Day: August 5, 2014

Facebook’s Parse Releases PHP SDK, Its First for a Server-Side Language and Its First to Be Open Source

Parse today released the Parse PHP SDK, which you can download yourself from GitHub. The Facebook-owned company says the release is its first SDK for a server-side language as well as the first to be “truly open-source.” Until today, accessing Parse from PHP could only be done from the REST API. While a few Parse API wrapper libraries have…

School of Open Africa to launch in September

After months of discussions, deliberations, and planning between CC staff, African Regional Coordinators, African Affiliate teams, and others in the open space, Creative Commons Africa is set to storm Africa by having a continent-wide launch for School of Open in September. Source: Tech

Does Oracle Linux 7 Give Larry A Cutting (Open) Edge?

Oracle has this month introduced the Oracle-flavoured Linux 7 open source operating system. Freely distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPLv2), Oracle Linux is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and follows the RHEL7 release, which arrived this June. This distribution of Linux represents what Oracle would like to us to consider as its more open and…

SecureData enhances capability and builds on its Intellectual Property through investment in Paterva

5 August 2014, Maidstone, Kent – Complete security services provider, SecureData is proud and pleased to announce its acquisition of 25% of ordinary stock of Paterva (Pty) Ltd, the South African registered maker of the Maltego software suite.’Maltego’, built by Paterva, is a powerful suite of software tools used for data mining, link analysis and…