by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Open-Xchange, creator of open source messaging and software for hosting, service provider and telco companies, has deployed Hazelcast, the open source in-memory data grid (IMDG) to implement new distributed session storage capabilities for OX customers. Previously, when an OX server was shut down for maintenance, all user […]
JupyterCon and Data Science Analysis 2017
Click to learn more about author Steve Miller. The inaugural JupyterCon is now in the books. A larger-than-expected turnout of 700 data scientists, business analysts, researchers, educators, developers, core Project contributors, and tool creators descended on NYC August 22-25 for in-depth training, insightful keynotes, networking events, and practical talks exploring the Project Jupyter platform. Jupyter […]
Red Hat Works to Improve Hybrid Cloud Reliability
The press release claims that, “Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, today announced that it will support .NET Core 2.0, the latest version of the open source .NET Core project, on Red Hat’s portfolio of open technologies. A lightweight and modular platform for creating web applications and microservices, […]
Big Data as a Service: What Can it Do for Your Enterprise?
The multiple V’s of Big Data require the hardware architecture operating it to be “distributed” and rooted in parallel processing for the most efficient management possible. Although the data sources for Big Data can be anywhere, when the multi-channel data is pulled into the Big Data environment, then the two significant characteristics that distinguish Big […]
Open Source Innovation Accelerates Cloudera’s Machine Learning at Scale
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Cloudera, the leading provider of the modern platform for machine learning and advanced analytics, announced the availability of Apache Spot 1.0 (incubating), which enables fast, easy, and more scalable cybersecurity machine learning. Spot is a community-driven cybersecurity project, built to bring advanced analytics to all IT […]
Boundless Announces Next Generation of Open GIS Desktop Software
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced the next generation of its Desktop GIS software with the release of Boundless Desktop 1.1. The update includes increased support for PKI authentication, new options for styling, new image discovery and terrain analysis toolbars, and access to Mapbox basemaps. […]
Sony Makes “Core Libraries” of its Deep Learning Tools Available as Open Source
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “Sony Corporation today announced that it has made its “Neural Network Libraries” (https://nnabla.org/) that serve as a framework for creating deep learning programs for artificial intelligence, available in open source. Software engineers and designers will now be able to make use of these core libraries free of […]
Baidu Research Announces Next Generation Open Source Deep Learning Benchmark Tool
by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Baidu Research, a division of Baidu Inc., today unveiled the next generation of DeepBench, the open source deep learning benchmark that now includes measurement for inference. The announcement was made at the O’Reilly AI Conference in New York. In September of 2016, Baidu released the initial […]
NodeSource N|Solid v2.2 Released: Node App Data Integration for statsd-compliant Systems
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “NodeSource, the Node.js company, today announced the release of N|Solid v2.2. The new version of the popular open source enterprise software allows users to send Node application data directly to any statsd-compliant system, with a much simpler configuration setting. The N|Solid runtime is a drop-in replacement for […]
Boundless Announces the Release of Boundless Suite 4.10
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the company reports, “Boundless, the leader in open GIS, today announced the release of Boundless Suite 4.10, designed to streamline the creation of maps and applications using the Boundless open GIS ecosystem. Additionally, the company announced a new Boundless software development kit (SDK) and contributions to […]