New open source database designed for enterprise users


Businesses are looking for database technology that increases their agility, scalability, security, and supports a range of different use cases, at the same time keeping down costs.
On the other hand developers want a database that is open and extensible, and lets them easily develop many different types of application.
Google lets developers exclude app support for rooted Android devices


Netflix is the first big name on Google Play to block Android devices that are rooted or have an unlocked bootloader from downloading its app. And it looks like it may not be the last, as now Google is officially giving all developers the option to do the same.
Developers on Google Play can enforce support exclusions based on a device's SafetyNet status, which is also what Netflix has used to restrict access. Out of the box, rooted devices or devices with an unlocked bootloader are supported, but developers have two options that they can choose to change that.
Microsoft officially releases Visual Studio 2017 for Mac


We first learned of Microsoft's plans to bring Visual Studio to the Mac last year in November, but it is not until Build 2017 that the software giant announced the general availability of the much-awaited version of its IDE. That's right macOS users, Visual Studio 2017 for Mac is finally here.
Visual Studio 2017 for Mac arrives two months after Microsoft released the Windows version and the fourth beta of the macOS IDE, and brings with it a number of new features related to things like .NET Core, web tooling and Xamarin.
New developer kit helps secure IoT devices


The rapid growth in numbers of IoT devices has seen them become a favored attack route for cyber criminals. This has left companies looking for a way to integrate strong security into millions of devices.
To address this problem, security platform Mocana is launching a new developer kit that provides businesses, who may not have deep cybersecurity or cryptography expertise, with a way to simplify the integration of hardware-based security features into IoT devices.
New edge platform delivers faster digital experiences


A great deal of today's data is generated by users at the edge of corporate networks. It therefore makes sense to process and serve this information closer to where it originates.
San Francisco-based Fastly is unveiling its new edge cloud platform, which allows popular businesses to deliver consistently secure, fast and personalized digital experiences as close to end users as possible.
New tool offers flexible feature delivery for mobile developers


Businesses are clamoring for up to date mobile apps, but in the past the approach has tended to be all or nothing, with no real way of testing new features on some users before rolling them out to everyone.
Mobile developer tool specialist Rollout.io is launching a new ROX by Rollout tool that gives mobile app developers the ability to selectively deliver new features to subsets of users and monitor the performance of those features, making intelligent, data-driven recommendations about further deployment.
Are bots set to replace apps for mobile commerce?


As the world has moved more towards using mobile platforms for eCommerce and accessing the web, many companies have been looking to shift away from apps towards more responsive technology delivered by bots.
But is this model the future? Mobile development company ROKO Labs has produced an infographic looking at the pros and cons of both approaches.
Solving digital problems takes too long


Resolving incidents that impact consumers takes IT teams approximately double the amount of time customers are willing to wait for a service that isn't performing properly, according to a new study.
The research by digital operations management company PagerDuty surveyed over 300 IT personnel in development and operations as well as over 300 consumers in order to identify the challenges of meeting customer expectations.
Teradata delivers portable database licensing for the hybrid cloud


Whilst cloud and hybrid models offer undoubted flexibility, they can lead to problems when it comes to keeping track of software licenses.
Analytics solutions company Teradata is looking to cut through the confusion with the launch of a new simplified licensing model. This aims to deliver portability for deployment flexibility, subscription-based licenses and simplified tiers with bundled features.
Building an Alexa Skill without using the SDK


Amazon has written a "Hello World" example for building an Alexa Skill. At first glance, it looks like just what you need to get into Alexa Skills development because it's short and clear. But take a second look and you'll notice it requires an external dependency.
It brings in the alexa-sdk npm package. I'll show that not only don't you need the alexa-sdk to teach Alexa a Skill but you might actually be better off without it.
DevOps adoption changes approach to application security


New research from software supply chain automation company Sonatype reveals that the adoption of DevOps is leading businesses to adopt a different approach to security.
The survey shows that mature development organizations are ensuring automated security is woven into their DevOps practice, early. But the results reveal that IT organizations continue to struggle with breaches as a nearly 50 percent increase was recorded between Sonatype's 2014 and 2017 surveys.
Microsoft releases Visual Studio 2017, Visual Studio for Mac Preview 4


Microsoft today releases Visual Studio 2017 and the fourth preview of Visual Studio for Mac. The latest official version of its longstanding IDE for Windows adds improvements related to productivity, performance, mobile apps, cloud development, DevOps and the ecosystem surrounding Visual Studio.
Visual Studio 2017, according to Microsoft's blog post announcing the release, features an improved startup and project load times, better navigation, the ability to edit files without having to open a project or solution, CMake support and Linux support for C++, Xamarin Forms Previewer, a new Connected Services experience, the ability to build .NET Core 1.0 and .NET Core 1.1 apps, support for Azure App Service and more.
CloudBees platform helps enterprises speed up software deployment


In order to address businesses' continuing dependence on software, development teams are turning to continuous delivery and automated software pipelines to speed up deployment.
To address these needs CloudBees is launching Jenkins Enterprise to help companies accelerate their software delivery and meet the rapidly growing volume of software development.
Sapho integrates its app platform with IBM Domino


There's increasing demand from companies to build apps that integrate with their existing enterprise systems.
Specialist in consumer-like micro apps Sapho is announcing new integration with the IBM Domino social business platform, that will simplify developer access to information and workflows used by employees.
Businesses are being held back by enterprise software


Businesses and IT executives are frustrated by their current software and more than 80 percent of executives have had to change a part of their daily operations to match the way their software works according to a new report.
The survey of over 500 executives carried out by development platform provider TrackVia finds that integration or compatibility with other software and applications is cited as the top priority by 32 percent, yet also the biggest challenge (31 percent) for executives.
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