential security and smart buildings applications. The WiseEye IoT sensor solution is purpose-built from the ground up with always-on, low power visual sensing in min...
VPNs will not protect your privacy but this mightMonday, April 10, 2017 by Richard Harris
Editors note: Guest submission by Shaun Murphy, CEO of sndrCongress repealed FCC privacy regulations, set by Obama’s administration, that required Internet Service Provider’s (ISP’s) to obtain affirmative consent from customers before storing and using personal data for any purpose. This revelation has raised privacy concerns among consumers, and has sparked a debate of...
IT cloud be holding your business backFriday, April 07, 2017 by Richard Harris
Logicalis US Asks CIOs: Can Your IT Infrastructure Support a Bimodal IT Model on the Same Platform at the Same Time?Organizations of every size in every vertical market are grappling with one universal challenge: Defining what “digital transformation” means to them and mapping a strategy that is flexible and dynamic enough to achieve it while simultaneously support...
Becoming a citizen developerThursday, April 06, 2017 by Richard Harris
Editors note: Guest submission by Oren Ariel, CTO and Cofounder, CaprizaThe latest numbers show that the Personal Computer market shrank another 6% in 2016, the third consecutive year of slowing sales. Smartphone sales continued to grow, and internet traffic from mobile devices actually exceeded traffic from PCs for the first time in October of 2016. Mobile is the new e...
Intel security becomes McAfeeTuesday, April 04, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
McAfee has begun operating as a new standalone company. Built on the belief that “Together is Power,” the new McAfee will expand upon its leading security solutions platform to better enable customers to effectively identify and orchestrate responses to cyber-threats. The launch of McAfee marks the closing of the previously announced investment by TPG and Inte...
How companies can keep their remote teams safeMonday, April 03, 2017 by Gene Richardson
If you hate bringing your work home with you, spare a thought for the 3.7 million Americans for whom home is the workplace.The telecommuter population is growing faster than the overall employee base, according to Global Workplace Analytics, and with half of all jobs deemed suitable for performing from home, it is a trend that is set to go on growing. Already, around a ...
3 ways developers can stay relevant while IoT steams forwardFriday, March 31, 2017 by Julie Lockner
Apple watches, Nest thermostats, and Amazon’s connected inventory management systems are examples of how the Internet of Things (IoT) is revolutionizing how companies do business. It’s not going away, either; according to IDC, the IoT market could almost triple in the coming years, projecting an increase in market worth from $655.8 billion in 2014 to $1.7 trillion by 20...
WhiteSource Bolt detects vulnerable open source componentsThursday, March 30, 2017 by Richard Harris
WhiteSource, a continuous open source security and compliance management company, has announced the launch of a new open source management tool integrated within the Microsoft Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS) platforms - the WhiteSource Bolt (Bolt).Bolt is fully immersed within the VSTS and TFS products, so users can detect vulnerable ...
Put deep learning neural network AI software from NASA in your appsThursday, March 30, 2017 by Richard Harris
Product developers can significantly accelerate the deployment of AI applications without a team of Ph.D. researchers, an extensive evaluation of different tools or years of costly R&D with the Neurala Developers Program, announced by Neurala. Neurala makes The Neurala Brain, a deep learning neural networks platform that is making smart products like toys, cameras a...
Forrester Research names Kony as one of the top 11 in Low CodeTuesday, March 28, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Kony, Inc., an enterprise mobility and applications company, has announced it has been named a “Leader” in Mobile Low-code Development Platforms by independent research firm Forrester Research, Inc. Based on the in-depth evaluation, Kony achieved the highest score possible in 14 strategy and current offering criteria, including Declarative UX Tooling, Integration, Repor...
Driver only operated and driverless trainsFriday, March 24, 2017 by Greig Duncan
The global rail industry has gone through a number of positive changes in technology and safety since 1967 when London Underground's Victoria line was the first line operated with Automatic Train Operation.Despite automation and technology being tried and tested for the last 30 years then, the issue of Driver Only Operated (DOO) - also known as One Man Operation (OMO) t...
DOD releases PostgreSQL security technical implementation guideFriday, March 24, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Crunchy Data, a provider of open source PostgreSQL, has announced the publication of a PostgreSQL Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), making PostgreSQL the first open source database with a STIG. Crunchy Data collaborated with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to evaluate PostgreSQL against the DoD’s securi...
Mashape gets $18M in series B funding to help further the API revolutionFriday, March 24, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Mashape has announced that they have achieved a company milestone as they close a $18M Series B funding round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital firm, with previous investors CRV and Index Ventures participating. The funding round, according to Mashape, "represents all the hard work by the team, our dedication to building the best and most open API Gateway f...
Intent-based mobile app security: It's harder than you thinkThursday, March 23, 2017 by John Morello
Recently, intent-based security has become a buzzword and a commonly used phrase in the developer community. However, this new wave of security is much more than just a catchphrase. The concept of intent-based security adds a new level of protection to applications in containerized environments, specifically by understanding what the app is intended to do and looking fo...
SmartUX 5.0 released so you can make low-code apps even fasterThursday, March 23, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
PowWow Mobile, the enterprise mobility platform that lets you create apps, has announced the latest release of its SmartUX Platform version 5.0. The new enhancements will simplify collaboration between IT and business teams through new levels of speed, visibility, and controls. SmartUX 5.0 is the most powerful platform for the rapid design and deployment of enterprise m...
Canonical collaborates to with NXP to improve IoTWednesday, March 22, 2017 by Michael Haynes
NXP and Canonical have collaborated to port Ubuntu Core to the LS1043A, a quad-core SoC targeted at IoT gateways and networking equipment. With this combination, device manufacturers gain a platform with which to build high throughput IoT Gateways.Ubuntu Core has been used in a variety of devices from IoT Gateways to network equipment. IoT Gateways benefit from the wide...
