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Practical Blockchain: Dev Report Ranks 15 Non-Cryptocurrency Platforms

A new report on the state of non-cryptocurrency blockchain development shows how developers and learners interact with 15 different platforms.

Gravatar Now Supported by .NET MAUI Community Toolkit

Microsoft recently announced the new .NET MAUI Community Toolkit v1.3 adds support for Gravatar, standing for "globally recognized avatar."

Devs Sound Off on the Future of Web3

The latest Stack Overflow survey find a mixed take on Web3 technologies.

AWS Cloud Unveils Blockchain Templates

Blockchain is a complicated, hard-to-define technology with a lot of potential use cases, which are now easier to experiment with on the Amazon Web Services cloud.

At Build Conference, Microsoft Outlines 'Intelligent Cloud' Focus

Microsoft signaled an evolution of its signature message of "mobile-first, cloud-first," which is changing into a message of "an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge," thanks partly to the company's growing confidence in its developer tools and services.

Docker Announces Enterprise Edition of Its Container Offering

Docker announced its new Docker Enterprise Edition, a commercially supported offering of its namesake open source Docker container technology.

Microsoft To Offer No-Cloud ERP Data Option

Microsoft will offer an on-premises-only deployment option for its Dynamics 365 for Operations ERP software for enterprises that don't want to store data in the cloud.



ALM Firm Lists Predictions for Enterprise Software Delivery in 2017

Security, digital transformations and continuous delivery figure prominently.

Survey: Mainframes Doing Quite Well, Thank You

Mainframe computers may seem like ancient relics from the past in today's modern IT environment, but a new survey from BMC Software shows they're faring quite well in the age of always-on digital business.

Compuware Applies Continuous Delivery to Mainframes

Compuware announced a mainframe release automation solution designed to help enterprises follow continuous delivery best practices in IBM z/OS-based environments.

Enterprises Increase Use of Apache Kafka for Streaming Big Data Analytics

A brand-new survey shows enterprises are increasingly using open source Apache Kafka technology for real-time, streaming Big Data analytics.

Mainframe SCM Software Gets Better Visualization

Mainframe computing specialist Compuware announced the addition of better visualization capabilities to its ISPW source code management (SCM) and release automation offering.

Compuware Seeks To Modernize the Mainframe

Compuware Corp. today announced a multi-pronged initiative to converge mainframe applications into the enterprise mainstream, leveraging newer software development methodologies such as Agile and DevOps, along with the requisite modern tooling.

Full IDE for Software-Defined Networking Offered by Research Project

A research project has introduced a full integrated development environment for creating applications using SDN, a new-age technology approach that's disrupting the datacenter virtualization arena while still evolving itself, with varied philosophies, tools and even definitions of what it is, exactly.

Compuware Tool Aimed at Updating Legacy Mainframe Code

Mainframe specialist Compuware today released a tool addressing what it described as the manual, tedious process of accessing and understanding complex mainframe applications.

IBM, Linux Foundation Open Up Mainframe Development

A new collaborative project from The Linux Foundation aims to foster Linux development on mainframe computers, while Big Iron vendor IBM is offering up new mainframe Linux servers to the open source community.

Microsoft Shows Off Container App for Multiple Platforms

At DockerCon, Microsoft demoed a key milestone toward building apps that can run on multiple server OSes.

Free Software Advocate Calls Major OSes 'Malware'

Richard Stallman, who developed the GNU OS and who advocates for an open software ecosystem, having founded the Free Software Foundation, claims major OSes from Microsoft, Apple and Google are merely paid malware.

VMware Increases Enterprise Container Efforts

VMware Inc. is building out its container technologies and datacenter cloud footprint with two new open source projects.