Microsoft buys game physics company Havok from Intel
Microsoft seems to be placing increased importance on gaming. The latest in its list of acquisitions is game physics company Havoc which has been bought from Intel for an undisclosed fee. Used in titles such as Assassins Creed, Call of Duty, and Halo, Havoc's physics and AI solutions will be an important weapon in Microsoft's gaming arsenal alongside DirectX 12.
Announcing the acquisition, Microsoft says it will "work with developers to create great gaming experiences, and continue to license Havok's development tools to partners".
Machine learning helps build better applications
New toolkits and training for developers allowing them to create intelligent applications have been launched by machine learning company Dato.
Developers can use Dato Toolkits to build software that uses machine learning technology, combining historical data and real time user interaction to make predictions and decisions to deliver rich and adaptive experiences to their users.
New solution automates integration of SaaS workflows
Companies are increasingly turning to software as a service solutions. But these often lead to problems when needing to integrate workflows with in-house or other SaaS solutions.
To address this, cloud software specialist Azuqua has announced the availability of a new integration solution for connecting cloud applications and automating business-critical workflow.
MemSQL announces integrated Spark solution
The in-memory performance and functionality of Spark is a valuable building block for enterprises looking to implement real-time data pipelines and streaming analytics.
This becomes more important as companies are faced with an increasing number of data points across different sources, and the need to deal with varied data types. Leader in real-time databases for transactions and analytics MemSQL, today released Spark Streamliner, an integrated Spark solution to give enterprises immediate access to real-time analytics.
Fast data platform combines analytics and transactions
The rapid growth of mobility and the Internet of Things is driving a need for real-time data analysis, and intensifying demand for faster insight and action in the enterprise.
In response to this demand, database specialist VoltDB is announcing version 5.6 of its SQL in-memory operational database, a fast data platform that combines streaming analytics with transactions to support mission-critical, real-time applications.
Twitter revamps Tweet and Follow buttons with a modern new design
Visit just about any website and you’re pretty much guaranteed to see a Twitter button of some sort. Just as here at BetaNews, you’ll be offered the chance to follow the author of the article you’re reading (or the site’s Twitter feed), as well as being given the opportunity to tweet about the page you’re looking at.
Now this familiar page furniture is about to get a new look. From next month, a new set of buttons is rolling out with a fresh, flat, modern look. It’s a redesign that will please minimalists, but there are important API changes coming that will annoy some developers.
BlueData simplifies big data infrastructure deployments
The complexity of the systems needed to handle it is often a major barrier to companies setting up big data projects.
A new release from big data platform BlueData aims to simplify things by offering a turnkey, purpose-built big data infrastructure solution for enterprises to accelerate their deployment times.
Apple sweeps aside App Store malware mess
In the aftermath of the big App Store security breach, today Apple reminds developers where they should obtain Xcode. It's not rocket science—from sanctioned distribution sources. I received an email this morning from the company, dispatched to members of its developer program.
To recap: As the new week dawned, Apple rushed to remove content from its Chinese App Store loaded with XcodeGhost malware. Developers using a counterfeit version of Xcode caused the first, major, widespread security crisis for the seven year-old App Store.
Simplifying analytics with a building block approach
Data is the lifeblood of business, but getting the answers to key questions from it can be time consuming and costly as it needs specialist tools and expert analysis.
Analytics specialist Looker is trying to simplify the process of gaining insights from data with the release of a new product called Looker Blocks.
Prelert improves insight into problems and threats
Finding anomalies in data sets is an effective way of identifying performance issues or indicators of compromise before they impact a business.
Being able to link those anomalies together by identifying common traits among them would be even more effective and that's what a new Anomaly Detective tool from behavioral analytics specialist Prelert does.
IT decision makers worry about the security of containerized applications
Containerization makes deploying applications faster and more cost-effective than using traditional means. As a result container technologies have become more popular with Docker rising rapidly in popularity and market share.
But a new survey from enterprise security specialist Twistlock shows that 91 percent of respondents said they are concerned about container security.
Sale now on! Now anyone can add a Buy button to Twitter
Buy buttons are not exactly new to Twitter, but until now they have only been available to a limited number of users. Now, thanks to San Francisco-based Stripe, anyone is able to use a tweet to sell a product.
Stripe has launched a new service called Relay. It is a set of tools that can be used to sell through any app that makes use of Stripe -- and that includes Twitter. Relay can be used to allow for instant purchases, and address what Stripe perceives to be a problem with mobile e-commerce sites.
IBM acquisition strengthens its place in the API economy
The growth of mobile, web applications and the Internet of things has meant more use of APIs which is changing the way businesses operate and communicate. IBM forecasts that APIs will represent a $2.2 trillion opportunity by 2018.
One of the fastest growing development frameworks to support this new 'API economy' is Node.js and to help unite this developer community with enterprise clients, IBM has announced today the acquisition of StrongLoop, a leading provider of enterprise Node.js capabilities.
HP adopts Browsium browser management as part of its Internet Explorer 11 migration service
We recently reported on HP's new services to help enterprises migrate to Windows 10. Part of this being the WebApp Accelerator Service for Internet Explorer 11.
Web technology specialist Browsium has revealed that HP has selected its browser management solution as a core component of this service.
Free versions of enterprise streaming analytics platform launches
Businesses are under pressure to get applications out quickly and that means they benefit from having real-time streaming analytics as a way of cutting preventable losses, gaining operational insight and uncovering new business opportunities.
Big data specialist Impetus Technologies is helping developers do this by launching free versions of StreamAnalytix, its enterprise-class, streaming analytics platform, based on open source technology components.
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