Open Source Evolution: From Making Better Code to Making Better Business
In the 13 years since I founded an open source software company, both the movement and industry have gone mainstream, and software development has undergone profound methodological and structural ...Full Article
Shippable Expands App Development Platform
Shippable, the developer of a platform for speeding code development and delivery of enterprise applications, has added cloud options and tighter integration with source controllers like GitHub while expanding ...Full Article
‘Composable Infrastructure’ and the Hole in My Back Yard
The restoration of my 1910 Craftsman bungalow means the house is effectively being torn down and rebuilt from the inside out. This includes a scale model in my back ...Full Article
Software Defined Container Orchestration Accelerates Deployment of Large Docker Container Clusters
Containers have exploded through the bulkheads of market acceptance that most new technologies must slog through, crossing the chasm in only three years and transforming the way applications are ...Full Article
Data Platforms Supplying ‘Smarts’ to the Power Grid
Software is defining and redefining everything from datacenters to the energy infrastructure delivering the power to run IT infrastructure. Software-defined power distribution that also incorporates predictive analytics to forecast ...Full Article
In-memory Heap Size of 2TB Attacks ‘Garbage Time’ Jitter in Java Applications
Targeting large in-memory Java computing implementations, Sunnyvale-based Azul Systems is releasing a new version of Zing, its scalable Java Virtual Machine for enterprise applications that includes a whopping in-memory ...Full Article
‘Shelfware,’ Software Audit Costs on the Rise
Corporations are often looking for ways to automate their operations to save money as a way to "lower overhead." Software, rather than hiring another worker, is usually seen as ...Full Article
Puppet Labs Secures Rainy Day Loan, Plans Expansion
Global economic turmoil is prompting some IT executives to hedge their bets in the new year as they monitor China's slowdown while trying to divine whether stock markets are ...Full Article
Towards Ubiquitous HPC — Passing HPC into the Hands of Every Engineer and Scientist
Countless case studies demonstrate impressively the importance of HPC for engineering and scientific insight, product innovation, and market competitiveness. But so far HPC was mostly in the hands of ...Full Article
Standards Group Eyes Industry Consensus on Containers
The Open Container Initiative (OCI) launched earlier this year to develop industry standards for Linux-based containers said this week it has established a governing structure to oversee technical details ...Full Article
