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VMware Offers Sneak Peek at Tanzu App Platform

VMware made a slew of announcements at this week's VMware Explore conference that included some developer-focused news around its Tanzu Application Platform, as well as some key enhancements to its Tanzu for Kubernetes Operations portfolio.

Oracle Adds Nashorn Support in Java-Based GraalVM

The GraalVM team at Oracle Labs has announced new support in the polyglot virtual machine for users of the Nashorn JavaScript engine.

Eclipse and Linux Launch Projects to Help IoT Developers

The Eclipse and Linux foundations are offering new projects for developers working on Internet of Things projects.

'Developer-Ready' Aruba Mobile Platform Improves Network Programmability

Taking a page from the software-defined networking (SDN) playbook, Aruba today introduced a new 'developer-ready' mobile platform that provides more network programmability via northbound APIs.

VMware Enhances Container Platform

VMware has beefed up the capabilities of its nascent container platform, vSphere Integrated Containers (VIC), with two open source projects.

Codename One Launches Open Source iOS Java VM

Codename One wants the open source community to take its relatively new iOS Java VM and run with it.

IBM Offers Tech Preview of OMR Integrated with Ruby VM

IBM has announced a technology preview of its soon-to-be open sourced OMR toolkit to demonstrate how this internal adaptation of its own J9 Virtual Machine (VM) could be used with the Ruby virtual machine (VM).

Research Project Presents IDE for Software-Defined Networking

A research project has unveiled a full IDE for developing applications using software-defined networking, a nascent technology approach that's disrupting the datacenter virtualization realm while still shaking itself out with varied philosophies, tools and even definitions of what it entails.

New Java API for App Delivery Controller

KEMP Technologies has expanded the automated application deployment capabilities of its LoadMaster product with a new Java API.

VMware Releases Security Update for Java Flaw

VMware released a security fix for its products affected by a Java RTE flaw last Thursday.

Azul's Zulu OpenJDK Now Available on Docker

Java runtime maker Azul Systems announced today that its build of the OpenJDK known as Zulu is now freely available on the open-source Docker container platform.

Stealth Startup BlueData Emerges with Private Cloud for Big Data

Silicon Valley startup BlueData Software Inc. emerged from stealth mode with patent-pending technology to provide Big Data analytics via self-service, on-premises private clouds.

Cisco Launches Network Development Push

With increased network programmability as a key tenet of emerging software-defined networking (SDN) technology, Cisco Systems Inc. is actively courting developers with its DevNet site, hoping to get them onboard with its SDN vision.

Talend Promises 10 Minutes to Big Data with New Sandbox

The Talend Big Data Sandbox aims to quicken the adoption of large-scale analytics, promising "zero to Big Data without coding in under 10 minutes."

VMware Updates Big Data Extensions

VMware Inc. on Friday updated its vSphere Big Data Extensions (BDE), adding support for Hadoop 2, along with other enhancements.

SAS Tackles Big Data Virtualization

SAS announced enhancements to its data management software that will include Big Data virtualization capabilities.

Google Developer News Includes New Managed VMs Service

Google Inc. this week is making lots of noise at its Google Platform Live conference, including the introduction of "Managed VMs" designed to help developers using the App Engine cloud service access native resources and run native code.

Google Announces .NET APIs, Android Apps for Wearables and More

Google this week announced a library of client APIs for the Microsoft .NET Framework, a developer preview for building Android apps for wearable devices and guidance on how to use management tools with the Google Compute Engine cloud service.

Big Data Product Watch 6/20/13: Big Players Weigh In

On the verge of the 6th Annual Hadoop Summit, the Big Data space is awash with recent product announcements from vendors big and small.

Red Hat Updates Virtualization Platform

Version 3.1, available now, updates the KVM hypervisor to support current industry-standard x86 processors, and expands the platform's ability to scale with support for guest VMs.