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Like an aging fighter fending off younger foes, Oracle rose above its upstart NoSQL and open source challengers to be named DBMS of the Year for 2015 by DB-Engines.
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So it turns out the random number generator long used by developers working with Google's V8 JavaScript engine doesn't really generate random numbers at all.
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Microsoft -- the new commercial steward of the open source R programming language -- yesterday announced a revamp of its R-based offerings, including a free developer edition of its rebranded Microsoft R Server.
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Oracle has agreed to overhaul its Java security update process to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the company deceived consumers by not informing them that the updates left older, still vulnerable versions of Java running on their computers.
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The impact of Google's decision to use Oracle's OpenJDK in upcoming versions of its Android OS remains to be seen, but reaction to the news in the tech community has been cautiously optimistic.
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Developer research company VisionMobile published a study indicating the confluence of the Internet of Things and e-commerce provides a vast new source of untapped potential revenue for coders seeking to make money off their creations.
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AtScale announced what it claims to be the industry's first 'BI on Hadoop' accelerator to work with Big Data analytics products from Tableau Software, which specializes in data visualization.
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Twitter started the new year by sharing some of the hard-won tips and advice it has gleaned from its own development of mobile apps for the iOS and Android platforms.
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"Big Data has reached a point of mainstream adoption within Fortune 1000 firms," concludes a new survey from NewVantage Partners, attempting to capture the voice of executive decision-makers guiding data-related enterprise initiatives.
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Analysts are advising mobile development leaders to put more thought into dev team organization, one of the bedrock basics upon which successful mobility initiatives are built.
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Data science crowdsourcing specialist CrowdFlower Inc. set out to determine what skills are most coveted by employers seeking to hire data scientists, finding an exceptionally strong demand for SQL.
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Capping off a notable 2015 in which it turned 20 years old, the language enjoyed the largest increase in popularity of the 50-plus languages tracked in the TIOBE Index, supplanting last year's winner, JavaScript.
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React Native, a new approach to creating mobile apps unveiled by Facebook early last year, is an important development that's still maturing and unlikely to be suitable for enterprise adoption until late this year, IDC analyst Al Hilwa said in recent research report.
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In a time-honored New Year's tradition, industry players weigh in with their predictions for the Big Data landscape in 2016.
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That gray-haired guy in the corner who does all the COBOL stuff is going to retire soon. Then what do you do?
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With 2015 seeing the emergence of forces promising a tectonic shake-up of the mobile app development industry in 2016, here are three trends mobile developers should keep an eye on as we progress in the new year.
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The Agile Architect
How's your agile? Our Agile Architect shares with you his in-depth agile maturity assessment based on many years of helping teams and companies be agile. First up, understanding the assessment model and uses.
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The Agile Architect
Our Agile Architect shares the first part of his Agile Assessment, focusing on technical craftsmanship.
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