Day: January 27, 2015

MapR Offers Free Hadoop Training

MapR Technologies just offered a big gift to IT employees who have been looking to improve their big-data skills. The company, which provides a top-ranked distribution of Apache Hadoop, announced Tuesday that it would begin offering free, on-demand training for the open-source software framework for developers, analysts and administrators. Source: Tech

pompei 0.1.03

Pompei is a python package and command line utility to generate photo mosaics from movie frames, like this one: It is an open-source software originally written by Zulko and released under the MIT licence. Source: Tech

Flexera Software App Portal Simplifies Mobile Application Management and IT Service Catalog Complexity – Delivering Exceptional Employee Experience

Universal enterprise app store for desktop and mobile apps & integration with IT Service Management greatly simplify IT service deliveryMaidenhead, U.K. – January 27, 2015 – Flexera Software, the leading provider of next-generation software licensing, compliance and installation solutions for application producers and enterprises, announced the latest release of App Portal, its market-leading enterprise app…

Perforce Offers Complete Unity Integration with P4Connect

Open Source Tool Streamlines Workflows Between Two of the Gaming Industry’s Most Popular Development ToolsKey Points:P4Connect integrates Unity and Perforce for faster cross-platform development, more streamlined workflows and better collaborationAll Perforce products are provided free for up to 20 users. P4Connect is also free and does not require a Unity Pro or Team Unity licenseP4Connect…

Release Management vs Release Engineering By @Plutora | @DevOpsSummit [#DevOps]

A common pattern in the past few years is the creation of centralized Release Engineering groups. These professionals apply common patterns for automating releases, they have a solid understanding of build and testing frameworks, and they help a large organization standardize software delivery. These centralized groups have become more popular as enterprises support an increasing…

SAP Asks Microsoft, Apple to Share Hacker-Fighting Intelligence

SAP SE is trying to marshal business technology’s biggest suppliers to gather hacker-fighting intelligence following a spate of security problems with open-source software. The biggest maker of business applications has contacted companies includingMicrosoft Corp. and Apple Inc. about sharing information on analyses of the weaknesses in open-source code, which is generally free to run and…