software

(sakkmesterke/Shutterstock)

IBM Touts Hybrid Approach to Quantum Computing

IBM is attempting to move quantum computing to the mainstream via an application-programming interface and other software tools that would allow developers to build interfaces between its cloud-based quantum ...Full Article

(Vintage Tone/Shutterstock)

Automated Software Testers Attract VC Funds

Automated software testing is gaining momentum as enterprises look to accelerate DevOps by moving beyond manual steps such as scripting of code. The added agility is seen as another ...Full Article

U.S. Out of Medal Contention in Coding Olympics

China’s impressive standing up of the 93 petaflops Sunway TaihuLight atop the Top500 list in June ruffled more than a few feathers in the west. Here’s yet more fodder for ...Full Article

‘Cloud Shift’ Gains Momentum, Spending Surge Seen

So-called "cloud first" strategies are expected to propel IT spending over the next five years as more enterprises transform themselves into digital businesses, a new forecast predicts. In a ...Full Article

Mili Mittal of Capital One (Source: Jeff Martini, Martini Media Solutions)

Women Technologists Tell How to Succeed at Diversity, Inclusion

As technology reshapes industry, female engineers and computer scientists are reshaping their companies and the world. From leading advanced scale computing initiatives to heading digital startups and everything in ...Full Article

Summer School: MOOCs for Technologists

Summer means the end of class for many youngsters, but it's an ideal time for HPC and IT professionals to take advantage of free and low-cost online educational programs ...Full Article

Cask Aims to Plug Hadoop Problems with CDAP 3.0

Rather than invent new applications for existing processes, internal Hadoop developers typically try to use pre-existing programs but Apache Hadoop's complexities may prevent these professionals from empowering their enterprises ...Full Article

API Hub Mashape Opens Up Kong Platform

The API marketplace Mashape has released its Kong application development tool as an open source platform that is billed as among the first management layers for emerging micro-services. The ...Full Article

GigaSpaces Upgrades In-Memory Platform, Eyes Retail

In-memory computing proponents are citing use examples like online retail shopping to make their case for what they claim is an emerging infrastructure based on in-memory data grids. Among ...Full Article

Enterprise Software Fuels Bullish IT Forecast

Global IT spending is projected to jump 3.2 percent this year, led by a big increase in enterprise software, while an expanding cloud infrastructure is helping to drive datacenter ...Full Article