Cheetah Mobile celebrates launch of their ad platform into European marketsTuesday, March 21, 2017 by Michael Haynes
Cheetah Mobile Inc., a mobile utility and content app developer, celebrates the launch of its Cheetah Ads division in the European market. Cheetah Ads will present this week at Advertising Week Europe, showcasing its strategy to serve vertical video ads for every kind of mobile moment.Cheetah Ads works hand-in-hand with Cheetah Mobile’s app portfolio, as well as e...
The Orange Pi community gets a snap storeMonday, March 20, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Orange Pi maker Shenzhen Xunlong Software is launching an app store in partnership with Canonical to foster an active community of developers and users. Through this app store, developers gain a simple mechanism to share their applications, projects and scripts between themselves and with their wider community. Applications in the store are formatted as snaps, the ...
ImmuniWeb Mobile launches to offer better mobile security testingWednesday, March 15, 2017 by Michael Haynes
High-Tech Bridge announces the launch of ImmuniWeb Mobile as part of ImmuniWeb Application Security Testing Platform. The new offering will provide comprehensive assessment of iOS and Android mobile applications, mobile infrastructure backend and data channel encryption. All ImmuniWeb Mobile packages are provided with a zero false-positives SLA. The mobile application s...
AtScale 5.0 brings order to the big data chaosWednesday, March 15, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
AtScale announced the general availability of AtScale 5.0. Supported by a newly granted patent on the platform’s ability to run its powerful calculation engine against any BI visualization tool, AtScale 5.0 brings order to the big data chaos.AtScale 5.0 packs new features including a scalable dimensional calculation engine, a machine learning performance optimizer, a un...
Dataguise released DgSecure for Google Cloud StorageTuesday, March 14, 2017 by Richard Harris
Dataguise has said that DgSecure Detect now supports sensitive data discovery on Google Cloud Storage (GCS). Integration with GCS extends the range of platforms supported by DgSecure and helps data-driven enterprises move to the cloud with confidence by providing precise sensitive data discovery across the enterprise and in the cloud. With their platform, organizations ...
Wait, the CIA can comprimise my iPhone or Android?Tuesday, March 14, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
In the largest leak of C.I.A. documents, Wikileaks disclosed the tools that C.I.A. uses to hack computers, phones and smart TVs around the world. The C.I.A.’s ability to compromise Apple and Android smartphones is especially troubling, since spies can access private information through these devices, including photos, emails, texts and videos. Further, a program ca...
The biggest delays in digital transformation initiativesTuesday, March 14, 2017 by Richard Harris
We recently caught up with Robert Reeves, co-founder and CTO of Datical, a provider of database release automation solutions, on the findings of a recent survey - conducted by IDG and commissioned by Datical - that reveal the biggest delays in digital transformation initiatives. ADM: When on the road to digital transformation, what causes the biggest speed bumps?Reeves:...
App Camp For Girls looks to train the next generationThursday, March 09, 2017 by Richard Harris
App Camp For Girls, a non-profit organization aimed at correcting the gender imbalance in the software industry, has opened 2017 registration for its popular summer program that teaches girls how to make mobile apps in one week. The program launches its first Chicago camp in 2017, in addition to Portland, Seattle, and Phoenix. This year, the aspiring developers will use...
Making IT professionals play nice with low-code developersThursday, March 09, 2017 by Richard Harris
With the Department of Labor predicting a shortage of professional developers by 2020, more citizen developers are taking matters into their own hands, building sophisticated enterprise apps with capabilities ranging from task management to automating workflows. A recent survey from Appian fielded over 500 Information Technology Decision Makers to understand challe...
Veracode sells to CA Technologies for $614MWednesday, March 08, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
CA Technologies announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Veracode, a company that is securing web, mobile and third-party applications across the software development lifecycle, for approximately $614 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, and is subject to customary closing conditions, including ...
IBM is building a quantum computing systemWednesday, March 08, 2017 by Richard Harris
IBM announced an industry-first initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems. “IBM Q” quantum systems and services will be delivered via the IBM Cloud platform. While technologies that currently run on classical computers, such as Watson, can help find patterns and insights buried in vast amounts of existing data, quantum computers will...
How to integrate business priorities into the DevOps processWednesday, March 08, 2017 by Anaud Ganpaul
The business case for enterprise mobile applications is in crisis. Enterprises increased their spend on mobile application development to more than 10% of their overall budgets in 2016, yet fewer than 1% of mobile apps are successful, according to research firm, Gartner.To address this disturbing trend, enterprises are re-envisioning their mobile application development...
Enterprise mobility is a team sportFriday, March 03, 2017 by Christian Hargrave
Sports teams - from youth to the pros - are comprised of many individuals with various skill sets and talents. Yet when you hear championship teams and elite caliber athletes talk about success, their stories always boil down to a single commonality: the importance of the team. As Michael Jordan once famously said, “talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win c...
Docker for the Enterprise launched with a Certification ProgramFriday, March 03, 2017 by Richard Harris
Docker has announced their Enterprise Edition (EE), a new commercial platform for enterprise development and IT ops teams that build, run, and operate business-critical applications in production at scale across the software supply chain. Comprised of a container runtime, with integrated and multi-tenant orchestration, security and management in addition to an ecosystem...
Webscale launches new WAF to thwart attacks on eCommerce sitesThursday, March 02, 2017 by Richard Harris
Webscale has announced the launch of their Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF), the first of a new line of a-la-carte solutions designed to address the pain points many businesses face with regards to the security, availability and performance of their critical web applications. While the market is flush with WAF solutions that combat malicious attacks at the edge of a...
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